Hi there, I am trying to find out whether there’s any financial help available for people attempting to adopt a child. The situation is;
a lady who I know and work with in cat rescue lives in Cyprus, she is a midwife and back in January, she delivered a refugee’s baby. The birth mother didn’t want the baby for several reasons and initially decided she would sign her over for my friend to adopt. 3 months have to pass to give the birth mother an opportunity to change her mind. At one point she did, but never took any action over it. We think she had been told ‘if you keep the baby, you’ll never be sent back to Somalia’ The 3 month wait was over early May, however they cannot find the birth mother, she failed to show up at meetings and has not responded to various communications. The adoption process is at a standstill. Without official adoption, my friend is not entitled to any form of maternity pay, so she is earning nothing, whilst being a mother to a baby that may or may not be part of her family in future.
she is struggling mentally with the process and now the financial hardship is adding to this. I just wondered if anyone knew of any charities that could help my friend in this interim period. Thank you ❤️