Testimonials

 We met Karyn while in the process of adopting a child from India.  She was the program manager of our agency, and we could not have been more grateful to have her facilitating our adoption.  The experience was emotional and stressful, but Karyn guided us through every step, providing incredible direction on how to navigate the endless paperwork and applications, while also completely supporting us emotionally.  She regularly modified her hours in order to be available to us, and even supported us daily during our time in India, despite being on a family vacation. 

While her dedication and process guidance was amazing, her understanding of childhood trauma and the change to our family dynamic was absolutely the most valuable aspect of our working relationship.  Not only has she continued to walk us through understanding the challenges our son has walked through, but she has also helped in providing advice for the major adjustments met by his older sibling.  

She is always supportive and encouraging, providing us with both research and experience backed advice.  We consistently feel so much better equipped and encouraged after our conversations with Karyn.  We could not have done this adoption without her, and we are incredibly grateful to know her and have her as a resource.

I worked closely with Karyn for 2 1/2 years while I was in the process of adopting my amazing daughter. Along with being with me and advising me every step of the way, she also became a great friend. Karyn was very responsive to my many emails and questions and was never too busy for me. She cared about every aspect of my life and journey to my daughter, and she still checks in often to see how we are! I will forever be thankful for all she has done to bring my family together.

Our family returned to South Africa for the first time since our adoption this summer, and The Mosaic Project was a big part of making it a successful trip. Thabiso gave our son Sibonelo (age 11, adopted at 4) Zulu lessons online before we left and did a great job understanding Sib's conflicted feelings about the language (wanting to learn and being very self-conscious about not knowing it!). 

Karen and Majola arranged a day trip where they took our family on a tour of a township connected to Sib's first family and a visit to the rural town where our son was born. Our kids felt so comfortable and at ease with them and it allowed us as parents to enjoy the day and attend to all the big emotions that a trip like this can bring up. I highly recommend The Mosaic Project to other families in the network; we are so excited that these services now exist in South Africa.