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DanAdopt was founded in 1964 as a private non-profit organisation, authorised by the Danish Ministry of Justice to place foreign children in Danish adoptive families. Every year, DanAdopt places approximately 200 children in new adoptive families throughout Denmark.
DanAdopt’s vision is to ensure the right of every child to grow up in a family. DanAdopt’s activities fully comply with the international adoption convention:
• Focus is on the child, i.e. all efforts must aim at the benefit of the child.
• Ethics is a key word, which includes the legal rights of the child as well as compliance with all relevant laws and conventions.
• The activities must be carried out in mutual respect for cultural differences and the local conditions in the cooperating countries.
DanAdopt works internationally to ensure that children stay in their native country, either with their own family/relatives or alternatively in a national adoptive family. In the cases where none of these options are available, international adoption may be a possibility. In these cases DanAdopt seeks to place foreign children in Danish families, which have been approved for adoption by authorities in Denmark.
DanAdopt is engaged in international relief work in cooperating countries through Dan-Aid. The relief work is not related to adoption, but consists mainly of financial support for projects involving children, young people or families. The aid also includes salary and education (sponsorships) for relief staff and medical treatment. 100% of all contributions are forwarded to the various projects.
DanAdopt also works to improve the interests and needs of adopted children and adoptive parents, in close cooperation with the Danish authorities.
Cooperating Countries
Today DanAdopt cooperates actively with 14 countries:
Bolivia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Ethiopia, the Philippines, India, China, Nepal, Senegal, Sri Lanka, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
Preliminary information and developing activities are continuously going on in new countries.
Cooperation with other organisations
DanAdopt collaborates with several international organisations and is a member of Nordic Adoption Council (NAC) and EuroAdopt. The head of DanAdopt's Board of directors, Sten Juul Petersen, is also the chairman of NAC, while DanAdopt Vice President Pia Brandsnes is a member of the Executive Board of EurAdopt.
DanAdopt’s vision is to ensure the right of every child to grow up in a family. DanAdopt’s activities fully comply with the international adoption convention:
• Focus is on the child, i.e. all efforts must aim at the benefit of the child.
• Ethics is a key word, which includes the legal rights of the child as well as compliance with all relevant laws and conventions.
• The activities must be carried out in mutual respect for cultural differences and the local conditions in the cooperating countries.
DanAdopt works internationally to ensure that children stay in their native country, either with their own family/relatives or alternatively in a national adoptive family. In the cases where none of these options are available, international adoption may be a possibility. In these cases DanAdopt seeks to place foreign children in Danish families, which have been approved for adoption by authorities in Denmark.
DanAdopt is engaged in international relief work in cooperating countries through Dan-Aid. The relief work is not related to adoption, but consists mainly of financial support for projects involving children, young people or families. The aid also includes salary and education (sponsorships) for relief staff and medical treatment. 100% of all contributions are forwarded to the various projects.
DanAdopt also works to improve the interests and needs of adopted children and adoptive parents, in close cooperation with the Danish authorities.
Cooperating Countries
Today DanAdopt cooperates actively with 14 countries:
Bolivia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Ethiopia, the Philippines, India, China, Nepal, Senegal, Sri Lanka, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
Preliminary information and developing activities are continuously going on in new countries.
Cooperation with other organisations
DanAdopt collaborates with several international organisations and is a member of Nordic Adoption Council (NAC) and EuroAdopt. The head of DanAdopt's Board of directors, Sten Juul Petersen, is also the chairman of NAC, while DanAdopt Vice President Pia Brandsnes is a member of the Executive Board of EurAdopt.
DanAdopt also cooperates with Adoption og Samfund, a Danish adoptive parents' association, with several groups related to the adoption countries, and with the Faeroese Parents’ Association.
Since the 1970's DanAdopt has had its headquarters in Birkerød, north of Copenhagen. We currently have 14 employees.
We hope that you will enjoy using with our new website, even though it is not yet fully implemented. If you have any questions or issues with the website, please contact Frank Holdt, Webmaster and Information Coordinator, on mail@danadopt.dk.
Kind regards
Marianne Wung-Sung and Pia Brandsnes
Since the 1970's DanAdopt has had its headquarters in Birkerød, north of Copenhagen. We currently have 14 employees.
We hope that you will enjoy using with our new website, even though it is not yet fully implemented. If you have any questions or issues with the website, please contact Frank Holdt, Webmaster and Information Coordinator, on mail@danadopt.dk.
Kind regards
Marianne Wung-Sung and Pia Brandsnes
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