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Policies and Perspectives of the development of Intercountry Adoptions in Bulgaria

(Italian Embassy + Adoptionscentrum)
 
 
 
 
 
International Conference
 
Policies and Perspectives of the development of  Intercountry Adoptions in Bulgaria


19 March 2009, Sofia, Bulgaria
 
 
08.45 – 09.20         Registration (Royal III Hall, Sheraton Hotel)
 
09.20 – 09.30         Introduction
                                  Goals of the Conference. Introduction of participants
 
09.30 – 10.00         Opening of the Conference.
                                  Welcoming remarks by Mrs. Miglena Tacheva, Minister of Justice
                                  Welcoming remarks by H.E. Mr. Stefano Benazzo, Ambassador of Republic of Italy to Bulgaria
 
10.00 – 10.40         Summary of the latest developments in the area of intercountry adoptions       
                                  Mrs. Ilonka Raichinova, Deputy Minister of Justice and Chair of the Intercountry Adoptions Council 
 
10.40 – 11.10         Children deprived of parental care and their upbringing in specialized institutions
                                  Mrs. Stefka Djankova MD, Director of Home for Medical and Social Care of Children in the town of Varna
                                  Mrs. Evgenia Georgieva MD, Director of Home for Medical and Social Care of Children in the town of Dobrich
         
11.10 – 11.30         Coffee-break (Royal I + II Hall, Sheraton Hotel)
 
11.30 – 11.50         The Ministry of Justice and Bulgarian Accredited Adoption Organizations. Unity, partnership and team work in the intercountry adoption procedures.
                             Mr. Nikolai Elenkov, Chair of the Management Board of    Association of the Accredited Adoption Organizations
 
11.50 – 12.20           The new Family Code – pros and cons and amendments, governing intercountry adoptions
                    Prof. Tzanka Tzankova, LL.D., A.M. 
 
12.20 – 12.40         Legislative Practice and Intercountry Adoption Procedure
                    Judge Maria Georgieva, Sofia City Court
 
 
12.40 – 13.00         Priority procedures for adoption of special needs children. Registration process for special needs children at the Ministry of Justice. New opportunities. Necessity of receiving additional and updated information
Mrs. Milena Kuzeva, member of the Association of the Accredited Adoption Organizations
 
13.00 – 13.30           Foreign experience in adoption of special needs children
Mr. Nils  Karlström, Aadoptionscentrum – Swedish Accredited Organization
 
13.30 – 15.00           Lunch  (Royal II Hall, Sheraton Hotel)
 
15.00– 16.00            Discussion on intercountry adoption matters between the foreign Accredited Organizations and the Bulgarian Central Authority
 
16.00 – 18.00         Discussion on intercountry adoption matters between the foreign Central Authorities and the Bulgarian Central Authority
 
18.00              Official Closing of the Conference
 
18.30           Cocktail (Royal I + II Hall, Sheraton Hotel)
 
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The State Duma Says "Nyet" to Moratorium

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Fact and opinion about the state of International Adoptions in Russia.

The State Duma Says "Nyet" to Moratorium

On Wednesday, March 18, the State Duma (which is the lower house of the Russian parliament) spent most of its day discussing matters related to the adoption of Russian children by foreigners. At stake were two different initiatives with the same goal: to address the Russian outrage over the acquittal of Miles Harrison last December in the death of his Russian-adopted son, Chase.

Bolivian regrets giving her baby and tries to recover

Bolivian regrets giving her baby and tries to recover
 
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Llanto: Savia Luz Choque, boliviana que quiso entregar a su bebé Wheels: Light Shock Savia, Bolivians who wanted to deliver her baby
 
La cochabambina ofreció en adopción a su hijo en gestación. The Cochabamba offered for adoption to the child in gestation. Una pareja argentina le ofreció un pago por el retoño. A couple argentina offered payment for the shoot. Cuando nació el bebé, ella se arrepintió, pero la presionaron a seguir con el “comercio” When the baby was born, she repented, but the pressure to continue with the "trade" 

Savia Luz Choque Quino tiene 22 años y fue a Rosario a tener a su bebé para darlo en adopción. Light Shock Quino Savia has 22 years and went to Rosario to give your baby up for adoption. El día del parto se arrepintió, pero igualmente firmó los papeles. The day of birth repented, but also signed the papers. Ella asegura que la presionaron. She says that pressure. 

