AICAN - Support Organisations

Support Organisations

International Adoptive Families of Queensland (IAFQ)
Countries: Burundi, Cambodia, Chile, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Hong Kong, India, Korea, Lesotho, Lithuania, Philippines, Romania, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Taiwan and Thailand
President: Tony Dunne
Phone: 0401 598 038
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.iafq.org.au/mambo/

Australia

Australian African Children's Aid Support Association (AACASA)
Countries: Ethiopia
President: Ted Sherrin
Web Site: http://www.aacasa.org.au/
Event Page: http://www.aacasa.org.au/Events%2001.htm

Australian Capital Territory

Families with Children from China (FCC)
PO Box 13143
Law Courts VIC 8010

FCC Australia Website (currently under construction)
Families with Children from China - Members only site
General enquiries:

Lisa Wilson - President
Phone: 0418 633 029
Email:

Chris Lockwood - Vice-President
Phone: 0409 398 865
Email:

Kathy Kruger - Information Officer
Phone: 0419 757 622
Email:

Aileen Berry - Victorian National Peak Adoption Support Group Representative
Phone: 0419 295 000
Email:

New South Wales

Australians Adopting European Children (AAEC)
Countries: Romania, Lithuania
Representative: Coral Phillips
E-mail:
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.ldaus.com.au/aaec

Australians Caring For Children (ACC)
Countries: all (ACC has a wide sobership of families that have adopted from a range of countries- including Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Peru, Guatemala, China, Philppines, Fiji, Australia, Brazil, India, Sri Lanka)
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.accau.org/

Australian Families for Children (AFC)
Representative: Ricky Brisson
Phone: (02) 9371 9244
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.australiansadopt.org/
Event Page: http://www.australiansadopt.org/Events.php

Australian Society for Intercountry Aid for Children (ASIAC)
Countries: China, India, Korea, Philippines,Taiwan, Thailand
Representative: Evelyne Schilz-Middleton
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.asiac.org.au/

EURADOPT
Countries: Any European country
Representative: Isobel Monsted
E-mail:

Families with Children from China (FCC)
Countries: China
Representative: Mandy van den Elshout
Phone: (02) 9997 6954
E-mail:
Web Site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FCC-Australia/

Friends of F.A.N.A
Countries: Colombia
Representative: Henry and Karoline Brodaty
Phone: (02) 9337 2146
Phone: (02) 9388 8686
E-mail:
E-mail:

Future for Romanians Association
Countries: Romania
Representative: Mary Anne Ayliffe
Phone: (02) 9484 5237
E-mail:

International Children's Aid (ICA)
Countries: Sri Lanka
Representative: Gabrielle Thompson
Phone: (02) 9371 8860

Aid for the Children of Brazil
Post-adoption support only
Countries: Brazil
Representative: Rev. Roger and Margaret Ellem
Phone: (02) 4955 1789

Northern Territory

Families with Children from China (FCC)
Contact Person: Kim Reinke
Phone: (08) 8945 1620

Adoption NT Inc
Postal Address: PO Box 41084, Casuarina NT 0811
Contact Person: Juliet Rankin
Phone: (08) 8932 1626
E-mail:
Contact Person: Kate Drogemuller
Phone: (08) 89480623
E-mail:

Queensland

Families with Children from China (FCC)
Contact Person: Sue-Belinda Meehan
Phone: (07) 3851 4636
E-mail:

Australian Korean Friendship Group (Queensland) Inc
Web Site: http://www.akfg.com.au/cms/

South Australia

Families with Children from China (FCC)
Contact Person: Trudi Barnett
E-mail:

South Australian Chinese Adoption Support (SACAS)
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.adam.com.au/holden/SACAS
Event Page: http://www.adam.com.au/holden/EVENTS.htm

World Families Australia Inc (WFA)
Postal Address: PO Box 2130, Kent Town, SA 5071
Phone: (08) 8363 4111
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.worldfamilies.org.au/

Thai Adoption Fellowship
Contact Person: John and Anne Marschall
Office Address: 14 Kurrajong Court, Aberfoyle Park, SA
Phone: (08) 8270 8205
E-mail:

