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Preet Mandir initiates proposal for older orphans

Most adoptive parents may prefer toddlers, but there are many older children between six and 18 years of age waiting to find a home.

To deal with this issue, the Balwant Kartar Anand Foundation's Preet Mandir childcare, adoption and family rehabilitation centre at Coyaji Road, Camp, has proposed to introduce the 'Godfather system'. Under this, a family can look after an orphan till he or she is adopted. The centre is planning to send its proposal to the government for approval.

Speaking to DNA, Preet Mandir's managing trustee JS Bhasin said following his visit to some government and private remand homes, he found that they do not have any plans for older orphans after 18 years of age.

?"They are left on their own. Such young adults with no formal education fall prey to unscrupulous elements. Without education or vocational training, they take to begging or join criminal gangs. Therefore, we have focused our attention on rehabilitation of older children," Bhasin said.

Organizations: Preet Mandir

General Assemblee Sixty-fourth session 65th plenary meeting

Draft resolution I is entitled “Guidelines for the

Alternative Care of Children”. The Third Committee

adopted draft resolution I without a vote. May I take it

that the Assembly wishes to do the same?

Draft resolution I was adopted

Organizations: (UN) Guidelines on Children without Parental Care

Mail Saastamoinen: original 10 invited NGOs + report online

From: <Salla.Saastamoinen@ec.europa.eu>
Date: 2009/12/17
Subject: RE: Enquiry
To: wolfemurray@gmail.com
Cc: Patrizia.DE-LUCA@ec.europa.eu, Edo.KORLJAN@coe.int

Dear Mr Wolfe-Murray,

Thank you for your messages. I apologise for delay in replying.

As the Conference was organised jointly by the Council of Europe and the European Commission, the related materials are share in our websites: You will find the speeches and presentations, including the presenation of Ms De Luca, in the website of the Council of Europe:

http://www.coe.int/t/DGHL/STANDARDSETTING/FAMILY/Adoption_conference_en.asp

Certain materials, like the study commissioned by the European Commission is published in the website of the European Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters:

http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/news/whatsnew_en.htm

The NGOs that had sent representatives to participate to the Conference were (for which the organisators covered the costs fo one representative per NGO):

1)Adoption UK
2)Against Child Trafficking
3)AMICI DELL'ADOZIONE
4)Amici dei Bambini
5)ASESORÍA DE ADOPCIONES (ADA)- ADOPTIONSBERATUNG e.V
6)ASSOCIATION "BIRUINTA" (VICTORY)
7)Attraverso il Mondo per un Sorriso
8)BAAF, British Association for Adoption and Fostering
9) ChildONEurope
10) CIAI Centro Italiano Aiuti all'Infanzia
11) Coordinamento Coppie Adottive Bulgaria
12)Defenseur des Enfants
13) EFA, Enfance et Familles d'adoption
14) Euroadopt
15) Fondazione Patrizia Nidoli
16)For the Children SOS
17) International Adoption Association
18) International Social Service ISS
19)Nordic Adoption Council
20) Save the Children Finland
21)Terres des Hommes
22) United Adoptees International

Of these, the costs of one representative of Adoption UK, AMICI DELL'ADOZIONE, Amici dei Bambini, BAAF British Association for Adoption and Fostering, ChildONEurope, Coordinamento Coppie Adottive Bulgaria, EFA Enfance et Familles d'adoption, Euroadopt, International Social Service ISS, Nordic Adoption Council and Terres des Hommes were covered by the first budget allocation. With the additional budget, we were able then to cover the costs of the one representative of also the rest of the NGOs (situating in the EU) that had registered by the deadline.

FYI: the list of participants is not published in the websites because it contains personal data (names, addresses, e-mails) that was meant for the use of the organisators. In addition to the NGOs, all Member States of the EU and of the Council of Europe had sent one or more representatives (the costs of the one representative per country were covered). In addition, some international organisations, researchers and journalists attended the conference.