Savia Luz es oriunda de Cochabamba. Light sap is from Cochabamba. Desde hace meses suplica que le devuelvan a su bebé, nacido en Rosario y entregado a un matrimonio firmatense (de Firmat) mediante un trámite confuso —informó el diario La Capital, de Rosario.For months he begged to return to her baby, born in Rosario and delivered to a marriage firmatense (of Firmat) through a step-confusing reported the daily La Capital de Rosario. 

Ella había llegado a la ciudad un mes antes del parto, contactada por una abogada del fuero local, pero el mismo día del nacimiento se arrepintió y suplicó que no le quitaran a su hijo. She had come to town a month before the birth, a lawyer contacted by the local jurisdiction, but the same day of birth repented and begged him not to remove your child. La joven denuncia que fue coaccionada psicológicamente hasta firmar la guarda preadoptiva en un estudio jurídico. The couple alleges that he was psychologically coerced to sign the pre-stored in a law firm. 

En este marco, el abogado de Luz pedirá mañana (hoy) la nulidad de todo lo actuado y se hará una denuncia por estafa procesal con un antecedente de apropiación ilegal, en un caso que tomó estado diplomático con la intervención del Consulado de Bolivia. In this context, the lawyer asked Luz tomorrow (today) the invalidity of all the action and make a complaint of fraud with a procedural history of illegal appropriation, in a case that took the diplomatic status with the intervention of the Consulate of Bolivia. 

Desamparo, en la web Helplessness in the web 

“Busco una familia cariñosa para mi bebé”, decía un e-mail enviado por Luz desde Bolivia cuando, desesperada y embarazada de seis meses, se contactó con un matrimonio argentino que deseaba adoptar. "Looking for a loving family for my baby," said an e-mail sent by Luz from Bolivia where, desperate and pregnant six months, we contacted an Argentine who wished to marry. 

A fines de abril de 2008, la chica llegó a la terminal Mariano Moreno, donde la recibió una pareja. In late April 2008, the girl arrived at the terminal Moreno Mariano, where he received a couple. El viaje en un ómnibus de la Veloz del Norte fue costeado con pasajes enviados de Rosario a la ciudad boliviana de Santa Cruz de la Sierra. The trip on a bus from the Northern Swift was born in Rosario tickets sent to the Bolivian city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 

“Yo me encuentro en esta situación porque estaba agobiada. "I am in this situation because I was overwhelmed. Mi mamá es viuda y no trabajaba porque fue operada de la vista, y mi novio no quiso reconocer al bebé. My mom is a widow and was not working because of the operated eye, and my boyfriend did not want to recognize the baby. Me daba vergüenza decirle a mis hermanos y debía afrontar un crédito que había sacado para viajar a España con fines laborales. I felt ashamed to tell my brothers and faced a credit that it had taken to travel to Spain for work. Estaba sola para sostener la casa y buscaba que alguien me ayudara”, describe angustiada la chica.Alone to sustain the house and looking for someone to help me, "says the distraught girl. 

“Pero eso fue un error. "But that was a mistake. Me arrepentí cuando nació Lucio, aunque nadie me escuchó. I regretted when Lucio was born, but nobody heard me. El entorno me decía que (entregarlo) era lo mejor para el bebé”. The environment he would say that (hand) was the best for the baby. " 

