Gerda Cole, 98, knew little about her only child apart from the name she gave her at birth. She wasn’t even sure if “Sonya” stuck.

In 1942, when she was just 18, Cole was brokenhearted as she gave her newborn daughter up for adoption to a German couple living in England. Cole had recently escaped Austria and the Nazis, and was living as a Jewish refugee in England.

“I felt it was only fair to her,” said Cole, explaining that she was in a miserable marriage that was falling apart and couldn’t afford to care for a child on her own. Cole is an only child, and though her mother managed to survive World War II, her father was killed by the Nazis.

As a teenage refugee, Cole had no money, no job, and was still adjusting to a new country. She didn’t think she had the means to give her daughter the life she deserved.

“It was hard,” Cole said from her retirement home in Toronto, where she has lived since 1990. “If I had been in a better position, I would have tried.”

The first child was brought to the child protection unit in June and the second child, after she was declared physically and discharged from the hospital, in July last year.

After losing their mother to Covid-19 minutes after their birth and then their father a few months later who refused to take care of them, two newborn girls saw another ray of hope after they were both adopted by a financially able couple.

It was in the middle of the second wave of the pandemic in June last year when a woman in labour tested positive for Covid-19, according to sources in Chandigarh’s child protection unit. Right after she gave birth to twins, she died

from the infection.

“One of the twins was slightly underweight and was kept under observation in the hospital; the second child was handed over to the father. He took the child home and then told the child protection unit that he could raise the child because he was a daily wager and cannot afford to raise her. He also said that since his wife was no more and he was alone, he didn’t want the child,” an official stated after a post-adoption follow-up.

The first child was brought to the child protection unit in June and the second child, after she was declared physically and discharged from the hospital, in July last year.

After losing their mother to Covid-19 minutes after their birth and then their father a few months later who refused to take care of them, two newborn girls saw another ray of hope after they were both adopted by a financially able couple.

It was in the middle of the second wave of the pandemic in June last year when a woman in labour tested positive for Covid-19, according to sources in Chandigarh’s child protection unit. Right after she gave birth to twins, she died

from the infection.

“One of the twins was slightly underweight and was kept under observation in the hospital; the second child was handed over to the father. He took the child home and then told the child protection unit that he could raise the child because he was a daily wager and cannot afford to raise her. He also said that since his wife was no more and he was alone, he didn’t want the child,” an official stated after a post-adoption follow-up.

Mysore/Mysuru: The case of a woman handing over her nine-month-old baby boy to a passenger waiting for a Mysuru-bound bus at Raichur Bus Stand and fleeing from the spot, has taken a twist. It is revealed that the man, who brought the baby from Raichur to Mysuru, is actually the woman’s lover identified as B. Raghu.

In a bid to project the baby as an ‘orphan’ as the baby was hampering their relationship, Raghu brought the baby to Mysuru and handed over the baby boy to Lashkar Police after cooking up a story.

The woman, who had handed over the baby to Raghu, is 21-year-old Renuka alias Mamata, wife of Yesuraj, a painter by profession and a resident of Gundi village in Yadgir. Raghu is a resident of Nuralakuppe village in H.D. Kote taluk of Mysuru.

It is learnt that Raghu and Renuka came to know each other through Instagram about one-and-a-half years ago and fell in love with each other. Meanwhile, Renuka, delivered a baby boy about eight months ago and in a bid to lead a separate life, Raghu and Renuka had decided to do away with the baby by projecting it as an orphan. This was revealed during Police interrogation.

According to their plan, Raghu went to Raichur on May 8 and was waiting at Raichur Bus Stand to board a bus to Mysuru during which a woman handed over the baby boy to Raghu asking him to take care of the baby, till she returns from the rest room.

Anastasia and Nikolai were evicted as children, now they want compensation

Ten years ago, Nikolai and Anastasia were evicted from their home. Now they are adults, and today they are trying to clear the way with their families in court for compensation from the Salvation Army and the Child Protection Board.

"No, no, no," Nikolai cried out at the age of 9, as a youth care worker carried him out of the house. Behind him came two women holding on to his twin sister. "I want mommy," Anastasia cried totally over her head. But she didn't stay there. Their voices blared across the street in Culemborg, cries went through the marrow and bone. And the out-of-home placement was carried out, under the watchful eye of officers.

Now the children of that time are adults and they are taking place in court in The Hague, to enforce compensation with their mother and older half-brother Ilja, for what happened to their family. If you want to see for yourself how it went with the out-of-home placement, you can search the internet for 'child robbery by youth care Gelderland '. Ilja had grabbed the IPad on March 23, 2012, in his desperate powerlessness. The images he made still play automatically in his head when he looks out of that window with his mother, from which he was filming at the time.

settlement

With the end of the pandemic finally in sight after more than two years, the world is ravaged by several other crises. Worldwide, 1 to 2 million children are still victims of sexual exploitation, a problem that seems to be covered. And that, while children have become even more vulnerable due to the corona crisis. The system she is supposed to protect has taken a huge blow, partly because schools were closed during lockdowns. The consequences are becoming increasingly visible. The Down to Zero alliance tackled child sexual exploitation in 12 countries in Latin America and Asia. During and especially in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Tackling the sexual exploitation of children, such as exploitation on the street, in a brothel or online in front of a webcam, is complex. The Down to Zero program focuses on youth engagement and the system to protect children.

“But the trusted network of children has disappeared,” says Monique Demenint of Terre des Hommes. “Further help is needed in the coming years to tackle sexual exploitation in a sustainable way.” Protecting children from sexual exploitation requires a broad approach: Down to Zero supports children, their parents and their community. Among other things, the alliance focuses on the involvement of young people themselves as youth advocates and unites its forces in the lobby towards regional, national and international governments and the business community.

