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Although the law hasn't changed much, letters don't go into 'file 13'. However, they do take a very long time to be answered. If your child has been looking for you and written to Social Welfare in Zimbabwe they will have kept it on file. If you write they will eventually get back to you and let you know any information they have. Don't give up - they move very slowly and you may have to write more than once. I think I wrote about five times before I finally got a reply. If you can get Social Welfare in the country in which you now live to write on your behalf (I don't know how they operate there) the reply would be sent to them and it would probably happen a lot quicker - official paper seems to help a lot. Whatever you do please don't give up. Always let the Zimbabwe Welfare know of any changes of address etc. the more up to date they are the more likely you are to be contacted. I started searching for my birth mother 11 years ago. It took 3 years before I got a reply only to tell me she had died. However, I do have a sister and unfortunately she must have given up looking for me because the information I was given was very out of date and has meant that my search still goes on. I live in hope that one day I will find my sister..
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