Please not ‘next week’ Yesterday I said to Mukanga, “Please not next week. Let’s get our son home this week, please”. Our patience is wearing thin. For months we have heard this phrase, ‘next week’ from those handling our case promising that Caleb will come home ‘next week’. However, months have elapsed and we still […]
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Greetings from a very dry and dusty Lusaka amidst the deep winter blues. The temperatures have been relatively moderate for winter and things are dryer than ever due to the lack of rain. Given the extensive hours of load-shedding we are experiencing at the moment…
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We found the adoption process in Zambia quite different from other places we have heard of. I decided to blog about our personal experience for those interested to know how it works. Step 1: Submitting an Application The first step in the adoption process is submitting an adoption application to the District of Social Welfare
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On 20 June 2024 at around midday, I received the exciting news that I have become a father! We received a call from the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) in Lusaka informing us that we have been matched with a 6-month old baby boy named ‘Hope Moses’! Wow! This was the most exciting news I
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It turned out to be so much more complicated than we thought. Every adoption agency we talked to in SA said it couldn’t be done.
