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Don's beginnings in Romania: "export" of children and a privatization bid by Sesta

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American millionaire Don Lothrop, founder of One Foundation Romania, in 2005-2006 he was the president of a foundation that helps other Americans adopt children from Romania under the slogan: "Meet a child with Jesus Christ." In 2006, New Lothrop Vista Partners Fund wanted to privatize shoe factory Clujana without any tender, Plant is a relative of friend's business partner ?.i American Cluj, former MP Vasile Suciu.

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Introduction of Civil Union Bill may have affected the adoption process, no adoptions since

Helena GrechMonday, 7 September 2015, 11:30Last update: about 9 months ago

Since the introduction of the Civil Union Bill granting homosexual partners joint adoption rights, a spokesperson from Appogg Adoption Services has confirmed that no new adoptions have been registered or successfully approved.

The Bill was brought before Parliament in September 2013 and signed into law on 16 August 2014. It grants civil unions the same rights as marriage, including joint adoption.

The adoption process, from beginning to end, can take up to a few years, considerable financing, preparatory courses, home visits as well as submitting all the necessary reports. It is in no way a quick or easy process, but for certain couples who are either infertile or physically incapable of bearing children together, it is their only hope.

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Children Should Not Have to Sacrifice Their Right to a Family to Receive an Education

Posted: 09/04/2015 9:32 am EDT Updated: 09/04/2015 9:59 am EDT

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Greek police make 4 arrests over illegal adoption

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A couple aged 45 and 38, as well as two other people, were arrested in Athens on Tuesday on suspicion of arranging an illegal adoption.

They allegedly arranged for a pregnant 18-year-old Bulgarian woman to come to Greece to give birth and then register the baby using the 38-year-old woman’s identity.

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Romania: 'A better future is possible' Project for children with disabilities in institutional care, September, 2015

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As part of ISS project 'A better future is possible', ISS General Secretariat was invited by local child protection authorities of Timisoara and Caras Severin to carry out a needs assessment mission in their institutions caring for children with disabilities.

The goal of the mission was to understand the institutional care framework for children with disabilities and propose actions to promote their access to family based-care. Thanks to ISS Romania Branch's (Generatie Tanara Romania-GTR) excellent preparation in organising the visits, the ISS team was warmly welcomed by the institutions' staff. A wrap-up session with the concerned authorities concluded the mission and gave the opportunity to ISS to propose recommendations in the framework of the project. The recommended actions focus mainly on strengthening and improving the existing foster care services and reinforcing long term life plans for the children through a regular, systematic and comprehensive assessment of the situation of the child and a well-proven multidisciplinary approach. Moreover, the need to support care givers in their daily care activities was highlighted. A detailed report will be shared with the authorities and next steps such as identifying the pool of national trainers and the training curriculum will be jointly discussed.

In the 1980s, more than 200 children in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic, were separated from their families and placed in the care of couples from Quebec. In the heart of this small town lost in the Caribbean, a formidably efficient "adoption machine" had been set up completely legally by a Quebec network of missionaries and adoptive parents. Thirty years later, accompanied by Orlando Fleurant, one of these children who is now an adult, Isabelle Hachey followed in the footsteps of this organization which, although motivated by good intentions, gave false hope to many families. Through the history of Orlando, DERACINES lifts the veil on the drift of a system whose impacts are still felt, in Quebec as in the Dominican Republic.

Those who purchase trafficked children to face punishment

2015-08-31 08:08 Global Times Editor: Li Yan

People who buy an abducted child from traffickers will now face punishment, according to amendments to the Criminal Law adopted by China's top legislature on Saturday.

According to amendments made to Article 241 of the Criminal Law, those who buy an abducted child but "do not maltreat the child nor obstruct his or her rescue" shall now be punished, although that punishment will be lighter than those who do abuse children or hamper their rescue, reported the Xinhua News Agency.

The previous provisions stipulated that suspects were exempt from punishment if they did not maltreat the abducted children, which has led to controversies, said experts.

Foreign adoptions on the rise again, says report

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