the crisis timeline
children
of the congo
2010-2012
The number of Congolese orphan children being adopted by American families increased dramatically over a three year period, from 41 in 2010 to 240 in 2012, representing a six-fold increase. In 2011 and 2012, ten percent of all orphan petitions for DRC adoptions were identified as problematic and only two percent of the total caseload of adoptions in DRC by Americans were denied for any reason.

2013
In Process Adoption Cases as of May 16, 2014

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368 American families are eligible for exit letters having completed adoptions from DRC, with approximately half of these families also having passports and US visas for their children.
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420 additional American families are in the process of adopting children from DRC