Adoption from Burkina Faso

(Note: page under construction) last update April 30, 2008

It has not been possible for adoption to the US from Burkina Faso in most cases. There has been no policy between the US and Burkina Faso. A few ex pats have been successful and I know of a family from the country who are now citizens of the US who adopted a nephew. I will tell you this, in all successful cases it was not easy, even for the family originally from Burkina.
Since the US has completely implemented the Hague we shall wait and see what transpires. Burkina does do adoptions. However, they are mostly to their own people, France and a few other European countries. Their understanding of adoption is quite different than ours in the US. My advice to you if you are seriously considering this is to communicate well with the Embassy before spending any money. They will tell you how things are going.
Very few US visas are granted so you will get a pretty good indication of the mood and status of things by one call to the Embassy. The number is: o11-226-50-30-67-23.

Kids to Adopt has announced it's pilot program. If you would like more info please visit: www.kidstoadopt.org I can not give any comment, because it is a pilot program, but they do appear to be handling things cautiously. There are some changes from what our experience was but that could be due to the Hague or because now an actual policy is being developed between the US and Burkina.

If you'd like to learn more about our story, please do read the blog from the beginning. We had a failed adoption that we turned into a sponsorship and it has turned out very well.

I will update this page as information becomes available.