DSWD spearheads staging of inter-country adoption meet 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Ellalyn de Vera RuizLegal adoption experts, foreign diplomats, and representatives of local and international child-caring and child placement institutions have gathered together in Manila to further boost public awareness on the process of inter-country adoption. Bautista highlighted the importance of ensuring that the best interest of children should prevail in any adoption process. He added that inter-country adoption policies and programs must be well-grounded in order to guarantee that the children and prospective adoptive parents (PAPs) from both receiving and sending states will be well-prepared. From 2009 to 2018, DSWD said a total of 4,425 children were already cleared for inter-country adoption.

Source: Manila Bulletin October 01, 2019 08:37 UTC