INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS
"Every child needs to live surrounded by the warmth of a family"Adoption is among the highest forms of care and its effect pervades the whole of society, making it more human and supportive
making it more human and supportive
YEARS OF ADOPTION
COUNTRIES WHERE WE OPERATE
ADOPTED CHILDREN
COMPLETED ADOPTIONS
ATTEND A FREE INFORMATION MEETING
- 13 January 2023 h 17:00
- 15 February 2023 h 17:00
- 16 March 2023 h 17:00
- 19 April 2023 h 17:00
- 26 May 2023 h 17:00
- 23 June 2023 h 17:00
- 21 July 2023 h 17:00
- 22 September 2023 h 17:00
- 27 October 2023 h17:00
- 24 November 2023 h 17:00
- 22 Dicember 2023 h 17:00
The meeting can be held online or in person according to needs
For info write to: adozioni.cosenza@afnonlus.org
- 8 February 2023 h15:30
- 22 March 2023 h 15:30
- 19 April 2023 h 15:30
- 3 May 2023 h 15:30
- 14 June 2023 h 15:30
- 5 July 2023 h15:30
- 27 September 2023 h 15:30
- 18 October 2023 h15:30
- 8 November 2023 h 15:30
- 13 Dicember 2023 h 15:30
The meeting can be held online or in person according to needs
For information please write to : adozioni.firenze@afnonlus.org
- 30 January 2023 h 15,00
- 27 February 2023 h 15,00
- 27 March 2023 h 15,00
- 17 April 2023 h 15,00
- 22 May 2023 h 15,00
- 26 June 2023 h 15,00
- 10 July 2023 h 15,00
- 25 September 2023 h 15,00
- 23 October 2023 h 15,00
- 27 November 2023 h 15,00
- 11 Dicember 2023 h 15,00
The meeting can be held online or in person according to needs
For information please write to adozioni.napoli@afnonlus.org
- 10 February h 9:00
- 8 March h 14:00
- 17 April h 14:00
- 11 May h 9:00
- 8 June h 14:00
- 4 July h 14:00
- 25 September h 9:00
- 26 October h 14:00
- 20 November h 9:00
- 11 Dicember h 14:00
The meeting can be held online or in person according to needs
For information please write to: adozioni.lazio@afnonlus.org
The dates of the next information meetings are being finalised.
‘Empty the orphanages’. This is the appeal of Chiara Lubich who, in the founding speech of the New Families Movement, invites families to open their homes to the many children housed in institutes.
Since its inception in 1998, Azione Famiglie Nuove has been looking at the adoptive family. In 2001 it began a process of bringing families closer and accompanying them to the world of adoptions, becoming an authorized body for international adoptions in 2005.
When raising a child within his or her biological family or in an adoptive family in his or her country of origin is impossible, the path of international adoption may be taken to guarantee the child’s right to a family.
Chiara Lubich was struck by the experience of a very young and seriously ill woman, a mother of ten children who did everything she could to give her children a father and a mother. That woman had not sought an orphanage as a place to raise her children, but a family.
It is from this experience that Chiara Lubich’s words and her dream of emptying orphanages come to life, because children need a safe place and the warmth of a family to grow and to heal the wound of abandonment.
According to Chiara Lubich, the family is the seed of communion for humanity and of the welcome that opens to mutual inculturation. In this dimension of the family, AFN focuses its commitment.
As one of our families says, ‘one of the first steps in approaching the international adoption experience is to feel the child’s own country. Love for this faraway land enters our lives, our families, and having known so many children in institutions, we try to live for them too. We feel that through our children we broaden our view of the world. The generative love of a mother and a father slowly replaces the sense of abandonment until they experience with time that they themselves are able to face the future with confidence and hope.”
Over the past 20 years, more than 900 families have made this journey with us, welcoming more than 1,200 children, teenagers and young adults from Europe, America and Asia.
There is still a long way to go to fulfill Chiara’s dream, but the echo of her words is always present in us and moves us every day so that even a minor can find his family and with it rediscover the right to be a child.
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The adoption journey
We are at the side of families in the adoption process to inform, train, accompany, support and carry out the bureaucratic formalities at every stage.
The adoption process
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The path with AFN
1. Before the assignment
- Informative meetings | The AFN organization is presented, its operations in Italy and abroad, the steps of the adoption process, the timetable, the costs, and methodology used. Meetings are free of charge and may be couples or groups
- Couples’ in-depth interviews |To get to know each other better, to reflect on the couple’s availability and resources, to analyze the characteristics of the countries of origin of minors where AFN operates and to identify the possible path.
