A platform for Chilean Adoptees, all over the world.
Chilean Adoptees Worldwide
The International Network
Una plataforma para chilenos adoptados, en todo el mundo
En platform for chilenske adopterede over hele verden
En plattform for chilenske adopterte over hele verden
En plattform för chilenska adopterade, över hela världen
Een platform voor Chileens geadopteerden, over de hele wereld
Een platform voor Chileens geadopteerden, over de hele wereld
eine Plattform für chilenische Adoptivkinder, überall auf der Welt
Une plateforme pour les adoptés chiliens, partout dans le monde.
eine Plattform für chilenische Adoptivkinder, überall auf der Welt
una piattaforma per gli adottati cileni, in tutto il mondo
eine Plattform für chilenische Adoptivkinder, überall auf der Welt
A platform for Chilean adoptees, all over the world
A platform for Chilean adoptees, all over the world
A platform for Chilean adoptees, all over the world
The CAW Team
Meet our volunteers
Alejandro Quezada
FounderAngelica Martínez
Founding MemberJessica Pincheira
Founding MemberLuis Štambuk
Representative ChileMargarita Soledad Assettati
Representative ItalyStephan Witte
Representative GermanyEvelyn Rakos
LawyerVitalia Muñoz
LawyerEddie Boza
Representative CanadaAna Muñoz
Representative USAKatia Marcello
Representative AustraliaMaria Stodart
Representative SwedenMarcelo Henriquez
Representative NorwayChristina Birkemose
Representative DenmarkRune Renato Hansen
Representative DenmarkJose Sørensen
Representative DenmarkCamila Andrea Roa Bustos
Representative SwitzerlandMirjam Else Welink van IJken
Representative & Investigation NetherlandsSaartje Verhoest
Representative BelgiumAurélien Boué
Representative FranceJohanna Lamboley Neira
Representative FranceOmar & Sophie Zeballos
Documentarists & Media ProductionsSome facts about our platform
300 +
Members
20.000 +
Cases of irregular adoptions
75%
of them have Indigenous origens
Family Search-flyers
Knowing where you come from is a basic Human Right
CAW
The people behind the platform
We set out to connect those adopted from Chile with their birth families as well as connecting them with the true story behind their adoption. Creating awareness on all levels imaginable and unimaginable. Challenging the international adoption system that didn't work and make constructive changes for future generation. We strive to be a platform that helps adoptees to come to terms and acceptance of their histories. Connecting them through our worldwide network with other (Chilean) #AdopteesWorldwide and anyone else who is or feels connected to them.
I came from the things that have shaped me into the person I am today. With my adoption experience I have found strength to encourage and empower adoptees, to stay strong in what they do best. As the Co-Founder of CAW I wish to unite us, to stay strong together, to make a difference together, because together we have a voice. We are not the children of silence. Together we should fight for our human rights that have been violated. I encourage all adoptees around the world to create awareness and to start the movement of a silent demonstration. Together we seek justice, transparency and peace.
Latest News
CAW in the Media
American ‘stolen’ as a baby finds family in Chile
Source: CNN Rafael Romo Scott Lieberman, an American who lives in San Francisco, always knew that he was adopted from Chile. What he did not know was that he had been stolen as an infant. “I lived 42 years of my life without knowing that I was stolen, not knowing what was happening down in […]
I am one of the thousands of babies stolen by Pinochet’s dictatorship – Radio-Canada.ca
Read from the original source (French written): https://ici.radio-canada.ca/recit-numerique/5624/pinochet-adoptions-trafic-enfants-chili-quebec?fromApp=appInfoIos&fromMobileApp=ios Under the leadership of dictator Augusto Pinochet, thousands of little Chileans were snatched from their mother to be given up for adoption abroad. Anne-Marie discovered that she was one of these babies. Here is the story of a broken family. There are sometimes those days when the […]
Muere la “monja” holandesa (89) acusada del robo de niños en Chile
Fuente: Algemeen Dagblad (texto en holandés) 21-01-23, 11:41 La “monja” holandesa de 89 años acusada de robo de bebés y adopción ilegal en Chile ha muerto. Así se lo hizo saber su familia en las redes sociales. La Hermana Gertrudis fue objeto de críticas por supuestamente sustraer niños a madres para darlos en adopción en […]
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