It is expected that the document, albeit a non-binding document, will prove to be a useful and strong tool in the process, and it is hoped that it will be widely disseminated amongst practitioners involved in all aspects of child protection. As a final conclusion, and opening to further informal discussion, I invite you to read the latest version of the draft UN Guidelines, which are available on the Child Rights Information Network and Better Care Network’s websites (http://www.crin.org/bcn).

I´d offered to make a presentation…..Mr. Pati, Dy Director told me that he thinks I m not “balanced”. There is no speaker from the activist. No real critical person.

The Supreme Court has clarified the rules of international adoption of Kazakh children

05.10.2007

Last week, a judge in Astana the Supervisory Board of the Supreme Court gave Galia AKKUOVA official comments on international adoptions Kazakh orphans.

In RK permit foreign citizens to adopt a child gives the court. According to Ms. Akkuovoy, currently the country's 16,884 children living in orphanages, even in 2084 to three years of living in orphanages. 80% of them - the so-called "social orphans", that is, children with living parents. There are 6 children's villages of family type, 29 family houses, 23 houses and 3 youth non-"children's village". These institutions brought up only 16.6% of children. The judge said that "in such a situation, the optimal shape of the device is the adoption of children": "Since the adoption develop not only close, relationship, but there is their legal recognition."

In 1999, the existing Law "On Marriage and the Family," which allowed for the first time in Kazakhstan, international adoption, and put on the courts the duty to take decisions to permit it. According to the Sun, for 8 years, more than 20,000 children are adopted citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, about 6000 - foreigners.

Asistenta din Bavaria

AUTOR: LAURA CATUNEANU

DATA PUBLICARII: 04/10/2007

Vicepresedintele Parlamentului bavarez, Barbara Stamm, s-a aflat ieri la Sibiu pentru a vorbi despre succesul programului de asistenta sociala si cel al centrului de ingrijire de pe strada Pedagogilor.

Aproximativ 300 de absolventi ai scolii de asistenta sociala, infiintata de Fundatia Bavaria pentru Romania, au fost pregatiti in profesia de asistent recuperator. Acestea sint datele oferite, ieri, de Barbara Stamm, vicepresedinte al Parlamentului bavarez si delegatul Bavariei pentru relatia cu Romania. „Prin aceasta fundatie dorim sa ridicam nivelul de asistenta sociala. Datorita legaturilor strinse pe care le avem cu Sibiul si cu Forumul German am reusit ca, de la o scoala postliceala, sa ajungem la dezvoltarea unei scoli care este orientata spre formarea de ingrijitori pentru persoanele virstnice", a spus Stramm. Pentru acest proiect a fost nevoie de un milion de euro, bani care au venit din fonduri bugetare, donatii de la cetatenii din Bavaria si colaborarea cu alte fundatii.

http://www.adoption-link.org/kenya-program.aspx
 
 
Kenya Adoption Program Adoption-Link is pleased to announce our new adoption program in Kenya!

Adopting from Kenya:
Adopting from Kenya can be a demanding process, largely because the Kenyan government requires adoptive parents to relocate to Kenya for 6 - 10 months. Though living in Kenya would be an incredible experience for any family that can make it possible. Kenya is a major tourist destination and people from all over the world visit Kenya to go on safari, enjoy the country’s beautiful landscapes and experience their diverse culture.

Eligibility requirements include:
1. Married couples who have been married for at least three years.
2. At least one of the applicants must be between 25 years old and 65 years old, and more than 21 years older than the child. The applicants may be related to the child.

The Kenyan government will not grant adoptions to the following::
1. To a single foreign applicant (exceptions made for special needs children);
2. If one or both applicants is not of sound mind, as defined by the Kenyan Mental Health Act;
3. To applicant(s) who have been charged and convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction for or of any offence against children under Kenyan laws. (Note: USCIS also requires a criminal background check to be done on all petitioners and may find families ineligible as well);
4. To gay and lesbian individuals or couples;
5. To joint applicants not married to each other.

Residency Requirements:
At least one of the adopting parents must reside in Kenya with the child for at least three months before legal procedures begin, though both parents would be required to go initially to meet the child and to attend the court proceedings Adoption-Link has an in country facilitator that will arrange lodging and make sure you are comfortable throughout your stay. Although some legal adoption steps can be initiated before the three months period has been completed, most of the legal work will only begin after the three month “homestay” with the child is finished.

Professor Alemayehu G. Mariam's letter to Senator Inhofe

October 22, 2007

Senator James Inhofe

453 Russell Senate Office Bldg.

Washington, D.C. 20510

Children in child protection institutions

In practice, the results of the Government Strategy for the Protection of Child in Difficulty are

as follows:

? number of institutionalised children dropped from 57,181 in December 2001 to 27,188

in June 2006;

October 2007

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Part of Euradopt minutes - written by Elisabeth Sandberg

- Jennifer Degeling from the Permanent Bureau in the Hague and representatives of four Central Authorities had a meeting with the NAC delegates. All parties agreed that we need a concerted effort to try and influence the ideas within the European Union, where it has been argued that inter-country adoption is not a child protection measure and is a last resort. I regard our discussion as a step forward in the EU issue.

We were also informed that the Good Practise Guide on the Hague Adoption Convention will be published soon, probably before the end of the year.

A foundation suspected of -exporting- children keeps -the business-

Of Andreea Anghel - 03:00, September 30, 2007

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The -Walk in the Light- Foundation, which currently has 39 children in care, is under the patronage of a former criminal investigator precisely for the -export- of children, Ilie Coroam?, and who was said to go out of the way because the children they will be transferred to the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection (DGASPC) Bistri?a-N?s?ud, it remains -in the business-.

According to the director of DGASPC Bistri?a-N?s?ud, Marin Rus, the process that was written to be based on accusations of organ trafficking was put in place to move from the above-mentioned foundation nine of the 39 children he has in the foundation is currently under the care of the state authorities, this being the only way for these souls to be transferred. Nine, because the businessman Ilie Coroam? declares that he can only finance them for the rest of 30. The story of this foundation is quite confusing and bizarre, considering the fact that until April it worked in Suceava. Trying to establish a route regarding the fate of these children, who are under the care of a former criminal investigator precisely for the -export- of children, I found out from DGASPC Suceava that the Center would have been closed a year ago and that there would have been a pending trial in the courts. However, in an attempt to detail the subject, we found out from the same representatives that the foundation has not been operating since April in Suceava and moved to Bistri?a-N?s?ud, for reasons not yet elucidated by the Suceava authorities. Why in Bistri?a-N?s?ud? Because the city is famous in terms of scandals for international adoptions, an activity that Ilie Coroam? also seems to practice. Why in Bistri?a-N?s?ud? Because the city is famous in terms of scandals for international adoptions, an activity that Ilie Coroam? also seems to practice. Why in Bistri?a-N?s?ud? Because the city is famous in terms of scandals for international adoptions, an activity that Ilie Coroam? also seems to practice.