- Basic training course | Held by a team of trainers with the aim of providing useful information and tools for embarking on the adoption process. It includes: talks by experts, interactive individual, couple and group work, testimony of adoptive couples.
2. Assignment with identification of the country for adoption
For the couple embarking on the adoption process with AFN, we proceed with the assignment and identification of the country where the adoption application will be filed.
The country is identified on the basis of the requirements of the countries of origin, the characteristics of the couple and the trend of adoptions in the countries of origin.
With the constant support of the agency’s operators, we proceed with the preparation of the documents necessary to file the adoption application with the competent foreign authority.
3. The Waiting
From the submission of the adoption application to the matching proposal, the couple is accompanied by AFN professionals and updated on each step of the adoption application’s progress.
In this phase, the couple is involved in a specific training course carried out with the collaboration of psychologists and/or other experts, on their future role as adoptive parents, the characteristics of the child in a state of abandonment, as well as in-depth knowledge of the child’s country of origin.
4. Matching and Departure
With the formalization of the pairing proposal by the foreign authority, the couple is provided with all the information received from the foreign authority on the proposed child(ren). In view of the departure abroad, the couple is provided with accompaniment in carrying out all the necessary procedures and is offered emotional and psychological support in preparation for the meeting with the child with one or more pre-departure meetings.
Abroad, the couple is assisted all the way by the on-site contact person and his or her collaborators until their return to Italy
5. After adoption
The new family arrives in Italy and the adoption process continues for children and parents.
It is now necessary to carry out the final procedures at the competent Juvenile Court and report to the central authority of the child’s country of origin, for a period that varies depending on the country, on the progress of the adoption.
In addition to the required bureaucratic formalities, AFN continues, in this delicate phase, to offer standard and/or specific coaching by specialized professionals and operators
AFN Office, Cognola (TN) Macroarea B
AFN Office, Florence Macroarea C
AFN Office, Rome Macroarea D
AFN Office, Napoli Macroarea E
AFN Office, Cosenza Macroarea E
Grottaferrata
Grottaferrata (RM)
Via Isonzo 64
00046 Grottaferrata (RM)
Tel.: +39 06 97 60 83 33
Email: adozioni.internazionali@afnonlus.org
Cognola (TN)
Via Carlo e Valeria Juelg 9
38121 Cognola (TN)
Office Manager: Patrizia Nardella
Tel: 3938796402
Email: adozioni.trento@afnonlus.org
Firenze
Via di Barbano 14
50129 (FI)
Office Manager: Lucideia Pastana de Sousa
Tel. 055 48 42 12; 3929476265
Email: adozioni.firenze@afnonlus.org
Roma
Via Salaria 44
00198 (RM)
Office Manager: Rita Caserta
Tel: +39 06 399 14 455; 3939011694
Email: adozioni.lazio@afnonlus.org
Napoli
Via Kagoshima 15
80127 (NA)
Office Manager: Annalisa Giordano
Mob. +39 393 87 95 506; Tel. + 39 081/7141213 adozioni.napoli@afnonlus.org
Cosenza
via Giuseppe Verdi n. 33/A scala B
87036 Rende (CS)
Office manager: Mariella Rende
Tel: + 39 0984 485556; 3938795630
Email: adozioni.cosenza@afnonlus.org
We are authorized to operate in 4 Macro-areas:
Macroarea B: Lombardia, Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli-Venezia Giulia;
Macroarea C: Emilia Romagna, Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Sardegna;
Macroarea D: Lazio, Sardegna, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania;
Macroarea E: Campania, Puglia, Calabria, Basilicata, Sicilia.
To find out all the details and costs of the AFN adoption process, please read the following documents:
Family formation
AFN’s experience with adoptive families confirms how indispensable the accompaniment of parents and the presence of a network is.
This is why courses are created and evolving for all adoptive families who wish to discuss and be supported by experts who can offer the necessary tools to face the challenges that all children present to us.
During the waiting period, the couple is involved in a training process through multiple activities such as thematic group meetings with workshop activities and couple talks.
After the adoption, the new family can count on a path of accompaniment to acquire pedagogical-educational support tools and methodologies, to foster the relationship between parents and children, to help with integration in the social context, along with an appreciation of the culture of the child’s country of origin.
In addition, AFN can offer additional specialized support for individual families facing particular parenting issues before, during and after the arrival of a child.
