Workplace round up: Ark Globe Academy walkout + Homerton outsourcing dispute

UVW union members have been involved in crucial battles

UVW union members have been involved in crucial battles (Pic: UVW union)

Cleaners at Ark Globe Academy in south London walked out on a wildcat strike on Thursday last week.

They say they are still owed wages from as far back as January 2019 in some cases.

Frontline, The Care Review and the lost decade …..

July 11, 2021UncategorizedChildrens Social Care Review, Frontlinedianegalpin

A decade on from the creation of Frontline and the final conclusions of the Children’s Social Care Review some individuals careers have soared, riches have been enhanced, power, privilege & elite status have been grasped, bright futures are in clear sight… but alas not for those children and families at the centre of this continuing social work saga.

In October 2012 an early career teacher in his mid 20’s decided he was going to change the future of social work with children and families. So Josh MacAlister approached Ark Ventures, a global charity set up in 2002 by hedge fund managers, seeking support to develop a new programme of social work education based on a fast track teacher leadership training programme he himself had qualified through called Teach First.

Ark responded by providing £200,000 in seed capital so a business plan for Government funding could be submitted by MacAlister to start up Frontline. Support in developing the business plan was provided by BCG (Boston Consulting Group the 2nd largest American consultancy in the world). ‘The business plan was submitted in just four months, and used to secure over £15m of government and philanthropic investment to launch the venture’ (Ark Ventures).

"Illegal adoptions and influence peddling in county councils"

Coroama Ilie case - criminal case having as object the verification of some indications regarding acts of corruption committed on the occasion of approving international adoptions of minor children. Through the "Love Basket" foundation from Bistrita Nasaud, Ilie Coroama made several illegal "exports" of children in the USA, entering the SRI's sights, but without any result.

Through a well-established network of civil servants and local government officials, Coroama has managed to develop a quasi-legal system through which, despite drastic restrictions, children are taken out of the country and sent to Protestant families. without their psycho-motor development being subsequently re-evaluated.

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A foundation suspected of -exporting- children keeps -the business-

Of Andreea Anghel - 03:00, September 30, 2007

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The -Walk in the Light- Foundation, which currently has 39 children in care, is under the patronage of a former criminal investigator precisely for the -export- of children, Ilie Coroam?, and who was said to go out of the way because the children they will be transferred to the General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection (DGASPC) Bistri?a-N?s?ud, it remains -in the business-.

According to the director of DGASPC Bistri?a-N?s?ud, Marin Rus, the process that was written to be based on accusations of organ trafficking was put in place to move from the above-mentioned foundation nine of the 39 children he has in the foundation is currently under the care of the state authorities, this being the only way for these souls to be transferred. Nine, because the businessman Ilie Coroam? declares that he can only finance them for the rest of 30. The story of this foundation is quite confusing and bizarre, considering the fact that until April it worked in Suceava. Trying to establish a route regarding the fate of these children, who are under the care of a former criminal investigator precisely for the -export- of children, I found out from DGASPC Suceava that the Center would have been closed a year ago and that there would have been a pending trial in the courts. However, in an attempt to detail the subject, we found out from the same representatives that the foundation has not been operating since April in Suceava and moved to Bistri?a-N?s?ud, for reasons not yet elucidated by the Suceava authorities. Why in Bistri?a-N?s?ud? Because the city is famous in terms of scandals for international adoptions, an activity that Ilie Coroam? also seems to practice. Why in Bistri?a-N?s?ud? Because the city is famous in terms of scandals for international adoptions, an activity that Ilie Coroam? also seems to practice. Why in Bistri?a-N?s?ud? Because the city is famous in terms of scandals for international adoptions, an activity that Ilie Coroam? also seems to practice.

Edible oil brand Dhara has rolled out a digital film celebrating the occasion of Father’s Day, which urges consumers to legally adopt and support unaccompanied children in this pandemic. Showcasing the joy of parenthood, the digital film subtly conveys a father’s love for her adopted daughter encapsulating the emotional connection beautifully.

The digital film by Dhara edible oils takes the leap from its brand proposition of ‘Zara Sa Badlaav’, with essence of bringing a positive change in life. The newly showcased film is also about bringing in the same ‘Badlaav’ while ushering in positivity in our society and encouraging prospective parents to go for adoption of children, who have been left stranded in this crisis.

Elaborating on the concept Mother Dairy spokesperson said, “Brand Dhara has always endeavoured and supported the cause of bringing the desired change for better health and a better tomorrow. With this crisis, we all need to come forward and bring in the change for a better future of children who have lost their parents to pandemic by adopting them under laid regulations and give them the conducive environment, they deserve. Through this film, we aim to inspire the generation who can support the cause and bring in that change in our society.”

