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And we also refuse to give up....the children there need good homes. Here is Adoption Rule number 12 from the adoption page of the Sri Lankan Embassy in Washington D.C., copied and pasted:

"The maximum number of adoptions that can be allowed during each calendar year will be gazetted by the Hon. Minister and the Sri Lankan Missions abroad will be kept informed every year of such ceiling."

So - it would be interesting to know what the "ceiling" is....ONE child per year? TWO? And it would be better still if we could persuade the Sri Lankan govt. to change that ceiling.

The quality of the AIR alone in Colombo is reason enough for the children to be allowed to leave. Air pollution (from diesal buses, factories and an overabundance of vehicles, period) has grown to epidemic proportions. Lung and respiratory diseases are at a paramount.