Bleak Portrait of Haiti Orphanages Raises Fears

By GINGER THOMPSON

Published: February 6, 2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The floors were concrete and the windows were broken.

A woman tended a baby recently at the Foyer of Zion orphanage, whose staff cares for more than 60 children who range in age from 2 months to 10 years old. More Photos >

14.10.09 Kenia: mal so - mal so

Der Vermittlungsstelle „Evangelischer Verein für Adoptions- und Pflegekindvermittlung Rheinland e.V.“ ist mit Bescheid der Zentralen Adoptionsstelle des Landschaftsverbands Rheinland vom 8. Oktober 2009 die Zulassung zur internationalen Adoptionsvermittlung von Kindern aus der Republik Kenia befristet bis 31. Dezember 2010 erteilt worden.

(Am 8.10. hatten wir darüber berichtet, dass die US-Regierung ihren Bürgern Adoptionen aus Kenia untersagt hat, da das kenianische Verfahren gegenwärtig den Anforderungen des Übereinkommens nicht genüge. Offensichtlich sieht man das beim Landschaftsverband Rheinland anders.)

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Haiti's orphans best helped with localized solutions, Buckner International president says

11:09 PM CST on Friday, February 5, 2010

The stories coming out of Haiti about orphaned children are gut-wrenching, and Americans have opened up their hearts and homes to take them in.

But some child-care experts are cautioning that it may not be wise to begin adoption proceedings so soon after a catastrophe such as an earthquake, especially if the deaths of both of the child's parents cannot be confirmed.

It may be better to wait a month or two – that's when organizations like Buckner International can step in to launch local programs that will help communities come up with their own solutions, said Albert Reyes, the newly elected president of the 131-year-old social services organization based in Dallas.

France proposes bilateral commission with Haiti to examine adoption procedures

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (CP) – 23 hours ago

PARIS, France — France is asking Haitian authorities to quickly set up a bilateral commission to look into adoption procedures after Haiti's devastating quake.

Adoptions from Haiti have been under scrutiny after a group of U.S. missionaries was caught trying to smuggle Haitian children out of the country following the Jan. 12 temblor.

The French Foreign Ministry said Friday its ambassador for international adoption, Jean-Paul Monchau, is in Port-au-Prince to present the plan.

Minnesotan also encounters Haitian orphan issue

He helped 9-year-old flee quake zone but says actions appropriate

By Richard Chin

rchin@pioneerpress.com

Updated: 02/05/2010 11:14:38 PM CST

Make adoption easy

19 Dec 2009, 0326 hrs IST, ET Bureau

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IN A space of three months, we’ve seen two positive developments in the sphere of adoption, an activity that simultaneously relieves distress and

builds human capital. In September, the Mumbai High Court paved the way for Hindus to adopt a child of the same gender as their existing offspring. The court allowed legal adoption of a girl taken as a ward under the Juvenile Justice Act even though the couple already had a daughter.

Nepal 'should suspend' adoptions

Case study: Adopted in France

The adoption of children from Nepal should be suspended, the international body that governs adoption between countries has recommended.

An investigation found children from remote areas were falsely declared to be orphans and put up for adoption without their parents' knowledge.

A draft report by The Hague Conference on Private International Law urges Nepal to take steps to prevent abuses.

Haïti: Paris propose la création d'une commission bilatérale pour étudier les dossiers d'adoption

AP | 05.02.2010 | 15:12

La France va proposer aux autorités haïtiennes la création d'une commission bilatérale chargée d'examiner les dossiers d'adoption d'enfants pour lesquels aucun jugement n'avait été rendu avant le séisme du 12 janvier, ou n'a pu être produit suite à la catastrophe, a annoncé vendredi le Quai d'Orsay.

L'ambassadeur chargé de l'adoption internationale Jean-Paul Monchau est "actuellement à Port-au-Prince pour proposer aux autorités haïtiennes un mécanisme conjoint, une commission bilatérale, qui nous permette de traiter ensemble, là-bas, les dossiers d'adoption", a expliqué le porte-parole Bernard Valero lors d'un point de presse.

Cette commission est d'une part destinée à "faciliter le traitement des procédures pour lesquelles des éléments probants permettent d'établir l'existence d'un jugement mais qui ne peut être produit suite au séisme" du 12 janvier, selon un communiqué de M. Valero. Et d'autre part à "émettre des recommandations pour les procédures dans lesquelles aucun jugement haïtien n'avait été rendu avant le séisme".

Panel orders Phayeng orphans' stay at Senapati

Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, February 05 2010: At the aspiration of the three surviving children of Angom Chanbi, who was found abandoned after being brutally murdered along with her daughter Meneka at Phayeng, Child Welfare Committee, Imphal West has issued an interim order for their stay at Damdai Children Home in Senapati district.

After a team of 39 Assam Rifles reportedly took away the three orphaned children for adoption, there has been a hue and cry among some sections of the society on the adoption without any necessary legal procedure.

To discuss and finalise where the three children would put up, a joint meeting attended by Director of Social Welfare Department, Commandant and Captain of 39 Assam Rifles, representatives of MBC, family members of the children, representatives of Damdai Children Home, Child Line, Imphal and Child Welfare Committee, Imphal West was held at the conference hall of Social Welfare Department today.