MOJ and Government Officials meet to discuss adoption

This is an article written on a Bulgarian site about the meeting today;

After the changes in family code increases the number of adoptions abroad. Only the beginning of this year 30 Bulgarian children have found new families abroad.

In 2009, foreigners have adopted 200 children with disabilities.

Elina was born 5 years ago in Bulgaria, with serious birth defects of both legs.Abandoned almost immediately in the home for children with disabilities. Such is the fate of many children like her. After days but Elina will have a real home and family in the United States.

"I decided to be her mother because she captivated my heart. I knew him from the moment I saw her picture," said Yvonne.

Asked whether the procedure was difficult so the woman replies: "It was hard just waiting, but the procedure itself was not so bad."

Elina and her mother Yvonne Vilemyur participated in a conference on international adoptions. At present the list of children waiting for new parents abroad, Bulgarians have up to 1200 with severe disability or the age of 7 years. Chance they can find in our families is minimal.

"Many adoptions are, at times have increased - from Italy, USA, Sweden, the very good cooperation, a very large desire by foreign adoptive parents to accept and adopt children who actually have health problems and we work very well with those countries that willing to provide homes and support to children in such a situation, "said Justice Minister Margarita Popova.

Besides real home will have little Elina and 3-year-old brother, there will be new and suitable prostheses for legs. Yvonne and her mother had already begun to learn to speak English.

Yvonne is with our agency. The article only talks about Special Needs. Still waiting to see if healthy young children are being referred out of the country to other countries.