Over one thousand children are without families in Latvia. “Empty the orphanages”, but there are increasing number of children in half of them

22 dicembre 2017

Sarah Numico

The government’s commitment is to find a family for the 1,200 children currently living in "social care centres.” But foster care and adoption procedures are complicated and not very widespread. On top of this stands the problem of foreign adoptions. The Archbishop of Riga, Msgr. Zbignevs Stankevics, said: "When you help a child, you are helping God inside him.” The "Repairing childhood" initiative is ongoing.

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Foreign host families misinformed over children's fates in Latvia

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Authors: Rud?te Spakovska (Latvijas Radio Zi?u dienesta producente)

International projects see some children, who have been removed from their families, go on trips to the US twice a year. During this time, for about a month, they stay in host families. The program has come under criticism, and the Welfare Ministry wants to raise the minimum age for foreign stay to twelve. This is because these visits are often tied to foreign adoption, reports Latvian Radio.

Latvian government approves changes to foreign adoption rules

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Authors: eng.lsm.lv (Latvian Public Broadcasting)

The outgoing Latvian government decided on October 30 to restrict adoption of children to foreign countries, allowing such adoptions only in cases where the adoptive parents are the child’s relatives.

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Abandoned on Road, Four-Year Old Girl from Ahmedabad Finds a New Family in Spain Four-year-old Heer has been adopted by Ana Pilar Gil de la Puente, a 42-year old Spanish woman.

Four-year-old Heer living in an Ahmedabad’s orphanage will soon have a new home — in Spain. On Monday, Ana Pilar Gil de la Puente, a 42-year old Spanish woman, completed the adoption procedures for the little girl and took the evening flight to Mumbai, from where she will be headed back home. Heer was found abandoned a road about two years ago and was handed over to the Shishu Gruh.

Speaking to News18, Ana said that this is indeed a thrilling day in her life. Asked what is in store for Heer in Spain, she said, “First of all, I will walk her through all the toys that have been setting up in her room. And then she will meet her cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents.”

It was her visit to India 17 years ago — when she worked with the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata — that inspired Ana to adopt an Indian child. “I had decided during my stay then that if I do not get married by the time I am 40, and if I do not have my biological children, I would adopt a child from India. And it did turn out to be exactly that way,” she said.

A professional French teacher, Ana is proficient in several other European languages. She said the adoption procedure lasted for a couple of years, but she is now extremely happy to have Heer as her child. “I have taken maternity leave for a few months. It is important that Heer gets acquainted with the culture back home and I should be able to spend maximum time with the child,” she said.

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23 februari 2013- Reconstructie van een adoptie

Geplaatst op 22 februari 2013 door Barbara Schreuders onder Afleveringen, Dossiers, Jeugdzorg, Podcast

Een Ethiopische rechtbank herriep twee weken geleden de adoptie van het nu veertienjarige meisje Betty. Haar adoptie in Nederland liep fout. Ze werd op 7-jarige leeftijd, tegen haar zin weggehaald bij haar biologische ouders en bij een Nederlands echtpaar geplaatst. Haar adoptieouders konden niet met haar overweg. Ze belandde in de crisisopvang en kinderbescherming plaatste haar bij een pleegmoeder. Daar gaat het nu goed met Betty. In haar adoptiepapieren staat dat ze wees was, maar Betty’s biologische ouders waren twee weken geleden aanwezig bij de rechtszaak.

In Argos vertelt Betty haar verhaal. En een reconstructie op basis van het volledige adoptiedossier. Hoe kan het dat adoptiepapieren vervalst zijn? Wat is er mis met adopties uit Ethiopie?

Een reportage van Helene van Beek.

Kinderen te koop

Reportage uit Uitzending Brandpunt 24 februari 2013

Ouders die op papier dood zijn maar in werkelijkheid nog leven, wanhopig op zoek naar hun kinderen die in Nederland geadopteerd zijn. 2 jaar geleden onthulde Brandpunt de misstanden bij de adoptie van kinderen uit Ethiopië. Een van die adopties is deze week in Ethiopie vernietigd, een unicum. Maar intussen is het nog altijd mogelijk om kinderen uit het Afrikaanse land hier naartoe te halen. Aart Zeeman over waarom de adoptie van kinderen uit Ethiopië stilgelegd moet worden.

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Kiran Gustafsson traveled to India to find his biological mother. Instead, she found her unknown twin brother.

"I've always thought she was the answer, but I was wrong. He was the answer all the time, she says.

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"I have been very wrestling with my feelings for India, where there is poverty and bureaucracy, but when you look past it and see the beauty, you never want to go home. I've learned a lot about myself through your travels there," says Kiran Gustafsson. She has now vacated her job as a labor secretary at Malmö City to spend six months in India with her twin brother.

Dongri boy returns as Dutch commissioner

Jamil Meusen shaking a leg at a dandiya event in Bhayander. Photo by Nilesh Wairkar/ BCCL

As a three-year-old, he was a resident of Dongri children’s observation home, Now, as a 48-year-old, Jamil Meusen returns to the home to inspire the children and tell them that nothing is impossible.

Meusen, who was adopted by a couple in Netherlands when he was six, is now the police commissioner of a district in the Netherlands. On Monday, Meusen will speak to the children and also start some community development projects for the observation home.

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