Pontes de Amor

The Pontes de Amor NGO, a philanthropic organization, is a support group for adoption and family and community life with headquarters in the city of Uberl�ndia, Minas Gerais state, being affiliated to Brazil�s National Adoption Association (ANGAAD). It was formed in June 2012, with the mission of supporting and encouraging legal adoption via social technologies and multidisciplinary actions, promoting the intra and inter-relational health of children, teenagers and their families. Its goals are to facilitate social, family and community life for children and teenagers undergoing an adoption process or who are in foster care, especially regarding the preparation, orientation and monitoring of families who have adopted or intend to adopt, as well as to contribute to the increase of legal adoptions.