Financial adoption also requires the right philosophical choice

DOORN - One of the possibilities to somewhat alleviate the needs of children in the most miserable circumstances of the third world is the so-called financial adoption, a somewhat less compulsory form of support than international adoption. Although, for various reasons, we believe that intercountry adoption should have been preferred wherever possible, of course every drop on this glowing plate is to be welcomed.

Now, on a large scale, also through advertisements, radio and TV, propaganda has been made for a large-scale "foster parent plan", the Foster Parents plan. wanted cries like "a thousand adoptive parents asked for."

Confusing

It seems to me that there is confusion among possible "real" adoptive-adoptive parents through these campaigns, which present it as if one could easily "adopt" children from, for example, Indonesia and Columbia. That is not right now - even though intercountry adoptive children from those countries place them in Dutch adoptive families, but rather drop by drop than on a large scale.

The arrival of adoptive children from Bangladesh. A report from Harmen Siezen from the News of 9 April 1975.

Dutch:

De aankomst van adoptiekinderen uit Bangladesh. Een verslag van Harmen Siezen uit het Journaal van 9 april 1975.

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Conflict with management over work Bangla Desj

Eva den Hartog resigns

AMSTERDAM - Major Eva den Hartog of the Salvation Army has resigned her position as an officer. This has been confirmed by the commander of the Salvation Army in the Netherlands, Mr. Verwaal. According to the commander, Major Den Hartog had to resign from her position because she could not agree with an order from the international headquarters of the Salvation Army in London to resign her work in Dacca in Bangla Desj and accept an administrative position in the Netherlands .

Major den Hartog believes she can make herself more useful by doing work for the benefit of children in the third world. The international headquarters of the Salvation Army could not accept this refusal of an order. According to Dutch headquarters, Major den Hartog continues to support the work of the Army.

In higher appeal

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"Everything I knew about myself turned out to be wrong"

Earlier it became clear that children from Bangladesh were often offered for adoption without the knowledge of their parents. Now it appears that brothers and sisters were regularly divorced and ended up with different families.

Esther Korse (41) has never had any doubts about her adoption. As a Bengali girl of one and a half years she ends up in a Dutch family. Until recently, she considered her adoption purely as something beautiful. "I got a second chance. After arriving in the Netherlands I had to go straight to the hospital, I was so sick. I felt like a saved child."

Korse grows up carefree in Oudenbosch in Brabant. She has never had a need to look for her family. Moreover, she was convinced that searching made no sense. "In my adoption papers it says that my father was dead and my mother got seriously disabled in a car accident. I think he died too."

A few months ago, 'Nieuwsuur' and this newspaper, which has been widely cheated with the adoptions from Bangladesh, were revealed. Children were regularly taken away from their parents under false pretenses. Esther Korse accepted the news for notification. This wasn't about her. "It did not fit my image of adoption."

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Von: Arun Dohle

Gesendet: Montag, 14. Dezember 2009 15:41

An: 'Miedema, Martien'

Betreff: Bangladesh- stolen children mediated by WK?

Dear Martien,

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