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Sebastian is looking for his mother after a hard adoption report: 'Maybe not abandoned after all'

Two years ago, he wasn't there yet. Hagenaar Sebastian Kruis made a trip to his native country for the first time in 23 years, but did not feel called to search for his biological family in the capital Medellin. "The adoption is the most beautiful thing that has happened to me in my life," said the PVV MP in a political interview that became surprisingly personal. ,,It has given me a future and a mother. And also the nicest one around.”

Alleged illegal adoption: Kalyani meets Collector, CWC decision today

HYDERABAD: Cine actor Karate Kalyani met the Hyderabad Collector L Sharman on Tuesday and stated her version on the controversy wherein it has been alleged that she illegally adopted a baby girl. The actor in her interaction, with the Collector, maintained that she had not adopted the child and that the infant along with the biological parents were living with her at her place. She was merely helping them with resources, Kalyani emphasised.

Speaking to the media with her advocate, she denied all allegations of an illegal adoption. “I have been purposely vilified when in reality I have not adopted the child, but was only assisting her parents. Lies are being spread that I purchased the child which is baseless,” Kalyani said.The actor will now have to depose before the Child Welfare Committee on Wednesday when the final decision on the issue will be taken as to whether she has violated any law. It may be recalled that 1098 childline had received a complaint on the same from an anonymous person.

Meanwhile, debunking several myths on adoption and claims of Kalyani, the Hyderabad District Welfare Officer E Akkeshwar Rao explained how the adoption process can be done at any age of the child. This factor was no bar in legal adoption in India, contrary to Kalyani’s claims that she was waiting for the child to turn one, before starting the legal adoption process. As per the current situation, individuals enrolling for adoption have to wait anywhere between one to three years before legal approval.

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Rajasthan: Signed ‘godinama’, couples booked for illegal adoption

JAIPUR: A newborn always gets love and affection from his family. But, not in this case.

Within a month of his birth, custody of 29-day-old infant has changed thrice. Who will be his family where he will be brought up, what will be his identity, is still unknown for him?

Currently, he is at childcare home in Chittorgarh. He was born on April 18 at a private hospital of Nimbahera in Chittorgarh district.

Since he was born to a girl within a month of her marriage, she and her husband, who was not the biological father of the infant boy, gave the newborn to a couple by singing an agreement having title “godinama” on a stamp paper, without following the proper norms of adoption mentioned under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. Since the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) found it a clear-cut violation of Section 80 of JJ Act 2015, a zero FIR has been registered against four persons, two couples, who adopted the baby and those who gave the baby for adoption at Sadar police station, Chittorgarh.

The baby is now in the custody of CWC and admitted to childcare home. “There are norms prescribed under JJ Act 2015 for adoption of a child. If they are not followed, the adoption is illegal and it is a violation of section 80 of JJ Act, 2015. Just signing an agreement on stamp paper, the legality of adoption is not fulfilled, in such cases FIR is registered. Action will be taken against those who are found guilty in the matter,” said Shailendra Pandya, member, Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (RSCPCR). The incident came into light when a woman brought a premature five-day-old baby to district hospital, Chittorgarh for his treatment. The baby was born at a private hospital in Nimbahera. The doctors immediately admitted the baby on April 23.

Nagaland has 4 Specialised Adoption Agency – Eastern Mirror

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Dimapur, May 18 (EMN): The Ministry of Women and Child Development on Wednesday stated that there are 474 Specialised Adoption Agency (SAA) in the country, including four in Nagaland.

The Ministry in its Central Adoption Resource Information and Guidance System (Carings) portal revealed that among the Northeast states, Assam has the highest number of SSA with 20, Arunachal Pradesh has two, Manipur has nine, and Meghalaya has six, Mizoram has seven, Sikkim has three and Tripura has nine.

Maharashtra has the highest SSA in the country with 56 followed by Rajasthan with 35, and Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa with33 each. Himachal Pradesh has the least number of SAA in the country with just one SSA and 19 children.

As per the report, in the state-wise number of children in Specialised Adoption Agency, Maharashtra has the highest number of children with 1172 children in the 56 SAA, followed by Tamil Nadu which has 471 children in the 23 SAA, and Madhya Pradesh with 465 children in 33 SAA.

'I get to be a big brother': Veteran, 70, adopted as a child from Japan discovers his 7 siblings in Ohio

A Japanese American veteran had the reunion of his life when he met seven of his siblings for the first time after undergoing a DNA test to find out more about himself.

Michael Bennett, 70, was born in Japan in 1951 to a Japanese mother, Yoshiko Nakajima, and an American father, Dick Webster, who served in the country after World War II.

Despite his attempts to stay in Japan, Webster was eventually forced to transfer back to the United States, leaving Nakajima alone with their son. Now a single mother with a mixed-race baby, she ultimately decided to give up their child for adoption.

Bennett arrived in the U.S. with his new American family in 1953. He grew up with knowledge of his biological parents and why his mother opted to have him adopted.

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WORLD Channel: America ReFramed - Geographies of Kinship

AMERICA REFRAMED

Geographies of Kinship

BY DEANN BORSHAY LIEM. A MU FILMS PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE CENTER FOR ASIAN AMERICAN MEDIA.

SEASON 10 EPISODE 5

GEOGRAPHIES OF KINSHIP weaves together the complex personal histories of four adult adoptees born in South Korea with the rise of the country’s global adoption program. Raised in foreign families, each adoptee sets out on a journey to return to their country of birth and map the geographies of kinship that bind them to a homeland they never knew. Along the way there are discoveries and dead ends, as well as mysteries that will never be unraveled.

FBC Sim Lab | snehalaya-charity - Immersive Simulation Lab: Transition to family-based care in India

"The transition of CCIs to FBC helps promote the NGO sector. There are some great ideas coming from the workshop which will strengthen family services access"

Vikas Sawant, UNICEF

On Thursday 27 February 2020, a unique event took place in Pune: an immersive simulation lab that allowed child protection allies in Maharashtra a hands-on look at transitioning from a system relying on child care institutions (CCIs; orphanages) to a system based on a range of family-based care (FBC) and family strengthening services. This was the first pilot of this conference model in South Asia and our report below shows it to have been a huge success!

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Snehalaya's credibility allowed us to approach the Maharashtra Commission for Protection of Child Rights (MSCPCR) and secure Chair, Pravin Ghuge’s support. Another important party in this venture was Children’s Emergency Relief International (CERI)’s Global Director of Advocacy, Ian Forber-Pratt, who is one of the people involved in drafting the guidelines for FBC at the national and state level. Mr Forber-Pratt has been providing Snehalaya with guidance on the move towards family-based care over the preceding 18 months.

How the Christian Church and U.S. Government Work Together to Traffick Children Worldwide Through the Lucrative Adoption Busines

The European Adoption Consultants (EAC) is a business that was set up in 1991 by then President George H.W. Bush and Bill Barr, his Attorney General.

This agency has been caught numerous times in its 41-year history trafficking children by fooling parents in poor countries with financial incentives, like promising an education for their children abroad, and then placing them in Christian orphanages where American families will pay a high price to adopt the children.

These families willingly buy these children because in most cases they have been lied to, stating that the children were either orphans, or that their parents did not want them, when the truth was that these children were kidnapped for financial gain.

CNN actually did an investigation on the EAC in 2017, interviewing parents who had been lied to about their adopted children, and then found out from the children themselves that they had parents back in their home country who loved them. This is still up on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jeuSgtFepwE

I am certainly not a fan of CNN, nor Anderson Cooper and his known ties to the CIA, but this is undoubtedly one of the best investigative reports they have ever done, even if it was politically motivated.