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The Minister, Congo and Sister Benedicta

Date: 02/16/15 The Minister, Congo and Sister Benedicta Here is the article written by Giuseppe Lo Bianco and published by The Daily Saturday, February 14, 2015. The journalist reported the interpellation submitted on 12 February by the senator of Popular Area, Aldo Di Biagio, on the modus operandi in the Democratic Republic of Congo unclear CAI (Commission International adoptions led by former prosecutor Silvia Della Monica). In the article, on the basis of interpellation, it is said that even in the city of Goma would be ordered by the CAI of transfers of children adopted by Italian couples without the involvement of the Congolese authorities and on which the Court of Goma intervened opening of investigations ad hoc. When she came down from the aircraft steps of State who was returning from Kinshasa with braided hair as a child adopted, which had brought in Italy along with 30 other children, Maria Elena Boschi had wanted her next to her, picked up by all the TV: but now it turns out that "Sister Benedicta" - the Congolese religious on which the minister has much to resolve the standoff with Congo that holds its breath a hundred Italian adoptive families waiting to welcome the children stuck in Kinshasa - is a "irregular" nun who committed "serious violations" so its French Order has distanced itself from her since 1998, as well as the Diocese of Massa Marittima where the religious had taken refuge. And, even more embarrassing to the minister, Sister Benedicta is accused of having managed so casual adoptions in Congo endangering diplomatic relations between the two countries: on one occasion she tried to move children from an orphanage to another without authorization and the curator of the judiciary its association, Amamatu said "she continued adoptions in Kinshasa '' and no longer in Goma, home to a very severe Court," because the 22 children are configured as wards of the state. " The last mystery around Minister Boschi raised by interpellation of 'on. Aldo Di Biagio (Popular Area) invests the management of international adoptions entrusted to Cai, the commission which depends on the Presidency of the Council led by ex pm Silvia Della Monica, committed to unlock the transfers of children from the Congo: "I was in contact with Sister Benedicta, who runs one of the orphanages in the Congo and other realities in Italy - had said in an interview in the Woods Family Christian - because we are following the cases of other children and other families waiting. " But who is the sister? Interpellation presented by Di Biagio says that Sister Benedicta Sekamonyo Muiawimana "who is now a member of the Fraternity of monastic nuns of San Cerbone Kinshasa, made her religious profession in the order of Cistercian Bernardine of Esquermes in 1982, as evidenced in a note of the Prioress General of the general House of the Order based in France, addressed to the Diocese of Massa Marittima in Grosseto ". "In the same note - adds Di Biagio - the Prioress General refers to 'serious breaches' in the hands of the Congolese nun, following which she was asked to leave the order in 1997. Since 1998, the nun would not have more contacts with the general house therefore the religious would live an irregular situation. " 28 May, Sister Benedicta "was present - as stated on the website of the Cai - as representative of the" Five Loaves " (Cinque Pani). Among the most active in managing the orphanages in the Congo, the foundation Raphael, starred in an not clarified episode: the nightly transfer last 29 December of 22 children, many in their pajamas, from one institution to another, was not authorized by the Congolese authorities . An incident that would not be isolated: "It is - writes Di Biagio - the same days there was a second transfer request: the coordinator of the Association Femme et le Developpement (Fed) of Goma has refused to give in to "nagging" requests from association Amamatu asbl Sister Benedicta, probably commissioned by the Italian Cai (Central Authority), who despite not having any commitment or arrangement with the Fed would be required to withdraw the minors."

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Broken trust: Three lady health workers held in illegal adoption case

Broken trust: Three lady health workers held in illegal adoption case

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Published: February 6, 2015

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Police arrests three women for selling babies. PHOTO: NAEEM GHOURI/EXPRESS

POLICE APATHY IN GANG RAPE OF MINOR - In a first, cop faces trial under POCSO

Feb 04 2015 : Mirror (Pune)

POLICE APATHY IN GANG RAPE OF MINOR - In a first, cop faces trial under POCSO

Vijay Chavan

Bombay HC refuses his criminal writ petition; API had refused to accept the 14-year-old's complaint and instead asked the girl to return with her parents

A policeman attached to the Loni Kalbhor PS on Tuesday failed to get any relief from the Bombay High Court (HC) on Tuesday after it rejected the criminal writ petition, requesting cancellation of the issue process ordered by a special court in Pune in June, in connection with the gang rape of 14-yearold girl in Uruli Kanchan on February 22, 2014.

‘Joint Action Funding’ from the European Commission to support the EEG in delivering successful national training seminars

Policy Areas European Expert Group The 'European Expert Group (EEG) on the transition from institutional to community-based care' is a broad coalition gathering stakeholders representing people with care or support needs, children, people with disabilities, people experiencing mental health problems and homeless people; as well as public authorities, service providers and intergovernmental organisations. The aim of the EEG is to provide expertise and support the planning and implementation of Member States’ policies for deinstitutionalisation based on the 'Common European Guidelines' and 'Toolkit' published in 2012. Working together with the European Commission and national governments, the EEG supports the organisation of national training seminars across EU Member States in order to build the capacity of public authorities at national, regional and local level to make the best use of EU Structural Funds in the deinstitutionalisation process. ESN’s role within the EEG In June 2013 ESN became co-chair of the EEG alongside the European Disability Forum and UNICEF and has been important in shaping the strategic direction of the group. We have also led a successful application for ‘Joint Action Funding’ from the European Commission to support the EEG in delivering successful national training seminars in eight countries in 2014. ESN has contributed to the organisation of national training seminars in several countries, including Latvia, Hungary and Poland and will be responsible managing the financial and administrative side of the Joint Action until the end of 2014. EEG members The EEG consists of the following organisations: COFACE – Confederation of Family Organisations in the EU; EASPD – European Association of Service Providers for People with Disabilities; EDF – European Disability Forum; ENIL/ECCL – European Network on Independent Living/European Coalition for Community Living; ESN – European Social Network; Eurochild; FEANTSA – European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless; Inclusion Europe; Lumos; Mental Health Europe; Mental Health Initiative Open Society Foundations; UN OHCHR – Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Europe; UNICEF. For more information on this topic lease contact ESN Policy Officer Marianne Doyen. http://www.esn-eu.org/european-expert-group/index.html

