International Advocates for Children
To provide orphans with a strong advocate and to overhaul the adoption system through public awareness and technological based solutions (as stated on their 990 TAX Form)
Atlanta Children’s Advocacy Group Staffs Dutch Office
International Advocates for Children (IAC), a watchdog for orphaned and abandoned children worldwide, has hired a full-time staff member for its Amsterdam office as the nonprofit organization seeks to build stronger bonds with European governments and expand its operations hroughout the continent.
According to Lynda Lee Smith, executive director of IAC, the organization provides a tracking system of orphaned children around the world through proprietary software that it acquired in its partnership with Trans Parent Systems Inc. The group opened its suburban Atlanta office in 2001 and a volunteer office in Amsterdam last year.
The establishment of an overseas office was part of IAC’s strategy, which has earmarked the opening of satellite offices on every continent. S
source: International Advocates for ChildrenThe European Office moved to The Hague in 2007, when the name was changed into World Orphan Initiative.
9 November 2006
Persons
| Person | Relation type | Date from | Date to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Bouchard | Board member | 2006 Jan 01 | |
| Dee Simms | Board member | ||
| Greg Hayes | Board member | ||
| Jamie Cuneo | Board member | 2006 Jan 01 | |
| Marina Zakharova | Board member | 2003 Jan 01 | |
| Nat Padget | Board member | ||
| Pam Walker | Board member | 2006 Jan 01 | |
| Steve Simon | Board member | 2006 Jan 01 | |
| Susan Secor Manning | Board member | ||
| Teresa Theisen | Board member | ||
| Teri A. Simmons | Board member | ||
| Lynda Smith (Lynda Lee Smith) | CEO | ||
| Maarten Brekelmans | CEO | 2004 Jan 01 | |
| Farah A. Chapes | Director | ||
| Kimberly Merritt | Director | ||
| Marisa Salcines | Director | ||
| Alice Hakvoort | Employed by | 2005 Jan 01 | |
| Inge Terpstra | Employed by | 2005 Jan 01 | |
| Sergey Zasyatkin | Incorporator of | 2001 Jan 01 | 2005 Jan 01 |
Relations to other organizations
Documents
| Title | Publication date |
|---|---|
| Raad van de Journalistiek:M.G.H. Brekelmans en de Stichting World Initiative for Orphans | July 2011 |
| Brekelmans: Goedbedoeld, maar toch mislukt | 8 August 2010 |
| Forum: members-l] Synopsis of Symposium on Children Without Parental Care | 15 December 2005 |
| JCICS Board Meeting | 16 June 2005 |
| Atlanta Children’s Advocacy Group Staffs Dutch Office | March 2005 |
| International Dove Ball to Honor Child Advocates | 5 February 2005 |
| Orphans, Violence in the Family, Homeless children, Handicapped children, Children-Prisoners | 19 October 2004 |
| How Bartholet influenced Jaap Doek | 1 October 2004 |