Costa Rica

Country Code: CR
Area: 31,752 sq mi (51,100km²)
Gross Domestic Product: 49 Billion Dollar
Population: 4,328,000

Agencies operating in Costa Rica

Organization	From	To
Children's Home Society & Family Services, Minnesota (CHSFS)
L'Agence Française d'Adoption (AFA)
Lifeline Children’s Services
Rolf Levy (Rolf Salomon Levy Berger aka Rafael Leyva)	2003-00-00	2003-00-00
Wide Horizons for Children (WHFC)

Organizations based in Costa Rica:

Accreditation office

Organization	State/Province	City
Patronato Nacional de la Infancia, Costa Rica		San Jose

Boarding school

Organization	State/Province	City
Academy at Dundee Ranch	Alajuela
Pillars of Hope	Alajuela	La Ceiba Cascajal

Cases:

Child trafficking cases

Report	Date
Costa Rica - misc trafficking cases	1957-01-27
Guatemala / Costa Rica - International Adoption Resource (FL) and Rolf Levy case	2003-12-12

Adoption statistics:

Adoption exports

This information is compiled from the figures as reported by the receiving countries.

Reports:

Reports

Document	Date
Alberta gave approval to 75 p.c. of baby adoption applications	1948-05-11
TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	2004-07-01
Million Dollar Baby	2005-07-07

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