|
1992 |
China opens up to international adoption.
While moving from Beijing to Tulsa, Dwyatt Gantt, along with Melody
Zhang in China, finalizes 14 adoptions. |
|
1993 |
Gantt moves to
St. Louis, Missouri and Zhang immigrates to the United States, to help
continue and expand adoptions of Chinese orphans to American families.
Due to a Chinese moratorium, only 20 adoptions were. completed. |
|
1994 |
Out of a St. Louis apartment office,
adoptions triple to 66. |
|
1995 |
Additional staff
is hired and moved into new space for Children’s Hope International
headquarters. 240 Chinese orphans are united with their forever
families. |
|
1996 |
Added several
branch offices across the United States. Also added a Russian adoption
program. Total international adoptions: 304 |
|
1997 |
The Cascade Adoption Agency in Portland
becomes a part of Children’s Hope. New programs for India, Guatemala and
Vietnam are developed. Adoptions for the year, 349. |
|
1998 |
Some changes in
China’s adoption procedures drops adoptions to 220. |
|
1999 |
Adoptions edge
back up to 257 as the Chinese open up again and new international
programs pick up steam. |
|
2000 |
Children’s Hope International is one of the
first agencies accredited in Russia. More staff is added to handle
389 adoptions. |
|
2001 |
New Branches are
added in four cities as the staff grows to 71 in the United
States and internationally. Colombia is a new CHI country. Children’s
Hope Foundation launched to handle humanitarian projects. 513
adoptions. |
|
2002 |
The number of
adoptions this year totals 689 with over $1.7 million going to
orphan and humanitarian needs in all six of our countries. |
|
2003 |
While 718
children were placed with loving families, Children's Hope laid the
ground work for new program in Kazakhstan that opened on January 1,
2004. |
|
2004 |
With 443
adoptions from China and 230 Adoptions from Russia, Children’s Hope
found homes for 816 children in 2004. |
|
2005 |
Office building purchased in St. Louis for
CHI headquarters, as well as Nashville, TN and Beijing China. Expansion
of our child sponsorship program. For the year 744 children were
placed in loving homes. Of those nearly 500 were children from China. |
|
2006 |
Launch of
Children’s Hope’s Orphan Sponsorship program while completing 715
adoptions. |
