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COUPLES LEFT IN LIMBO AS ADOPTION AGENCY CLOSES

1 November, 2015 - 10:41 General

One of the state's only adoption agencies has dramatically closed following a funding crisis, leaving more than 60 couples that had initiated an inter-country adoption, in limbo.

The Sunday Business Post reports that Arc adoption, one of just two agencies authorised to facilitate inter-country adoptions, told clients last week that it was 'winding down its operations with immediate effect'.

David Cameron in call to speed up adoption process

David Cameron in call to speed up adoption process

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Adoption pledge: David Cameron PA

David Cameron will call for a major speeding up of the adoption process to end the "tragedy" of children waiting to be placed in a loving family home.

Irene Piria: PETITION: Faisons sortir 1300 enfants congolais légalement adoptés et bloqués en RDC depuis plus de 2 ans!

Piria told Roelie Post that the Dutch parents did not want to be part of this. The Dutch Ministry told them to stay low key

Faisons sortir 1300 enfants congolais légalement adoptés et bloqués en RDC depuis plus de 2 ans!

2?092 personnes ont signé. Allons jusqu'à 3?000

Melinda H. a signé il y a plus d'un mois

Chiara C. a signé il y a plus d'un mois

ISS-USA Reflects on National Adoption Month with Thomas Waterfield

We Never Outgrow the Need for a Family

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ISS-USA Reflects on National Adoption Month with Thomas Waterfield

November is National Adoption Month: a time to increase awareness about the need for adoptive families for thousands of children in the U.S. waiting for permanent families. This November, National Adoption Month sheds light on the critical need for finding families for older youth. More than 20,000 children age out of the U.S. foster care system every year without ever having found a permanent family. For more information on National Adoption Month, please see the Children’s Bureau’s Adoption Month page.

There is no specific day or month dedicated to intercountry adoption, yet there are millions of children around the world living without the care and protection of a family. We believe that our work is not done until every child is reunited with a family whose only goal is the safety and well-being of that child. It matters not where that family is from, nor whether they are biologically related to the child. If it is in the child’s best interest to be placed with a particular family, then all necessary steps must be taken to ensure that the placement occurs. It is the right of every child to have a family, and domestic and intercountry adoption are two ways to promote and protect that right.

Children’s residential care review to transform lives

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Children’s residential care review to transform lives

From:Department for Education, The Rt Hon David Cameron MP and The Rt Hon Nicky Morgan MP First published:28 October 2015Part of:Looked-after children and adoption

Prime Minister and Education Secretary announce root-and-branch review of children’s residential care.

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Reuters Foundation Exclusive - Congolese ban on overseas adoptions fuels smuggling of children

WORLD NEWS | Wed Oct 28, 2015 | 2:48pm GMT

Exclusive - Congolese ban on overseas adoptions fuels smuggling of children

By Tom Esslemont and Kenny Katombe

LONDON/LUBUMBASHI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A crackdown on international adoptions by the Democratic Republic of Congo has spurred a black market in child smuggling, with Americans paying to get dozens of infants out across its jungle borders, the Thomson Reuters Foundation has found.

More than 80 Congolese children have been taken illegally out of the country in the past two years, testimony shows, with adoptive parents paying networks of local brokers.

Misterul sicriului gol, ingropat timp de 21 de ani. Parintii unui copil din Valcea cred ca fiica lor a fost adoptata si e vie

VIDEOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-q-D5Ghcihk&feature=youtu.beMisterul sicriului gol, ingropat timp de 21 de ani. Parintii unui copil din Valcea cred ca fiica lor a fost adoptata si e vieEmbed:

