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SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2009

Ethiopia-Day Three

Today was our birth mother meeting. I didn't get nervous about it till about an hour before our meeting. I think ours was at 11 am. We walked to HH, just the three of us.

On our way to HH we saw two women sitting around the corner, right at the top of the hill. Biruktawit had been holding Brandon's hand, and when she saw the two women she got a big smile and took my hand too. I knew she knew who they were. It ended up being her mom and her aunt.

A few minutes after we walked in the gate at HH, her birthmom knocked at the gate. The gaurd let them and and we all introduced ourselves. Biruktawit was crying. She gave her mom the album we had brought for her with pictures of the two of them and also a couple pictures of Biruktawits Room.

Mercy's world of Madgeness

Mercy's world of Madgeness

EXCLUSIVE by Nick Owens 21/06/2009

Tot flown 6,000 miles from home to meet new mum Madonna and family in London.. and is whisked straight to a Kabbalah meeting

Little Mercy James spent 12 hours flying 6,000 miles to start her new life with adoptive mum Madonna yesterday… then was driven straight to a Kabbalah meeting.

Under cover of darkness in Malawi on Friday the three-year-old was taken from all that was familiar to her, put on a private jet and flown into Madonna’s arms in London.

Family furious as judge says war baby must stay

Family furious as judge says war baby must stay

Jojo Moyes

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A four-year-old Bosnian girl who was rescued from under her dead mother's body when she was nine weeks old is to be allowed to stay with the couple who have looked after her since she was smuggled out of Bosnia, rather than with her surviving family, a High Court judge has ruled.

Sir Stephen Brown, President of the Family Division of the High Court, said it was in Edita Keranovic's best interests that she should stay in Britain with the couple, Alan and Deborah Fowler, for the foreseeable future.

'Social workers took away my twins after I'd joked that birth spoilt my body'

'Social workers took away my twins after I'd joked that birth spoilt my body'

By VANESSA ALLEN

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Blog: PRAISE THE LORD....KOLFE UPDATE!!!!!!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2008

PRAISE THE LORD....KOLFE UPDATE!!!!!!

Again I sit here in tears as I read this post on the Red Letters Campaign blog and Tom Davis, founder of Childrens HopeChest's blog. He is also the author of "Fields of the Fatherless" and "RED LETTERS Living a Faith that Bleeds". As you may remember, the Lord touched my heart like never before when HE took us to the Kolfe Orphanage and we posted about the FORGOTTEN BOYS. I have been burdened since that day to tell everyone about them. We have been SEEING GOD show himself in miraculous and wonderful ways as HE has been weaving a tapestry of networking us with HIS people to do HIS work for them. These guys just went to Ethiopia last week to start the process to open it as new country with their ministry. Please read below and SEE GOD!!!!!

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Adoptions of Abandoned Children Halted by Ethiopian Court

On May 4, 2009 the Ethiopian First Instance Court temporarily stopped

Blog: Entries in Kolfe Youth Orphanage (4)

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Teen mom on hunger strike outside court to prevent son’s adoption

Teen mom on hunger strike outside court to prevent son’s adoption

20/6/2009

Ana Rita Leonardo gave birth to Martim at the age of 13 and, as she did not have the conditions to care for him, she handed him over to an institution. Recently, Cascais Family Court decided he should be adopted with urgency and so she has since staged a number of protests, the last being a hunger strike outside the Family Court.

The last time Ana Rita Leonardo saw her son was on December 20th 2008 at Aboim Ascenção refuge, and, after getting very distressed to see her leave, the Court decided she should not visit him anymore.

On May 21st she was informed he was to be adopted with urgency.