Apenas pisó Rosario, la llevaron a un departamento céntrico, donde la obligaron a sonreír para sacarle una foto. Just hit Rosario, took her to an apartment downtown, where she was forced to smile to get a picture. Luego de unas horas la alojaron en un hostal. After a few hours stayed in a hostel. Allí era asistida por una secretaria del estudio jurídico de la abogada Sandra G. There was assisted by a secretary of the law firm of attorney Sandra G. de Miguel, patrocinante de los adoptantes y quien inició los trámites de “guarda preadoptiva con fines de adopción”, según consta en foja 0 del expediente Nº 1463, iniciado en el Tribunal Colegiado de Familia Nº3, integrado por Darío Cúneo (juez de Trámite), Graciela Carciente y Raúl Tierra. de Miguel, and sponsor of the adoptive parents who began the process of "pre-save for the purposes of adoption," according to foja 0 of file No. 1463, initiated in the College of Family Court No. 3, composed by Dario Cúneo (judge Step) Graciela Carciente and Raul Earth. 

El 29 de mayo de 2008, las contracciones eran cada vez más fuertes y Luz fue acompañada por un residente del hostal al hospital Centenario. On May 29, 2008, the contractions were becoming stronger and more light was accompanied by a resident of the hostel to Centenary hospital. Lucio nació a las 10.00 del día siguiente. Lucio was born at 10.00 the next day. 

Luz se arrepiente Light repenteth 

“Apenas lo vi, me di cuenta de que no quería entregarlo, que sería un error”. "Just what I saw, I realized I did not want to surrender, which would be a mistake." 

“Yo le dije a la abogada que no quería dar al bebé, y se puso muy nerviosa”. "I told the lawyer that he did not want to give the baby and was very nervous." 

“Empezó a gritar, me denigró y me amenazó con que no saldría de allí”. "He started screaming, I denigrate me and threatened that there would not leave." 

La chica, según su relato, fue presionada de tal forma, que firmó los papeles. The girl, according to his account, was so pressed, he signed the papers.

Letter from Children and Parents to Roelie Post

Letter following presentation by Roelie Post at a conference organised by the German Central Authority. 

 

Romanian Orphanages Overflowing

Romanian Orphanages Overflowing
Romanian Orphanages Overflowing Due to Financial Crisis. The Romanian periodical Curentul reports that many poor families are abandoning their children in Romania to hospitals or placement centers. As the spokesman for the Child Protective Services of Iasi County explained, "In rural areas there are many families who have no food and no wood to heat their homes. Consequently, they do not have any way to feed their children or to keep them warm..."
Romania has been battered twice over by the world economic recession-its own economy is faltering and many of the millions of Romanian migrant workers who have supported their families by taking jobs abroad are losing their jobs and returning home to impoverished families. Romania remains closed to international adoption.

Radio Interview with Scott Carney

Scott Carney is an investigative reporter based in Chennai, India. In the March/April 2009 issue of Mother Jones, he examines the dark side of international adoption, and asks the question: How did a boy kidnapped from the slums of India wind up adopted by an American family in the Midwest?

Mother Jones multimedia editor Laura McClure spoke with Carney about how families can avoid adoption pitfalls, the ethics of overseas adoption, and what happened to the boy profiled in the story after the story went to press.

Read Carney's article, "Meet the Parents," and click here to listen to and subscribe to MoJo's audio podcast interviews.

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Green street to international adoptions

Green street to international adoptions - 2009-03-13 15:23 On 19 March the Ministry of Justice and organizations-facilitators will hold a joint conference at Sheraton Hotel

Eliana Mitova

It is expected that the conference to be held on 19 March at Royal III Hall, Sheraton Hotel, by the Ministry of Justice and the Association of Licensed Organizations will grant a green street to international adoptions. Ilonka Raychinova, Chairperson of the International Adoptions Council and Deputy-minister of Justice will personally familiarize the audience with the main aspects of this issue. Her report has been expected with great interest by all involved parties, because for four years now international adoptions have been almost a topic under taboo in the Bulgarian society. Directors of homes for bringing up abandoned children will discuss the disastrous effect of the institution on the development of growing-up children. Specialists in the field of law will present the new Family Code (not discussed yet on second reading), which is the basic document in relation to international adoptions implementation. Judge Mariya Georgieva, of Sofia City Court, whose experience in related procedures is extremely valuable and useful, will also render her standpoint from this conference rostrum. The painful topic of placing children with special needs (i.e., children with severe health problems) will also be brought to light. Representatives of foreign central authorities, involved in adoption abroad, will share the difficulties they encounter in the dialogue with their Bulgarian partners. In order to take part in the conference, some adoptive families from abroad will arrive together with their children. The open discussion will enable the presentation of opinions, which may be extremely useful for the future of international adoptions.

