SOUTH AFRICA
Marie Stopes SA | Safe Abortion up to 20 weeks
Open Arms SA | Locations of Baby Safes for Anonymous Child Abandonment
National Adoption Coalition of SA | Database of Service Providers
Letitia van den Berg | Social Worker & Adoption Specialist
Rachel Makoni | Educational Psychologist with special interest in Adoption
Kyla Maimon Edinburg | Clinical Psychologist with special interest in Adoption
SA Depression & Anxiety Group | Mental Health & Suicide Crisis Lines
Registrar of Adoptions | Department of Social Development
Adoptee Search Angels | Biological Search Group
National Health Laboratory Service | DNA Ancestry Testing
GLOBAL
Open vs Closed Adoption | Negotiating a Post Adoption Agreement
Creating Lifebooks with/for the Adopted Child
Recommended Reading
Adoptee Reading Resource, catalogue of books written and recommended by adoptees
Killing Karoline by Sara-Jayne King, Jacana Media, 2017
The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole by Lori Holden, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2013
Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldridge, Delta, 1999
Journey of the Adopted Self: A Quest for Wholeness by Betty Jean Lifton, BasicBooks, 1994
The Primal Wound: Understanding the Adopted Child by Nancy Verrier, Gateway Press, 1993