Do you have a big heart for children?
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Field Office VI is calling couples interested to adopt children .
“There are children needing permanent families. Couples, in fact even singles, for as long as there is a mother or father figure, could apply as Prospective Adoptive Parents,” said Rosario Sanagustin, Social Welfare Officer V.
Sanagustin was speaker during the recently conducted Adoption Forum conducted by DSWD. It was conducted as part of the observance of the Adoption Consciousness Week with the theme, “Legal na Ampon Ako: Anak na Totoo.”
“For many years, we have been a part in helping children find permanent homes. The process itself which involves us social workers is a beautiful experience to us because of the change in the lives of the children whom we get to help. But, beyond our experiences, is the joy of adoption being experienced by adoptive families and the children themselves,” Sanagustin said.
ADOPTION
Adoption is defined as a socio-legal process of providing a permanent family to a child whose parents have voluntarily or involuntarily relinquished parental authority over the child.
Adoption is for children who cannot be reared by their biological parents and who need and can benefit from new and permanent family ties. Adoption provides the same mutual rights and obligations that exist between children and their biological parents. It comprises of social work and other professional services that are required in the placement of children in adoptive families.
Children whose parents are either absent or unable to function as parents require the protection of the State. Protection of the child requires sufficient study to make certain that the placement is suitable and present no hazard to the child’s growth and development. The State through the Department of Social Welfare and Development has a concern in every adoption including those by stepparents and relatives.
CASES
The DSWD is currently handling 129 adoption cases.
Last year, a total of 42 children were given permanent homes./dswd6/May Grecia-Rago
Caption:
Photo shows the Plantig family of Barotac Viejo, Iloilo who is undergoing the adoption process currently