Since the Korean War, Americans have looked overseas to adopt children. Television pictures of Romanian orphanages attracted interest there in the early 1990's. Then Russia opened up. Now Americans are grabbing up the thousands of unwanted baby girls in China and East Asia. The number of foreign adoptions has doubled in the past decade to over 18 thousand a year. But going overseas is not always cheap or easy. WKSU's Mark Urycki reports...

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Family Adoption Consultants (FAC) - Provides assistance through donations of medical supplies and child sponsorship programs.

Holt International Children's Services - Provides services for in-country adoption and international adoption.

World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP) - Places children with adoptive families and provides medical, educational and financial aid to needy children.

Kidsave - Sponsors summer visits from overseas orphans.