Ghana: Country and Program Overview
Partners for Adoption does not currently have a placement program in Ghana. Currently, we offer placement programs in Russia and Ukraine. However, we have relationships and experience working with the most highly regarded placement agencies and are able to recommend an excellent placement agency for almost any country from which you choose to adopt.
For the current status on adoption in Ghana, please visit
http://adoption.state.gov/country_information.php.
The ancient and historically significant country of Ghana is one of the five African nations along the northern coastline of the Gulf of Guinea. It is bordered on the west by Cote d'Ivoire, on the north by Burkina Faso, and on the east by Togo. The country consists mostly of low-lying savannah regions, with a central belt of forest. .
Ghana's rich history centers on the once-great Ashanti empire, which rose to power during the late 17th century and continued to prosper as a center of the 18th century slave trade. The Ashanti capital, Kumasi, was one of the finest and most advanced cities in Africa, and the Ashanti state even employed significant numbers of Europeans as advisors and administrators. The European presence in Ghana is also marked by the multitude of colonial forts that dot its coastline--strongholds that anchored the European trade in gold, ivory, and slaves. Although Ghana, then known as the Gold Coast, was largely considered a British territory by the latter half of the 19th century, it wasn't until 1900 that the British succeeded in defeating the Ashanti and the area's other strong kingdoms.
If Ghana was late in coming under European control, it was also the first African nation to win back its independence, in 1957. However, corruption and internal military strife proved to be apparently intractable problems, and Ghana went through an extended period of instability in the 1960s and 1970s marked by military rule. The country has since then been moving steadily toward political and economic stability and is currently one of the most peaceful nations in Africa.
Unfortunately, Ghana’s economy is currently struggling and many of its people live in abject poverty. Numerous Ghanaian children have been orphaned by the conditions that their families live under, with parents who are unable to feed or clothe their children.
The children who are available for adoption from Ghana are generally aged 2.5 and up. Occasionally babies do become available. Sibling sets and older children are also in need of forever families. This is not an appropriate program for families who are only open to parenting an infant. Married couples may adopt from Ghana. The country does not permit adoption by single parents. Parents must be between the ages of 25 and 50 and at least 21 years older than the child/children they wish to adopt. Partners for Adoption provides homestudies and post-placement support, and can work with your chosen Georgia placement agency or recommend one. Once the family has completed their homestudy, dossier and USCIS approval, they may be referred a child by their placing agency. Upon acceptance of the referred child, the adoption itself can be completed in one trip of approximately 4-6 weeks or two short trips of 1 week and later an approximate stay of 2 weeks. Adoption from Ghana is approximately $14,000- $20,000 not including travel expenses.Children Available
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