Other projects:
Our numbers
- Appointments Undertaken and Adoptions Completed 2023
- Couples waiting by year of assignment*
- Concluded adoptions with AFN from the beginning to 31/12/2022
* Suspended assignments: personal and family reasons, national adoption.
| Data updated to 5/07/2023 | Pending appointments | Suspended appointments (*) | Total appointments | of which ‘with matching’ | of which ‘couples in foreign country’ | COMPLETED ADOPTIONS | |
| NUMBER OF COUPLES | NUMBER OF MINORS | ||||||
| BRAZIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| COLOMBIA | 13 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| PHILIPPINES | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| LITHUANIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VIETNAM | 18 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Total | 38 | 3 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 15 |
| Data updatedto 05/07/2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
| BRAZIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| COLOMBIA | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1** | 0 |
| PHILIPPINES | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| LITHUANIA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| VIETNAM | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1** | 0 | 2** |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
* active contributions
** channel change
| BRAZIL | COLOMBIA | PHILIPPINES | LITHUANIA | MADAGASCAR | PERU’ | POLONIA | SALVADOR | VIETNAM | Total | |||||||||||
| couples | minors | couples | minors | couples | minors | couples | minors | couples | minors | couples | minors | couples | minors | couples | minors | couples | minors | couples | minors | |
| 2002-2015 | 71 | 150 | 69 | 107 | 56 | 65 | 124 | 211 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 435 | 455 | 786 | 1033 |
| 2016 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 43 | 49 |
| 2017 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 26 | 41 | 52 |
| 2018 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 34 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 22 |
| 2020 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 24 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 11 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 27 |
| Total | 85 | 180 | 94 | 147 | 85 | 96 | 132 | 224 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 535 | 557 | 963 | 1252 |
AFN is part of the coordination authorized bodies Oltre l’adozione OLA
COUNTRIES WHERE WE OPERATE
AFN is currently accredited and operational in five countries:
Brazil, Colombia, Philippines, Lithuania and Vietnam.
Brazil
- Aja Convention of 29/05/93: ratified on 10/03/1999 and entered into force on 01/07/1999
- Central Authority: Central Authority Federal Administrative, Special Secretariat for Human Rights– Presidenza della Repubblica SCS, Quadra 9, Conjunto C, Centro Empresand Parque Cidade, Torre A, 8° Andar, Sala 805 – A, CEP 70308-200, Brasilia – DF.
- Contact person:Sandro Rogério de Andrade Melo. For details and the reference legislation, go to the Country Profile drawn up by the CAI in collaboration with the authorized bodies CLICCA QUI
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AFN has been present in Brazil since its establishment with distance support projects
Colombia
- Aja Convention 29/05/93: ratified on the 13/07/1998 and entered into force on 11/11/1998
- Central Authority: Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (I.C.B.F), Avenida Carrera 68 n° 64C – 75 Bogotà. The administrative procedures relating to the adoption procedure carried out with l’ICBF are free.
- Contact person: Olga Maria Velásquez De Bernal – Mariacatalina Bernal Velasquez (vice). For details and the reference legislation, go to the Country Profile drawn up by the CAI in collaboration with the authorized bodies CLICk HERE
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AFN has been present in Colombia since 1998 with the distance support project
Philippines
- Aja Convention 29/05/1993: ratified on the 02/07/1996 and entered into force on 01/11/1996
- Central Autorithy Autorità Centrale: Inter Country Adoption Board (ICAB), #2 Chicago corner Ermin Garcia Sts. Barangay Pinagkaisahan Cubao 1111 Quezon City.
- Contact person: Angelo Puertollano For details and the reference legislation, go to the Country Profile drawn up by the CAI in collaboration with the authorized bodies CLICCA QUI
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AFN has been present in the Philippines since its establishment with various sponsorship projects
Vietnam
- Aja Convention 29/05/93: ratified on the 01/11/2011 and entered into force on 01/02/2012
- Central Authority: Department of Adoption (Ministry of Justice), 58 – 60 Tra Phuc, Ba Dinh, Hanoi.
- Contact person: Do Thi Thuy. For details and the reference legislation, go to the Country Profile drawn up by the CAI in collaboration with the authorized bodies CLICCA QUI
- AFN is present in Vietnam since 2001 with the distance support project
Lithuania
- Aja Convention 29/05/93: ratified on the 7/11/1997 and entered into force on 01/08/1998
- Central Authority: State Service for the Protection of the Rights of the Child and Adoption at the Ministry of Social Solidarity and Labor, A. Vivulskio g. 13 – LT 03221 Vilnius.
- Contact person: Vilma Banytė
For details and the reference legislation, go to the Country Profile drawn up by the CAI in collaboration with the authorized bodies CLICCA QUI
AFN is present in Lithuania since 2003 with the distance support project