An Updated Data Bank Photo-Listing
Easily the most popular feature on the Russian Adoption Help website is the article providing instructions for how to search the Russian Federal Ministry of Education and Science (MoE)'s official photo-listing of children who may be available for adoption in Russia. Since the launch of their official adoption-related website, usynovite.ru in 2005, the MoE has provided this tool as a means to publicize the children available for Russian families to adopt. However, it wasn't long before many foreign pre-adoptive parents discovered it as well.
Russian Adoption Help has been providing instructions in English for pre-adoptive parents for a few years. But recently, in early February, the MoE launched a new website design for usynovite.ru, which gives the website a more modern, streamlined appearance. At the same time, they updated the search interface and result display for the photo-listing. The new look also meant that the English-language instructions needed an update, which was completed this weekend.
You can find the updated instructions, along with links to the photo-listing, at the following link:
http://www.russianadoptionhelp.com/index.php?feed=100
If you use the instructions, I would love to hear your comments about them. Please feel free to post them as a comment on this blog!
Russian Adoption Help has been providing instructions in English for pre-adoptive parents for a few years. But recently, in early February, the MoE launched a new website design for usynovite.ru, which gives the website a more modern, streamlined appearance. At the same time, they updated the search interface and result display for the photo-listing. The new look also meant that the English-language instructions needed an update, which was completed this weekend.
You can find the updated instructions, along with links to the photo-listing, at the following link:
http://www.russianadoptionhelp.com/index.php?feed=100
If you use the instructions, I would love to hear your comments about them. Please feel free to post them as a comment on this blog!
Labels: Post-adoption, Pre-adoption, Russia, The Process
Written by Jim
4 Comments
Published: Monday, February 14, 2011 at 12:08 AM
Reader Comments:
Fantastic resource -- thank you! Very clearly explained. I had no trouble navigating the Russian website -- I almost felt like I was reading Russian! Ha! The explanation of caveats was very clearly laid out too -- e.g. that a child being posted here does not mean she or he is yet on the available to internationals list yet. Thank you also for providing the list of translations for the "character" section.
If, once you get a referral, you find a photo of your child on the data bank, i recommend you download it immediately. The day after I received my referral the photo was updated. If I hadn't downloaded the photograph from the data bank the day I received my referral, I would have missed the opportunity to keep a copy of the original photograph for my daughter.
We adopted our daughter from Karelia almost three years ago...her newborn photo is still on the databank as of today! Just to show how much the photolistings should definitely not be used as a source for available children.
If, once you get a recommendation, you find images of your kid on the information lender, i suggest you obtain it instantly. The day after I obtained my recommendation the picture was current. If I hadn't down-loadable the picture from the information lender the day I obtained my recommendation, I would have skipped to be able to keep a content of the unique picture for my kid.
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