http://guatemala900.org/wp Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:01:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The US Department of State, Office of Children's Issues has released a new statement regarding Guatemala. Click here to read the most recent. http://guatemala900.org/wp/?p=1648 President Colom will be holding another meeting today on the pending adoptions in Guatemala.  We hope that some clarity and transparency will emerge with regards to the Central Authority (CNA) and how they are handling grandfathered cases. The Guatemala900 has been seeing movement in many cases, with some children scheduled to ... http://guatemala900.org/wp/?p=1640 The Guatemala900 recently traveled to Washington DC and met with Susan Jacobs, Special Advisor on Children's Issues with the US Department of State and Fernando de la Cerda, Minister Counselor with the Guatemalan Embassy.  Susan Jacobs confirmed that Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom and the Guatemalan Department of Foreign Ministry is ... http://guatemala900.org/wp/?p=1629 Fernando de la Cerda, Minister Counselor at the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington DC, reports that President Colom continues to be appraised of the situation and he and the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry are actively engaged.  President Colom was contacted on Friday while on a trip in Colombia and again responded with ... http://guatemala900.org/wp/?p=1622 Guatemala Minister Counselor Fernando de la Cerda is returning to Washington, DC today after an intense 10 day trip to Guatemala which included 2 meetings with Guatemala President Alvaro Colom. Fernando is reporting significant progress in finding solutions for moving the adoption cases of the Guatemala900 forwards towards resolution.  Fernando's ... http://guatemala900.org/wp/?p=1594 As the dire situation of the grandfathered adoption cases in Guatemala drags towards its 3rd year,  the Guatemala900 recently requested immediate meetings with Anthony Lake, UNICEF Director, and Susan Jacobs, the new Department of State's Special Advisor of Children's Issues, in an attempt to bring them up to speed on ... http://guatemala900.org/wp/?p=1584 Fernando de la Cerda, Minister Counselor at the Guatemala Embassy in Washington, DC , has returned to Guatemala and will be meeting with officials from the CNA, PGN, and MP and others. Fernando also announced the creation of a position at the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry that will deal with adoption issues ... http://guatemala900.org/wp/?p=1580 The Guatemala900 has initiated a request to meet with the new Executive Director of the UNICEF, Mr. Anthony Lake. This request was made after learning that a significant donation (Q1.4 million) was made by UNICEF to Norma Cruz's Fundación Sobrevivientes (www.sobrevivientes.org) . The Guatemala900 is extremely concerned about reports from the field ... http://guatemala900.org/wp/?p=1562 Two of the Guatemala900's greatest allies are Joint Council on International Children Services (www.jcics.org) and The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (www.ccai.org).  These two organizations are tirelessly working for the Gautemala900 grandfathered cases every day.  JCICS and CCAI recently approached the Guatemala900 and expressed a need for a comprehensive database ... http://guatemala900.org/wp/?p=1537 This group was created to encourage the adoptive parents waiting for their children to come home from Guatemala. Our goal is to help alleviate stress, deal with seeming struggles and help each other do our best to be the parents our children deserve. We are a life coach (Chris Watson) and a kindergarten teacher ... http://guatemala900.org/wp/?p=1530