[Tawnya]

Unfortunately, there is no agency in the USA that has a program in Sri Lanka. In addition, we were unsuccessful in locating programs for adoption of Sri Lankans in the Diaspora communities. While people advise us to go to other countries or to pursue domestic adoption, we would like to start a family with a child or children who is/are similar to my husband, who is Sri Lankan. So, we have finally abandoned the idea of pursuing adoption in Sri Lanka, which was another loss for us as a Sri Lankan-American family. USA citizens appear to not have the option of adopting from Sri Lanka even if they are immigrants from Sri Lanka.

We are now in the process of pursuing adoption in India. This process is not as easy as one would like to think and has its own problems. It appears that anyone in the USA who would like to adopt from Sri Lanka needs to consider adopting domestically or from another country. While this will be a loss for any Sri Lankan immigrant, know that you're not alone. It's a loss also for the country of Sri Lanka, even if they do not realize it, because these children would be adopted into loving Sri Lankan homes living abroad within immigrant Sri Lankan cultures (the greater Sri Lankan Diaspora). My husband, for example, is literate in all three languages of Sri Lanka and we are fully integrated in world-wide Sri Lankan Diasporas. With the civil war continuing, more and more will continue to leave the country and will want to adopt from their mother country - their father land. Know that you are not alone in not being able to adopt from Sri Lanka.

We hope to be adoptive parents soon of a child from India. I recommend you to also consider other countries.