[quote=africamom01]Hello! After soem research and considering various agencies for adopting from Rwanda, my husband and I contacted the Ministry directly in Rwanda. You should contact them too:
Jeanne Mujawamariya
jmujawamariya@gov.rw
They said working with an agency - any agency - to adopt from Rwanda was ILLEGAL. You should proceed with an independent adoption. They said they will investigate the agencies that are advertising rwanda Programs because none of them are registered with the Ministry and the Ministry is not taking any agencies. Please do your research before you pay an agency and then find you cannot proceed - just inquire directly with the source - they even have a website and they speak English.
After reading the U.S. Embassy's website in Rwanda and the State Department's website, it seems to me someone in the Rwanda Ministry is giving incorrect information. Although there are no U.S. adoption agencies registered in Rwanda, they are definately working with the Rwanda Ministry to make (international) adoptions possible.