Taiwan's 'largest' human smuggling ring smashed

Taiwan's 'largest' human smuggling ring smashed

Taiwan News, Staff Writer

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Brasile, una donna spietata dietro la tratta dei bimbi

Brasile, una donna spietata dietro la tratta dei bimbi

arrestata la falsa avvocatessa Arlete Hilu' : ha venduto migliaia di piccoli in tutto il mondo. secondo la polizia brasiliana, la Hilu' avrebbe venduto piu' di 2 mila bambini tra Italia, Francia e Germania

------------------------- PUBBLICATO ------------------------------ Arrestata la falsa avvocatessa Arlete Hilu' : ha venduto migliaia di piccoli in tutto il mondo TITOLO: Brasile, una donna spietata dietro la tratta dei bimbi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DAL NOSTRO CORRISPONDENTE RIO DE JANEIRO . La falsa avvocatessa Arlete Hilu' e' tornata nel carcere di Curitiba da dove era uscita due anni addietro in liberta' condizionale. La settimana scorsa Arlete e' stata arrestata, assieme a cinque complici (due medici, un infermiere e due assistenti sociali del tribunale minorile) e questa volta la banda dovrebbe rimanere a lungo in prigione. Tuttavia Hilu' non sembra eccessivamente preoccupata. Il traffico di bambini e' un giro di milioni di dollari e vale la pena di correre qualche rischio. Secondo la polizia brasiliana negli ultimi anni Arlene avrebbe esportato in Italia, in Francia, in Germania e in Israele piu' di duemila bambini: ognuno di loro era stato comprato per 100.200 dollari e rivenduto per 10 o 15 mila. In pochi anni i trafficanti di Curitiba avrebbero incassato piu' di 20 milioni di dollari, circa 25 miliardi di lire, con cui Arlete ha poi comprato trenta appartamenti a Rio de Janeiro e varie proprieta' della regione di Parana' . Sabato scorso la polizia di Curitiba ha arrestato Hilu' e la sua banda quando stavano per portare ad Asuncion, in Paraguay, due piccole nate pochi giorni prima, due bambine comprate a ragazze madri disoccupate ognuna delle quali aveva ricevuto 130 dollari. I giornali brasiliani si erano gia' occupati a lungo di Arlete quando nel 1986 una giovane contadina l' aveva accusata di averle rubato la figlia di pochi mesi, poi venduta ad Asuncion a una coppia israeliana. La giustizia era pero' riuscita a recuperare la bambina che, rimpatriata dalla lontana Tel Aviv, e' stata restituita ai genitori. I trafficanti di bimbi hanno scelto come base Curitiba, capitale dello stato di Parana' , perche' in questa regione i brasiliani sono quasi sempre discendenti di europei, soprattutto di veneti, friulani, tedeschi, polacchi e lituani. I bimbi hanno quindi la carnagione chiara, gli occhi azzurri e i capelli biondi e il loro prezzo e' molto piu' alto dei piccoli mulatti di Bahia, Recife e Forteleza. In Brasile l' adozione dei bimbi e' un' industria in continua espansione, un' industria for export alimentata da migliaia di coppie che attraversano l' Oceano per ritornare a casa con un figlio. Molti di queste coppie sono italiane e la crescente richiesta fa moltiplicare la banda di trafficanti che per qualche milione di lire garantiscono l' adozione facile. Decine di medici, di avvocati, di religiosi e anche di magistrati si dedicano a questa lucrativa attivita' . Negli anni scorsi i carabinieri hanno trovato nell' aeroporto di Linate un "campionario" dimenticato da un avvocato di Brasilia. Un album di fotografie di bambini che potevano essere ritirati in un asilo ad hoc della capitale brasiliana e che, per pochi dollari in piu' , potevano essere consegnati a domicilio con tutti i documenti in regola. Documenti in regola li avevano anche le due bimbe che la settimana scorsa stava per vendere Arlete Hilu' . Il falso avvocato aveva gia' pronti due passaporti falsi e due certificati di nascita delle piccole "future cittadine italiane": bastava scrivere il nome e il cognome scelti dai nuovi genitori per passare senza problemi il posto di frontiera. Giangiacomo Foa'

Foa' Giangiacomo

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