What do Ghanaians think about international adoption?
At this point we find that most Ghanaian people are in favor of international adoption when the child is not likely to ever be adopted in Ghana. Our families have not experienced any negative reactions to walking around with their children while in Ghana. In fact, many people are very complimentary of Americans who adopt Ghanaian children. Ghana is a country that is highly paranoid about the risk of child-trafficking. There are some in the government that are concerned that children could be taken out of Ghana under the guise of adoption when in fact they are being used as slaves (or worse) after they leave the country. For this reason we believe it will be important for Ghana Social Welfare and other officials to see post-placement reports of the children once home.
