Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Adoption option
With the statistics for adoptive parents making up roughly only 1-2% of the overall parents surveyed on the Parent24.com parent survey for 2009. I was wondering why in a country with so many children needing homes, that the rate of adoption is so low. In fact it seems that the rate of adoption in South Africa has decreased, from 2194 in 2003/2004 to a mere 1913 in 2007/2008, view the full stats from the Department of Social Development. This number is minute if you consider that the population of South Africa is over 44 million people. This is indeed worrying with the latest news from the Sunday Times about many childrens organisations facing closure due to the recession, Rowan Philip reported: "Child Welfare South Africa told the Sunday Times it was in “crisis” and that there would be a “catastrophic impact” on half a million children if charities did not receive a bailout from the government." One can't help but wonder what the future holds for many of the most vulnerable of South Africa's children.
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Strange that. I would have thought that the adoption would be much easier. But this maybe should be a feature on your magazines
ReplyDeleteRemember that adoption is really not for everyone. while it is such a pity that so many little ones out there are looking for homes,many South Africans are noting opening their homes for them.
ReplyDeleteI agree, adoption is not for everyone, and it's also not fair to the child to adopt if you are not 100% commited. I just think that maybe more awareness should be created around the option of adoption.
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