O intamplare aparent banala scoate la iveala o poveste terifianta, in judetul Valcea. La 21 de ani de la moartea unei fetite care ar fi avut SIDA, rudele au descoperit ca sicriul acesteia este gol. 16ComenteazaUrmau sa ii aseze osemintele langa tatal sau care s-a prapadit acum. Oamenii au alertat procuratura si se gandesc la toate variantele posibile. Cea mai fericita ar fi aceea potrivit careia fata traieste si a fost adoptata in strainatate. La vremea respectiva, ea ar fi fost pusa in cosciug chiar de la spital, iar rudele au fost sfatuite sa nu-l deschida.Inainte sa isi dea ultima suflare, parintele a cerut sa fie ingropat alaturi de fiica lui, care s-ar fi stins acum 21 de ani. In aceste conditii, rudele au decis sa deschida sicirul copilei, ca sa ii ia osemintele si sa le aseze langa tatal ei. Cand au ridicat capacul, au incremenit. In cosciugul fetei erau doar niste haine de adult.Uta Dumitrascu, ruda: "Sosete, lenjerie intima de femei, o panza intinsa si doi papuci, atat a fost in sicriu. Nicio bucatica de os..."Elisabeta Zamfira, ruda: "Carpe si atat! Incolo nimic... Erau chiloti de dama si carpe rupte. Atat! Si-n timpul asta, tatal a suferit dupa fata... El a murit cu gandul ca traieste fata."Sotii Dumitrascu au avut cinci copii. Flori, cea mai mica, a fost dusa la Spitalul Victor Babes, din Bucuresti, de mama ei, care i-a spus apoi sotului ca fata are SIDA. Cateva luni mai tarziu, barbatul a fost chemat in Capitala sa ia trupul fetei. Omul a primit un sicriu sigilat.Petruta Bughe, ruda: "A sigilat-o pe fata si au zis sa n-o desfaca, ca e bolnava de SIDA. Nu cred ca fata e moarta... Au vandut-o."21 de ani a plans-o Ion pe Flori si, spun ai lui, a crezut mereu ca ea traieste, totusi.Dintr-o data rudele se gandesc ca este posibil ca omul sa fi avut dreptate. Si-au amintit ca in acea perioada in comuna au venit mai multi straini care voiau sa cumpere copii. Acum dau vina pe mama fetitei, mai ales ca si sora lui Flori a fost la un pas de adoptie.Femeia, care intre timp si-a refacut viata, isi aminteste doar ca niste canadieni au venit sa o infieze pe cea mica.Maria Florea, mama fetitei decedate: "Bill si Carry, din Canada au venit la poarta, atunci am depistat... I-au facut niste analize la Bucuresti si au zis ca are HIV. Acuma, eu nu stiu, asa am stiut pana acuma."Socat de cele intamplate, Florin, fratele cel mai mare acum in varsta de 30 de ani, este convins ca sora lui nu a fost bolnava si nu a murit. " Boala" fetei ar fi fost doar un pretext pentru ca ea sa fie scoasa din tara prin intermediul unei retele de trafic de copii. Barbatul a gasit in casa o hartie veche de 28 de ani din care rezulta ca si el avea SIDA.Florin Dumitrascu, fratele lui Flori: "Habar n-am avut... Acuma am ramas socat cand am vazut! Pai, eu nu mai existam demult daca aveam SIDA. Nu am luat niciun tratament in viata mea."Politistii au cerut o fotografie de-a fetei. Vor sa o proceseze pe calculator si sa incerce sa afle cum arata acum, ca sa fie data in urmarire

Adoption Cause 115 of 2015 - Kenya Law

REPUBLIC OF KENYA

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KENYA AT NAIROBI

ADOPTIONS CAUSE NO. 115 OF 2015

IN THE MATTER OF THE CHILDREN ACT, 2001

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Husker du Amy? Nu er hun fanget i Danmark og må ikke se sin mor

DANMARK MAN D. 19. OKT 15 KL. 09:27

Husker du Amy? Nu er hun fanget i Danmark og må ikke se sin mor

JACOB FRIBERG | JANI@BT.DK

En video af den lille etiopiske pige Amy, som med tvang blev slæbt ud i en bil af pædagoger fra Næstved Kommune, kastede det første lys over skandaler i adoptionssystemet. I dag, tre år senere, forbyder de danske myndigheder Amy at besøge sin hiv-smittede, biologiske mor i Etiopien.

»Det hele har været en kæmpe misforståelse. Min mor ville aldrig have bortadopteret mig, hvis hun vidste, det ville foregå sådan her. Hun fik at vide, hun kunne kontakte mig hver anden måned,« siger Amy Steen, der på papiret i dag er 15 år. I virkeligheden er hun lige fyldt 17.

Brandpunt reporter onderzoekt adoptie uit Bulgarije(2015)

Brandpunt reporter onderzoekt adoptie uit Bulgarije(2015)

18 oktober 2015, 22:35 - 23:10 uurNPO 2

INFORMATIEF Bulgarije is de belangrijkste bron van adoptiekinderen voor Nederland en andere Westerse landen. Verloopt dit proces volgens de regels of gaat het feitelijk om kinderhandel? Brandpunt reporter onderzoekt de praktijk.

Verslaggever Myrthe Buitenhuis onderzocht het voor deze uitzending van Brandpunt reporter. Volgens internationale verdragen mogen adoptiekinderen pas naar het buitenland als niemand ze in eigen land wil hebben. Dat zijn de regels. Maar hoe werkt het in de praktijk?

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