Defrosting after ice age

The conference to be held on 19 March is a sign that the ice age in international adoptions (known also among informed people as the Ganev-Kalauzka age) has come to an end forever. For some four years, Margarit Ganev, former Deputy-minister of Justice, has in practice blocked international adoptions, reducing them to some 100 adoptions annually. He explained his actions as depending on some European requirement, which, you see, has imposed that Bulgaria should perform no more than 100 procedures per year. The “requirement” turned out to be just mere talk, however it virtually deprived hundreds of abandoned Bulgarian children of the chance to have families. As a result of this misanthropic policy, adoptive parents from abroad, broken-hearted and disappointed with so much waiting for, withdrew their dossiers and went to other countries. The international adoptions system practically collapsed. The present team of the Ministry of Justice is still fighting the terrifying consequences of such collapse.

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rdag 12 maart 2009



Na een goede vlucht zijn we maandag 9 maart 's morgens aangekomen en werden we naar het gasthuis Hibiscus gebracht. Na een tukje hebben we de omgeving verkend. De volgende morgen hadden we een soort intake gesprek bij de LAN (Little Angels Network). De procedure werd uitgelegd en er werd voor ons een ticket geboekt naar Mombasa.


Woensdag 11 maart zijn we naar
Mombasa gevlogen en werden verwelkomt door Joy (onze gardian in Mombasa) en inmiddels onze vast taxi chaufeur Augustine. Tip voor Kenia gangers die naar Mombasa gaan. Augustine is tot nu altijd op tijd geweest en rijdt veilig. Rechtstreeks van het vliegveld zijn we naar New Life Home Trust gereden. Het kindertehuis waar Elaine verblijft. Nog geen twee stappen uit de taxi gestapt kwamen er kinderen op ons af. Waaronder Elaine. Ik kreeg direct contact met haar. Nadat ik haar foto uit mijn tas haalde ging ze tussen mijn benen zitten. Aan Arjan moest ze nog een beetje wennen. Het was al wat later in de middag en rond half vijf is het etentijd. Ik mocht haar gelijk eten geven. Spaghetti met verdunde Bolognese. Elaine deed steeds haar mond wijd open. Al gauw kreeg ik in de gaten dat ik te kleine hapjes op de lepel deed. De verzorgster schepten flink op de lepel. Na deze aanpassing verliep onze coordinatie beter. Flinke scheppen dus. Na het eten nog even spelen en toen was het baddertijd. Ook dit verliep soepel en voor het slapen gaan wordt er nog een beker warme melk gedronken. Elaine was erg moe en ik heb haar toen naar bed gebracht. Trouwens ze was niet de enigste. Arjan en ik waren ook total loss. Nog ergens een hapje gegeten en toen naar ons hotel vlakbij.


Woensdag 12 maart werden we warm verwelkomt door Elaine. Ze had een oranje hemdje aan met een fluweel zwarte broek. Tot 13.00 zijn we bij haar geweest. Vervolgens zijn we met Joy en Augustine op zoek gegaan naar een appartement. We hebben een goed appartement gevonden in Paradise Appartments. Het is op de begane grond en het is enorm groot. Joy wilde het in eerste instantie niet laten zien omdat ze bang was dat we het te groot vonden. Voor de Arjan kenners onder jullie kan niet zo gauw te groot zijn. Het is in jaren 50 stijl en een strak pand. Met een zwembad en loop afstand van het strand. We hebben het voor een maand gehuurd. Het ligt aan NyaliBeach. Vlakbij is er ook nog een winkelcentrum. Dus dit lijkt allemaal heel goed.
Geplaatst door Irene op donderdag, maart 12, 2009