Share your stories with the TDH community

We would like to publish family experiences on a regular basis in our newsletter. For many of you the trip to receive your child was an eye-opener and a life-changing event. For some of you there is a desire to share the happiness and joy. Also, for families-in-waiting, let us know your feelings and reflections, and how you are passing the time and learning about the country of adoption. We offer all of you, invite you, to submit written reports of your adoptive experiences, with pictures and captions. To submit or for more information please contact newsletter editor, Sharon Kashino.

Issue 4: January 2010

• Highschool Mission: trip to Kontum
• Vietnam: adoption program
• Ukraine: adoption program
• Honduras: adoption program
• Ecuador: adoption program
• Kontum, Vietnam: TDH’s involvement
• Vung Tau Sponsorship Program
• Madame Le: …to see them smile
• Why is Fundraising important?
• Fundraising 2009 ~ a year in review
• Local Fundraisers
• News and Current Events:
  • Ontario International Adoption Agencies
  • TDH Helps Equador-bound Families
  • 2009 Communications
  • 2009 TDH Federation Meeting
  • News from Vankleek Hill
• New Arrivals!
• Broader Adoption Issues
• Family Features:
  • Rosie – two very special stories
  • Journey to Ecuador
• Adoption in Depth…red tape
• TDH Family Functions & Fundraisers

To read the current newsletter click the link here: January 2010 (1.3 Mb). To view this PDF file you require Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download a free version of the reader, click here.

Issue 3: October 2009

• Typhoon Ketsana clubs Kontum province
• Vietnam adoption program: 3rd quarter statistics
• Program updates: Ukraine, Honduras, Ecuador
• The vision of Le Trang Dai, Vung Tau orphanages Director
• Ottawa-area picnic welcomes Le Trang Dai
• The Quebec Gala -- from dream to reality
• Dragonfly campaign and your chance to win
• Fundraising intitiatives: toys, holiday cards and a gala...
• Meet some new arrivals
• TDH information sources: keep yourself up to date
• Special needs adoption: one family's story
• Family Features: ethical questioning
• News and photos from the TDH team
• The Erosion of Trust: reflections on international adoption
• Report on Dorinda's latest trip to Vietnam
• Adoption in Depth: booking your departure date
• And more!

To read the current newsletter click the link here: October 2009 (1.4 Mb). To view this PDF file you require Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download a free version of the reader, click here.

Issue 2: July 2009

• Hoa Binh and Tra Vinh delegation visit
• Vietnam adoption program
• Vietnam: waiting time proposal and travel
• Ukraine adoption program
• Honduras adoption program open!
• TDH: its structure
• Useful references
• NEW arrivals
• News and current events
• FUll citizenship for all adopted children: Bill C-397
• News from Vankleek Hill
• TDH Ontario annual picnic
• Broader adoption issues
• Children's rights
• The Hague: Vietnam
• Adoption in Depth: follow-up reports

To read the current newsletter click the link here: July 2009 (1.1 Mb). To view this PDF file you require Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download a free version of the reader, click here.

Issue 1: May 2009

• report on the Toronto fundraising gala
• recent proposals of children
• Dorinda's report on her recent Vietnam trip, including orphanage visits in Vung Tau, Ben Tre, and Kontum plus a meeting with Ho Chi Minh City's Dept. of Justice
• regulation changes in Vietnam
• TDH at the United Nations
• dragonfly campaign
• water buffalo project
• previous fundraising events: lifebook session in Mississauga, theatre production in St. Thomas
• how the waiting lists work

To read the current newsletter click the link here: May 2009 (820 kb). To view this PDF file you require Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download a free version of the reader, click here.