I have an absolutely chilling story to share. This past week, I got an inquiry about an I Am More book order from Dawn DeLorenzo. In the process of emailing to address the matter, Dawn shared with me her own personal story.
She and her husband had decided to adopt after unsuccessful fertility treatment, opting to go the international adoption route. Their journey took them to Kazakhstan, where at one point Dawn was literally stranded by herself after two months. Ultimately, three sons were consecutively placed with the couple, and all three sons were lost because of fraud and corruption. The director of the adoption agency is now a wanted fugitive facing 62 felonies, and featured on America’s Most Wanted.
Since she has returned home, this remarkable woman has been fighting for justice. As Dawn says on her blog site, www.cribsandcrimes.blogspot.com, “I have devoted considerable time and effort to removing Orson (the director of the adoption agency), from the “adoption industry” and will continue to advocate for adoption reforms that place the needs of children first and demand an ethical adoption process process.”
Dawn has also created an Adoption Agency Research Questionnaire to assist prospective adoptive parents and help them avoid working with an unscrupulous agency. If you are thinking about adoption, definitely check out this questionnaire at http://www.scribd.com/doc/2974538/Adoption-Agency-Research-Questionnaire.
If you want to read more about Dawn’s story, go to her blog site. She also did an interview scheduled to be in the fall issue of Conceive Magazine, where she talks about ways to help parents avoid adoption scams, crimes and corruption.
Marina
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July 6, 2008 at 7:59 am
Dawn De Lorenzo
Thank you Marina for your post. If anyone would like to read the blog written throughout the adoption process it is http://www.quest2kaz.blogspot.com. I also have a blog devoted to adoption loss at http://www.adoptionloss.blogspot.com.
Blessings,
Dawn
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