Guest Author - Karen Ledbetter

Dillon International has offices in several states, including Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, and Indiana. According to the agency’s web site, the licensed, nonprofit agency has been placing children from other countries in American homes since 1972.

Dillon currently works with orphanages in China, Haiti, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Guatemala, India, Korea, and Vietnam.

Dillon began its China program in 1993 and placed over 250 children, including six boys, in its first 10 years of working in China. The agency began holding annual heritage camps for its China adoptees in 1996. The agency’s first Birthland Tour of China is planned for June 10-22, 2006.

Perhaps you’re interested in adopting from a tropical area, such as Haiti. Dillon has been uniting Haitian children with American families since 1991, and family weekends are scheduled especially for the agency families that adopted from Haiti.

Dillon has been placing Guatemalan children in American families since the 1980s. Some of the agency’s waiting Guatemalan children are shown on the agency’s web site. Adoptees from Guatemala and their families may attend special family weekends hosted by the agency.

Indian orphans have found homes in America with the help of Dillon since the 1980s. The agency sponsors annual heritage camps for its adoptees from India. Information about several waiting babies and preschoolers can be found on Dillon’s web site.

The agency began working with Korea in the 1970s and currently has several babies and preschoolers waiting to join their forever families. The agency also provides annual heritage camps for its Korean adoptees. Visit Korea tours are planned in 2006 from June 7th through 20th and June 28th through July 11th.

Dillon’s newest program is in Vietnam. The agency provides support to children of all ages, with and without special needs, residing in a Vietnamese orphanage, many of whom are awaiting forever families.

Families can expect a referral approximately three months following the Vietnamese government’s approval of their application documents. At least one parent must travel once and plan on spending 2-3 weeks in Vietnam before bringing their child home.

Although Dillon is not currently accepting applications for families to adopt from Kazakstan or the Ukraine, the agency still provide humanitarian assistance to orphanages in these countries whenever possible.

So, if you’re thinking about international adoption, you may want to explore the options that Dillon International provides.


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