Ashutosh Sawhney, Managing Partner, DDB Mudra Group, North, mentioned, “This film further strengthens Dhara’s point of view of ‘Zara sa badlaav’. The pandemic has meant devastation for many families and we believe that trusted brands like Dhara must drive the altruistic narrative of bringing about positive change at every conceivable level of the society, in which these brands live.”

The Film opens around a dinner table wherein a father, mother and a cute 7–8-year-old daughter are having their meal. During the discussion, daughter asks “Papa, can you pass me the roti?” Both the parents are keenly looking at her and then the father asks her to repeat which she does with a naughty smile, however, misses to address him as ‘Papa’ in the beginning, to which father asks her to follow the sentence again. She repeats the same as asked. The father then passes on the roti to her daughter and then looks towards her wife with teary eyed and eventually both turn emotional with tears. The camera slowly pans towards the father’s workstation at home where a file rests mentioning, “Riya Agarwal – Adoption Papers” implying towards the legal adoption process in place. Heading to the last frame the super says that ‘The second wave of Covid-19 has left thousands of children in India orphaned. The best time to become a strong dad is now.’

The number of children who lost either of their parents to Covid-19 has mounted to 13,197 in Maharashtra.

While 11,659 of them lost their father, 1,538 lost their mother to the virus. A total of 409 children have been orphaned after losing both the parents, according to the data collected by the women and child welfare department.

Acting on the Supreme Court direction, the state constituted task forces in each district to identify such children and avert trafficking and illegal adoption.

Women and child welfare officers have reached out to families with deaths due to Covid-19 and facilitate them with counselling, legal and financial aid. The process for enrolment of orphaned children whose extended family members are not able to look after them has begun.

Pune has the highest number of children who have lost either or both parents (1,380), followed by Nagpur (1,206), Thane (1,103), Mumbai (762) and Nashik (508). Thane has the highest number of orphaned children (53), followed by 36 in Nagpur and 34 in Pune. Of the orphaned children, 221 are boys and 180 are girls.

Central Florida family struggling with international adoption

Ian and Lisa Lord are trying to expand their family by adopting an 8-year-old girl living in Nigeria, but they're struggling with getting a visa for the little girl.

ORLANDO, Fla. - Ian and Lisa Lord are trying to expand their family by adopting an 8-year-old girl living in Nigeria.

Her name is Ivy.

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Victims of forced adoption fear generations of their children will suffer because they have no way of knowing if they are at risk of genetic illness.

Experts say the government has a legal responsibility to prevent unnecessary suffering potentially affecting the 60,000 Scottish mothers and the children taken from them because they were not married from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Author Eileen Munro, 53, from Edinburgh, says her shattered childhood, and the effect forced adoption had, led to the death of her own son Craig at the age of 22.

She said: “My mother suffered forced adoption when she had me and my whole life has been torn apart because of that. I believe it also led to the death of my own son in circumstances which should have been prevented.”

Eileen was adopted as a baby into a chaotic home with a couple who had alcohol problems. She said: “As a result I was never ­vaccinated. Of course I had no idea. When I became pregnant at 16 with my own child, I contracted German measles.

Hasina, a Canadian-Bangladeshi woman, has urged everyone through her Facebook page to help find her biological parents and family in Bangladesh.

Born in Dhaka, the 44-year-old woman was orphaned as a baby and brought to Families for Children (FFC) orphanage in Dhaka, according to the information provided in her Facebook page "Finding Root for Hasina".

Later, she was adopted when she was three and sent to Canada to live with her new family in 1980.

As she is told that many child traffickers appeared at that time and many were adopted without their biological parent's consent, Hasina wonders if she has anyone back in Bangladesh.

Unfortunately, the current authority of the orphanage couldn't get her any information, she said.

Linda Carol Trotter (born Eftychia Noula), is the president of The Eftychia Project, a nonprofit group that provides assistance and support — free of charge — to Greek adoptees who are searching for their roots.

Growing up as a typical American child in San Antonio, Texas, she had been born in the village of Stranoma in Nafpaktia, and had been given up for adoption because she had been born out of wedlock and her mother had been “a bit of an outcast” since giving birth to her.

Grecian Delight supports Greece

A lady in the village “who had a reputation for getting rid of unwanted babies” took her mother away to Athens after becoming Eftychia’s godmother, Trotter says.

Pretending to have her mother’s interests in mind, the woman told her to get a job to support herself, and give the child to the Athens Nursery while she got herself back on her feet. After doing so, she could then go back to the Nursery and reclaim her daughter.