Former adoption director pleads guilty to federal charges

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Former adoption director pleads guilty to federal charges

By Diane Turbyfill

Published: Friday, January 30, 2015 at 17:44 PM.

A Belmont woman has pleaded guilty to making false statements to keep an international adoption agency in business.

L'Unicef demande 3,1 milliards de dollars pour l'aide humanitaire aux enfants

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L'Unicef demande 3,1 milliards de dollars pour l'aide humanitaire aux enfants

(Belga) Le Fonds des Nations unies pour l'enfance (Unicef) lance jeudi un appel aux dons pour un montant de 3,1 milliards de dollars, un record, pour venir en aide à 62 millions d'enfants en danger dans les crises humanitaires partout dans le monde en 2015, annonce-t-il dans un communiqué. "Cela représente un bond de 1 milliard de dollars de plus en besoins de financement depuis l'appel de l'année dernière. Plus d'un enfant sur dix dans le monde vit actuellement dans les pays ou régions touchés par les seuls conflits armés", indique l'agence onusienne.

"Le montant avancé lors de l'appel annuel aux dons se base sur les situations réelles vécues sur le terrain", indique Philippe Henon, d'Unicef Belgique. "Et, malheureusement, les besoins sont de plus en plus importants."

Près d'un tiers du budget demandé (903 millions de dollars) concerne "une intervention régionale en Syrie et dans les pays voisins pour protéger les enfants en danger et apporter une aide essentielle, comme les vaccinations, de l'eau salubre, des moyens d'assainissement et une éducation", explique l'Unicef.

Latest Trafficking Scandal a Wake-Up Call for Adoption Reform

Latest Trafficking Scandal a Wake-Up Call for Adoption Reform

Yang Xin ?January 30, 2015 ?0

Police in Shandong province busted a child-trafficking ring earlier this month, rescuing 37 abducted children who had been living in a cellar under squalid conditions and capturing their 103 traffickers.

But unlike most child-trafficking cases, which involve child abduction, the children discovered in Shandong had been sold by their parents or other family members.

Traffickers first reached out to pregnant women through black channels and made deals with potential buyers to sell newborn girls for 60,000 yuan and boys 80,000 yuan.

Parents who abandon children in care homes may lose right to block adoptions

Monday, January 26, 2015, 06:58 by

Claudia Calleja

Parents who abandon children in care homes may lose right to block adoptions

Parents of children living in care homes who refuse to free them for adoption despite not being present in their lives could have them taken away under a new process to be discussed in Parliament today.

The measure could put an end to a system that leaves children in care homes for years.

A couple's adoption plans hit a regulatory brick wall

A couple's adoption plans hit a regulatory brick wall

June 09, 2008|Erika Hayasaki | Times Staff Writer

NEW YORK — The 3-year-old girl was found two years ago starving, abandoned and covered in lice in a countryside home in the northeastern European nation of Latvia.

Her name was Kristina. Her parents had abandoned her. Her grandmother, who had taken her in, had frozen to death. Latvian officials classified her as an orphan.

Soon New York residents Ilze and Laurence Earner heard about the girl. Ilze Earner is a nationally renowned child welfare advocate, and she also happened to be a distant relative of Kristina. She had occasionally wired the family money, and Latvian officials came across Earner's name and phone number on a Western Union receipt.

Australia simplifies overseas child adoption

Australia simplifies overseas child adoption AFP January 26, 2015, 12:03 am TWN SYDNEY--Australia said on Sunday it was simplifying the process of adopting children from overseas, setting up a single body to manage applications while working on new arrangements with the United States, Poland and Vietnam. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a new “one-stop shop” — the Intercountry Adoption Support Service — will have staff advocating on behalf of prospective families and dealing with local state authorities and partner countries. Australia has one of the lowest levels of intercountry adoption in the world, according to a government report last year. “For too long adoption has been in the too hard basket, for too long it has been too hard to adopt and for too long this has been a policy no-go zone,” the Australian leader said in a statement. “It shouldn't be that way because adoption is all about giving children a better life.” The new service — which could start as soon as April — will also seek to reduce the length of time parents have to wait to adopt children, currently an average of five years. The announcement came just a week after a baby boy at the center of an international debate about surrogacy was granted Australian citizenship. Baby Gammy was reportedly abandoned in Thailand by a Perth couple who went home with just his healthy sister. While commercial surrogacy is illegal in Australia, growing numbers of people are traveling to countries such as India and Thailand to engage women to carry their babies. Adoption levels have fallen to a record low in Australia, Abbott said, with just 317 domestic and international adoptions finalized between July 1, 2013 and June 30, 2014, nine percent lower than the previous year and 76 percent down from 25 years ago. Australia has intercountry arrangements with 14 countries, and the government said it was establishing new adoption programs with the U.S., Poland and Vietnam, and working on schemes with four other countries. The four countries were not named by the government, but the Sunday Telegraph said they were Latvia, Kenya, Bulgaria and Cambodia.

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