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Colombia Adoption Program

Mother and child from Colombia

Program Highlights

  • Married couples currently needed for infants of African heritage (Afro-Colombian); infants with special needs; healthy older children and sibling groups
  • Single women and men may apply to adopt children over age 7 & sibling groups; infants with special needs
  • Travel within one month of referral; Only one trip required
  • Detailed medical and developmental information
  • Applications from Colombian American families prioritized
  • 7 children placed in 2007; close to 160 children placed in total

Learn More

WHFC is partnering with Kidsave, a 5-week summer host program for orphans from Colombia. Read details about the program. The application deadline for this program is 4/25.

The Colombian Institute of Family Welfare has worked with WHFC on the placement of children from Colombia since 1977, and in that time we have placed over 150 children. Wide Horizons for Children works with representatives in Bogota, Cali and Medellin who are very experienced in adoptions and are available to guide families through the entire process.

We work directly through the Colombian government Institute of Family Welfare program (ICBF), and also with two private orphanages, Chiquitines in Cali and Casita de Nicolas in Medellin. Children being placed through ICBF generally will be living in foster care. The private orphanages we work with have equally wonderful care for the children, including educational and medical services, along with counseling for birth mothers.