South Australian Taiwan Adoption Support Group
E-mail:
Web Site: http://members.optushome.com.au/randwellis/index.htm

Indian Family and Friends Adoption Support Group
Contact Person: Fiona Thorogood
Phone: (08) 8739 4276
E-mail:

Adoption Support Playgroup - Birth to 5 years
Contact Person: Kerry Billing
E-mail:

Inter-Country Adoptee Support Network (ICASN)
Web Site: http://www.icasn.org/

South East Adoption Support Group
Contact Person: Lower South East - Fiona Thorogood
Phone: (08) 8739 4276
E-mail:
Contact Person: Upper South East - Deborah Cohen
Phone: (08) 8762 0029
Fax: (08) 8762 0029
E-mail:

Post Adoption Support Service (PASS)
Sandi Petersen
Coordinator Inter-Country Post-Adoption Support
Relationships Australia
E-mail:
Phone: (08) 8245 8100

Adoption and Family Information Service (AFIS)
Web Site: http://www.familiesandcommunities.sa.gov.au/default.aspx?Tabid=1634

East Meets West
Web Site: http://www.eastmeetswest.org.au/
Event Page: http://www.eastmeetswest.org.au/news_latest.htm

Tasmania

Families with Children from China (FCC)
Contact Person: Jan Williamson
Mobile: (03) 6248 8581
Mobile: (0417) 362 677
E-mail:
149 Dixon Point Road, Sandford, TAS 7020

Accepting Children Everywhere (ACE)
Secretary: Katherine Vinson
Office Address: 13 Howick Street, Launceston, TAS 7250

Australian Society for Intercountry Aid for Children (ASIAC)
President: Lorraine Cairns
Phone: (03) 6226 7429
Channel Highway, Woodbridge, TAS 7162

Coastal Overseas Adoption Support Team (COAST)
Contact Person: Kate Morris
Phone: (03) 64 37 2584
Penguin, TAS 7316

Victoria

KAF/Han Ho Inc.
Culture club run for and by families with children adopted from South Korea
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.kaf.org.au/
Event Page: http://www.kaf.org.au/calendar.htm

Adoptive Families Association of Victoria
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.vicnet.net/~afav/

Adopted Persons Origins, Advocacy and Kinship (OAK)
Postal Address: P.O. Box 5260BB, Melbourne, VIC 3001

Australian Society for Intercountry Aid for Children (ASIAC)
Postal Address: P.O. Box 189, Glen Waverley, VIC 3150
Phone: (03) 9808 6613
Fax: (03) 9888 8345

Intercountry Adoption Resourch Network (ICARN)
President: Jacqui Wilson
Postal Address: Box 12238, Melbourne, VIC 3001
Office Address: A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC 3001
Phone: (03) 9439 2418

Facts International Adoption Association (FACTS)
Office Address: 14 Jelbart Crt, Eltham, VIC 3095
Phone: (03) 9431 2514

Families with Children from China (FCC)
Information Officer: Aileen Berry
Postal Address: PO BOX 792, Boronia, VIC 3155
Phone: (03) 9563 5002
E-mail:
E-mail:
Web Site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FCC-Australia

Western Australia

Adoption Support for Families and Children (ASFC)
Postal Address: PO Box 6904, Subiaco 6008, WA
Phone: (08) 9489 4008
Fax: (08) 9489 4062
E-mail:
Web Site: http://www.asfc.info/
Event Page: http://www.asfc.info/events.asp

Adoption Research and Counseling Service
Web Site: http://www.adoptionwa.org.au/

Adoption Jigsaw
Web Site: http://www.jigsaw.org.au/

Association for Relinquishing Mothers (ARMS)
no current contact details

Trudy Rosenwald
Registered Psychologist
Child Advocate
Adoption Consultant and Counsellor
Licensee Adoption Contact and Mediation
PhD Candidate Edith Cowan University
Phone: (08) 9572 1451
Phone: (08) 9572 1326
Fax: (08) 9572 1326
Mobile: 0419 941 670
E-mail:
Postal Address: PO Box 200, Mt. Helena 6082, Western Australia
Web Site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adoptionwesternaustralia