SUMMER MIRACLES EXPANDS

TO GERMANY

MIRACLES EXPANDS TO GERMANY

In February 2008, representatives from Kidsave in

Colombia met with a German adoption agency in

· Abandonment Requirements: When a child is abandoned, by law it comes into the custody of the Government. MOWA places abandoned or orphaned children in orphanages or foster homes, pending adoption. When a child is found to have two HIV/AIDS-infected parents, or one living HIV/AIDS-infected parent, the Government routinely declares that the child is an orphan and assumes legal guardianship of the child. Many AIDS-orphaned children adopted by Americans come from the HIV/AIDS hospice run by the Missionaries of Charity in Addis Ababa.

Waiting Period: It is common for the Government of Ethiopia to require that a child be resident in an orphanage for three months before they can be adopted.

http://adoption.state.gov/country/ethiopia.html

House bill seeks to protect Oregon kids adopted outside U.S.

By Michelle Cole, The Oregonian

May 01, 2009, 8:49PM

Courtesy of Tausha CramAdrianna Cram was in state custody when she was sent to Mexico to live with relatives who later murdered her. A bill that unanimously passed the state House on Friday requires greater safeguards for children sent out of the country.

SALEM -- Nobody mentioned Adrianna Cram's name during Friday's short House floor debate on a bill requiring more scrutiny when a child from Oregon foster care is sent to live with relatives in another country.

On April 30, 2009 Micha Kat revealed on Argusoog Radio that Juliana was made pregnant by her father Prince Hendrik at the age of 17 or eighteen.

The name of the illegitimate - but not 'out-of-wedlock' daughter is Maria or MarieClaire Rovers (or Roovers).

Ro(o)vers was given access to her adoption file by the Supreme Court in a 1994 judgment, but the archives nevertheless remained closed to her. This bizarre 'stalemate' was broken when an HR counselor gave her a letter revealing her parents' identities. This letter went with her to her grave. Ro(o)vers was born in 1927 and died between 1996 and 1998.

The 'Roovers case' is described in an article on the site of The Guardian. In a few places in the public sources the possibility has already been suggested that Juliana gave birth to a daughter at the age of 18 and 'dumped' her in Huize Moederheil (later Valkenhorst) in Tilburg, namely on Mokum TV from 8 to 17 February 1999. (broadcast 164)

nl - Around 1926/1927 Juliana took private (home) lessons for several months.

Metro Atlanta / State News 4:53 a.m. Monday, April 26, 2010

Nonprofit adoption agencies often profit someone other than children, families

AJC investigation: Big portions of agency budgets go to top executives

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DONDERDAG 23 APRIL 2009

3 maanden later - 3 months later

Wel, het is nu bijna 3 maanden dat ik op die eerste plaats sta, en weinig is verandert. Door stress eens een paar dagen ziek geweest en daarna het knoppeke omgedraait. Die telefoon zal wel rinkelen als hij rinkelt. Het is nog wachten op de thuiskomst van 3 dossiers uit gelgela alvorens daar na evaluatie volop gestart kan worden met toewijzingen. En deze week zou er bezoek zijn van de ambassade aan het 4de weeshuis, Almaz Ashene! Als daar alles vlot verloopt kan men ook starten met proefdossiers. Een termijn durf ik daar echt niet op kleven. Wie nu een toewijzing krijgt zal waarschijnlijk kunnen afreizen in de zomermaanden. Nog even geduld dus!

Almost 3 months now I have been in the first spot! Little has changed! Due to stress I have had a few sickness days, after that I decided I needed to chill down, and the telephone will ring when it rings. Nothing I can do to speed it up! 3rd orphanage, Gelgela, its still waiting for the trial files to come home, but those people left this week! And the embassy is visiting the 4th orphanage Almaz Ashene this week. If all goes well, then soon they can start 6 trial files. But I can not put a timeframe on that! People who get a matching now or in May will be able to travel in the summer holidays! A little more patience :)

Geplaatst door Bri op 4/23/2

Monday, April 20, 2009 Older Children Find Homes in Germany Recently, I was reading some information that I found on the ICBF website. In January, there was a great article about some older children that found adoptive homes in Germany. Here is a translation: Thanks to the project “Summer Miracles”, developed between the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF), the Kid Save Foundation, and the German adoption organization -- ADA -- five foreign families are celebrating the end of their adoption process. In the final phase of their adoptions, the five German families were visiting Colombia after having spent 4 months in Germany with 7 Colombian children between the ages of 4 and 10. This experience was part of a pilot plan that ICBF is trying out in Germany, and fortunately it has had very positive results -- having opened a way for children that are difficult to place for adoption find homes. The parents, that had met all of the legal requirements to be adoptive parents, had been on the waiting list to receive children younger than 6 years of age. However, after experiencing life with these older children -- which was overseen by German authorities -- they decided to accept the boys and girls as their own children. The German families proclaimed that not only was the Vacation time spent in Germany a successful, but also the adoption process in Colombia. They recognized the dedication and toughtfulness that ICBF put into each case. Isabelle and Berend Marks, the adoptive parents of one of the Colombian girls reported, “ We are happy because our daughter has adapted so well to our family. We are grateful for this opportunity that was given to us.” The novelty of this new pilot program is that the children were able to spend 4 months in what would be their new country. This situation allowed them to create ties and offered them the emotional stability to accept their new life in a new culture. In order to guarantee the sustainability of this project, the ICBF, headed by the Director General, Elvira Forero Hernández, seeks the support of the Ministry of Foreign Relations in order to receive support from other embassies. Posted by Colombian Mommy at 12:00 AM

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Child Law Under Revision - by Wezi Tjaronda

20 April 2009

WINDHOEK – The Child Care and Protection Bill will be revised to suit the needs of the Namibian children.
The Bill, first drafted in 1994 and revised a number of times, is intended to replace the Children’s Act 33 of 1960, which is outdated and is not in keeping with the interest of children in the country. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare is revising the piece of legislation, with technical support from the Legal Assistance Centre. The technical working group includes the ministry, LAC, Ministry of Health and Social Services and the Ministry of Justice.

The LAC said last week law reform in the area is needed for children in Namibia to receive the care and protection they deserve.

The Bill addresses children’s courts, early intervention services, procedures for removing endangered children from the home, foster care, adoption, child trafficking and child headed households, which are critical areas that are needed to ensure that the rights of children in Namibia are protected and upheld.