"We cannot say enough about Raúl and María Elena and how they worked miracles...
...in making our dream of adoption a reality... They have so much knowledge and experience that there were no surprises or unforeseen situations. They knew exactly the right people to contact and always knew what we needed to prepare for 3 steps in advance."
Craig and Sara Gorton
Miller Place, NY
Villa Hope
Since 1988 Maria Elena has been working representing Villa Hope in Peru. In 1994 The agency and the Peruvian Government signed a contract to place children for international adoption with Maria Elena as their official Liaison.
Villa Hope is a non-profit, fully accredited and state licensed child-placing agency. In 1988, it became the first licensed international adoption agency in the State of Alabama, and in 2008, the agency was granted the Hague Accreditation from the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children, Inc. (COA). Villa Hope is a member of the Joint Council on International Children's Services.
The agency's programs cover Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe. They are dedicated to providing services to qualified families throughout the United States going from the principle that every child deserves the security of a loving, permanent family, and that every potential adoptive parent deserves comprehensive adoption services.
E-mail: villahope@villahope.org
Phone: +1 (205) 870-7359 or + 1 (866) 261-7359
Website: www.villahope.org
Ties Program
The Ties Program is a travel program for adoptive families who would like to visit their child's country of birth, and travel in a supportive environment with other adoptive families.
For over a decade, this program specializes in customized international adoption journeys that are nurturing, “adoption aware,” child centered and fun.
The Peruvian Ties itinerary includes time to reconnect with people and places important to the traveling families. Some may wish to meet people important in their child’s life. Others may wish to return to where their child was born or to those places they stayed at and visited when becoming a family. The Ties Program offers customized travel plans according to the families' needs and desires.
E-mail: info@AdoptiveFamilyTravel.com
Phone: +1 (800) 398-3676
Website: www.adoptivefamilytravel.com