India
1. Church of North India ("CNI")1; "Shishu Sangopan Grihi", New Delhi: CNI is a voluntary agency in the Union Territory of Delhi which operates the orphanage, "Shushu Sangopan Grihi" in New Delhi, from which the children are allocated.
2. Kathiawar Nirashrit Balashram, Rajkot, an orphanage; no adoption program is currently operating.
3. SOCSEAD, a government registered adoption organisation run by the Holy Cross Order of Roman Catholic nuns in Tamil Nadu.
4. Madras Social Services ("MASOS"), a government registered adoption organisation.
Republic of Korea
Eastern Child Welfare Society Inc ("ECWS"), a private welfare agency licensed by the government to manage intercountry adoption programs with Australia and the USA.
Philippines
Department of Social Welfare.
Taiwan
Christian Salvation Services ("CSS"), a welfare organisation licensed by the government to carry out adoptions.
ASIAC has also established a program with Cathwel, a Catholic welfare organisation licensed by the government, although children are not being allocated to Australia2.
Thailand
Department of Public Welfare, Bangkok, the government welfare department.
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