- Children at Casa Quivira receive loving, private foster care.
- They receive excellent daily medical attention during the adoption process.
- Normal travel time to Guatemala for completion of the adoption procedure is 3-4 days.
- Individuals, as well as families, are eligible for international adoption.
- There are no age minimum or maximum limits for adoptive parents.
- Most adoptions through Casa Quivira are completed in 8-10 months from the time that referral of a child is accepted.
August 30, 2007
One week after the children in the care of Casa Quivira were ordered transferred the whereabouts and wellbeing of all forty-two (42) children continues to be unknown. Read Press Release
August 27, 2007
The whereabouts and wellbeing of the remaining forty-two (42) children from Casa Quivira which were under the intervention by the President's Office for Social Welfare (Secretaria de Bienestar Social de la Presidencia, SBSP) continues to be unknown. Read Press Release
August 25, 2007
Two US Families Granted Custody of Their Casa Quivira Children Read Press Release
August 24, 2007
All 35 Children in Casa Quivira under the Intervention of the Guatemalan President's Office for Social Welfare (Secretaria de Bienstar Social de la Presidencia, SBSP), have been removed from the Casa Quivira Home. Whereabouts and Wellbeing of Nine (9) Children earlier Removed from Casa Quivira by the SBSP continues to be unknown. Read Press Release
August 23, 2007
Guatemalan National Police Attempt Illegal Raid of Offices of Casas Quivira in Antigua, Guatemala. Whereabouts and Wellbeing of Nine (9) Children Removed from Casa Quivira by the Secretaria de Bienestar Social de la Presidencia (SBSP) continues to be unknown. Read Press Release
September 8, 2007
Today marks the fourth week that the Casa Quivira Children's Home was unjustly raided by Guatemalan authorities and the 46 children legally under their care subsequently transferred to orphanages throughout Guatemala. Since the raid and takeover of the private property by the Guatemalan government not a single petition relating to the health and well being of the children has been answered, staff and owners of the home are banned from entering the property and any clarification regarding the accusations against the duly recognized organization remain unanswered by the state. Read Press Release
September 3, 2007
More than three weeks after the raid on Casa Quivira Children's Home not a single petition to the court from CQ attorneys relating to the accusations of illegally housing children and placing them into adoption has received a response. The whereabouts and well being of all forty-two (42) children who were ordered transferred from CQ continues to be unknown. The private property of Casa Quivira continues to be under state intervention and petitions to return control to the organization are ignored. The Ministerio Publico, MP, (District Attorney's Office) refuses to allow CQ attorneys access to the case against the organization, violating article 14 of the Guatemalan Constitution. Read Press Release
August 30, 2007
One week after the children in the care of Casa Quivira were ordered transferred the whereabouts and wellbeing of all forty-two (42) children continues to be unknown. Read Press Release
August 27, 2007
The whereabouts and wellbeing of the remaining forty-two (42) children from Casa Quivira which were under the intervention by the President's Office for Social Welfare (Secretaria de Bienestar Social de la Presidencia, SBSP) continues to be unknown. Read Press Release
August 25, 2007
Two US Families Granted Custody of Their Casa Quivira Children Read Press Release
August 24, 2007
All 35 Children in Casa Quivira under the Intervention of the Guatemalan President's Office for Social Welfare (Secretaria de Bienstar Social de la Presidencia, SBSP), have been removed from the Casa Quivira Home. Whereabouts and Wellbeing of Nine (9) Children earlier Removed from Casa Quivira by the SBSP continues to be unknown. Read Press Release
August 23, 2007
Guatemalan National Police Attempt Illegal Raid of Offices of Casas Quivira in Antigua, Guatemala. Whereabouts and Wellbeing of Nine (9) Children Removed from Casa Quivira by the Secretaria de Bienestar Social de la Presidencia (SBSP) continues to be unknown. Read Press Release
August 22, 2007
Whereabouts and Wellbeing of Nine (9) Children Removed from Casa Quivira by the Secretaria de Bienestar Social de la Presidencia (SBSP) still unknown. Read Press Release
August 20, 2007
Eight (8) Children Removed from Casa Quivira by Secretaria de Bienstar Social de la Presidencia (SBSP). Read Press Release
August 18, 2007
Guatemalan President's Office for Social Welfare accusations sink to a new low. Read Press Release
August 17, 2007
Two children from Casa Quivira handed over to their legally adoptive parents. Read Press Release
August 16, 2007
Casa Quivira Children’s Home located in Antigua, Guatemala has been illegally occupied by personnel from the Guatemalan President’s Office for Social Welfare (Secretaria de Bienestar Social de la Presidencia, SBSP). Read Press Release
August 15, 2007
Since the illegal police raid on Casa Quivira last weekend, we have received an outpouring of support from the adoptive families that we have helped over the past 16 years. Read Press Release
August 14, 2007
We are shocked at the illegal police raid on Casa Quivira, and are working to make sure that the 45 children in our care continue to receive the high quality, professional care that we work so hard to provide. Read Press Release