Better knowledge about sexual exploitation

For example, care providers are trained in specific knowledge and skills. “These workshops are crucial for people who work with vulnerable children so that they can give them the best care,” Demenint continues. “Think, for example, of how to deal with the children's traumas, such as not constantly asking them to tell their story again. That can trigger their trauma.”

Reine de la Miséricorde ne sera plus une OAA...

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Bonjour et bienvenue sur le nouveau site «jadopte.fr» de l’association « Les Enfants de Reine de Miséricorde » (ERM). Notre association a été fondée en 1990 comme « organisme autorisé pour l’adoption » par Christine et Gilbert Bayon. En septembre 2018 nous avons cessé d’accepter des demandes d’adoption et en février 2021 l’arrivée en France d’une petite burkinabée a marqué une étape importante dans cette belle aventure de l’adoption. Il n’y aura plus de nouvel enfant adopté ! Mais c’est une étape seulement, car les enfants, jeunes et adultes adoptés, leurs familles adoptives et souvent aussi leurs familles d’origines, forment maintenant une large communauté qui vivra encore longtemps.

Ainsi notre association se donne maintenant de nouveaux objectifs. Nous allons quitter le statut d’organisme d’adoption pour devenir une association d’adoptés et de familles adoptives. Notre prochaine Assemblée Générale 2022 sera l’occasion d’en réviser les statuts dans ce sens, avec les trois orientations suivantes :

Accompagner les adoptés dans la recherche de leurs origines.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The U.S. Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade could come as early as next month. Tennessee lawmakers expect adoption and foster reform legislation to be a priority in next year’s general assembly.

Tennessee, like all Mid-South states, has a trigger law that would go into effect banning most abortion in the state if Roe v. Wade is overturned and a leaked Supreme Court Draft opinion suggests it may.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee says adoptions and foster care reform has been a focus of his throughout his term and will continue to be so no matter the decision.

The Adoption Project, a newly formed organization in Nashville, is aiming to have some of that legislation in front of lawmakers’ next general assembly.

The policy organization says it’s likely more children will be given up for adoption or go into foster care if most abortions are outlawed in the state.

The appointment of experts in the inquiry into foreign adoptions is reminiscent of the home blindness that the inquiry seeks to address. The criticism that the government might have hoped for is already being renewed when the legitimacy of the inquiry can be questioned.

It was after Dagens Nyheter's and SVT's extensive investigations of irregularities and crimes in connection with adoptions to Sweden, that the government in October 2021 got its thumbs out and Minister of Social Affairs Lena Hallengren announced that an investigation was being appointed . One of the main purposes is to clarify the existence of irregularities. The assignment will be reported in November 2023.

One subject of the reviews, which has also received a lot of criticism from adoptees, was the Adoption Center, Sweden's largest adoption mediator. Former employees of the Adoption Center in Chile were singled out for making children available for adoption without parental consent, through corrupt contacts in the judiciary, social services and health care. The Chilean tragedy is spreading over large parts of the western world. Children were pronounced dead, they were stolen from daycare, they were torn from their mothers' arms, they lost their families. A major criminal investigation is underway in Chile.

Cold hand

When Dagens Nyheter focused on Colombia , the newspaper was able to provide information about incorrect background stories and how children disappeared from hospitals and day care to eventually be sent to Sweden. The newspaper also spoke with the Colombian families. But when they searched the Adoption Center for a comment about the organization's responsibility for unethical and sometimes illegal adoptions, it became cold.

LOCHRISTI -Tonight starts on One 'We Are Family'. After reporter Lidewij Nuitten went looking for her former sweetheart Mark last year, she is now unraveling the roots of two adoptive sisters. In the second episode she looks for golden tips in Lochristi.

If you want to get to know yourself, you have to look for your origin. Lidewij learned that last year in 'Where is Mark?', the search for her first love. A story that was mainly about adoption. Starting tonight she will work on an analogous story and together with Noëmi and Anéline she will look for their biological parents. This brings her back on the track of rapprochement with her own brothers. But first a detour to Lochristi, where photographer Filip Naudts has a cozy family, with partner Katrien, son Alphonse and daughter Yang. So an adoptive daughter.

"Lidewij came to us with Noëmi and Anéline, hoping to pick up some golden tips from our noses during their search," says the Lootse photographer. “They got wind of our own search and asked if we didn't want to participate in the new series around the same problem.”

From the moment that Yang completed their family, Filip and his wife Katrien went in search of the answer to the origin-related question that Yang might one day ask himself. “We don't know Yang's birth history and there is certainly no information about her biological family. It is therefore like looking for a needle in a haystack. But doing nothing was not an option for us from the start, especially as time could erase clues. There are always files that disappear, or relatives that die. Despite many attempts through various American and Chinese channels, and also having search posters posted in Yang's native region, the search has still not yielded any fruitful results after all these years," it sounds.

What does daughter Yang, 17 and a student Restaurant-Keuken at the Hotel School in Ghent, think about this? “I don't really care that much about my past. I am only reminded when others approach me about this and ask, for example, what it is like to be adopted, or whether it was easy to learn the Dutch language.” “During my internship at De Lozen Boer, someone asked me why I considered working in a Chinese restaurant” (laughs). “People may mean well, but personally I find these comments rather irrelevant. Not because I want to deny my Chinese roots – a bit difficult in my case – or because adoption has no meaning in my life. But I actually prefer to be judged on my skills and who I am as a person. My origin doesn't really matter. That's why I don't feel the urge to visit my biological family at the moment. Though I'm not saying that can't change. For example, if I ever become pregnant or, who knows, adopt a child.” ?(Geert Herman)