Yours,

Salla Saastamoinen
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Head of Unit
JLS.E.2 - Civil justice
Directorate General Justice, Freedom and Security
Tel. +32-2-296.94.63
E-mail: salla.saastamoinen@ec.europa.eu

http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/
http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/judicialatlascivil/html/index_en.htm

From: Rupert Wolfe-Murray [mailto:wolfemurray@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:21 AM
To: SAASTAMOINEN Salla (JLS)
Subject: Enquiry

Dear Ms Saastamoinen,

The email I sent you last week was returned and I am wondering if your email address is still valid, if so I would be most grateful for a reply.

Kind regards

Rupert Wolfe Murray

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Rupert Wolfe-Murray <wolfemurray@gmail.com>
Date: 2009/12/8
Subject: Enquiry
To: salla.saastamoinen@ec.europa.eu

Dear Ms Saastamoinen

I heard your conference in Strasbourg was a success. I would have liked to have come but was unable to.

I would be grateful if you could provide me with the following information:

the list of 10 NGO's originally invited to the Strasbourg Conference

the speech of Patrizia de Luca

the EC study on adoption; I understand that during the conference it was said that this would be put online on the EC's website.
With kind regards

Rupert Wolfe Murray

Organizations: 2009 Conference: CHALLENGES IN ADOPTION PROCEDURES IN EUROPE - Strasbourg, ACT - OLAF AMICI DEI BAMBINI (OF/2006/0497)

Persons: Patrizia de Luca, Salla Saastamoinen

Mail exchange RP - Saastamoinen: SOS Children, list of NGOs etc

Salla.Saastamoinen@ec.europa.eu

17/12/2009

to me, Patrizia.DE-LU., Edo.KORLJAN

Dear Ms Post,

As mentioned in my previous mail, we covered the costs of the one representative per association that had registered to the Conference before the deadline expired and that were coming from a country of the EU.

Persons: Salla Saastamoinen, Linda Robak

Organizations: 2009 Conference: CHALLENGES IN ADOPTION PROCEDURES IN EUROPE - Strasbourg, For the Children- SOS

Mogilino is gesloten

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Mogilino is gesloten

17 december 2009, 08:59

Organizations: Mogilino, Bulgaria

Countries: Bulgaria

Mogilino is gesloten

Mogilino is closed

September 2007. More than seventy children. Suddenly it was world news. The children with an intellectual disability - or something similar to it - were grossly neglected. I wrote about it in early November 2007 after my visit to Bulgaria. In February 2008, State Secretary Frans Timmermans went to Bulgaria to offer help. We are now two years later.

Mogilino is closed and the children are divided into five homes in four cities. In the city of Russe, Child & Space is active in a small-scale shelter for eight of the children who once lived in Mogilino. Thanks to Unicef ??and the money from various sources, including a large text messaging campaign in Bulgaria itself, the children were able to go from Mogilino to the new small-scale shelters.

Vessela Banova from Child & Space visited me today. The attention has disappeared and Unicef ??too. At the beginning of 2008 Mogilino was mentioned once on the Frans Timmermans weblog. Then no more. Child & Space must arrange everything for 3,500 Euro per year per child. Accommodation is arranged, but staff and care are worth ten euros a day. A day out? No money. Pampers? No money.

Mogilino was not a humanitarian crisis. A humanitarian disaster. And as Robert van Voren from GIP (Global Initiative on Psychiatry) wrote on my weblog early 2008:

Countries: Bulgaria

Organizations: Mogilino, Bulgaria

Adoption norms may become easier for women

Adoption norms may become easier for womenMahendra Kumar Singh & Himanshi Dhawan, TNN 16 December 2009, 02:13am ISTText Size:| Topics:WomenadoptionNEW DELHI: In a move that will empower women to take guardianship and adopt irrespective of their marital status, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday TwitterFacebookShare EmailPrintSaveComment will consider amendments to the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (GAWA) and Hindu Adoption Maintenance Act, 1956 (HAMA). At present, if a couple adopts a child, it is the man who is the guardian. The proposed amendments will make the status of the guardian gender-neutral. They will also make it easier for men or women living separately from their spouse, though not formally divorced, to adopt. However, consent of the spouse will be mandatory to adopt. According to the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA), officially, 6,000 children are up for adoption at present but activists say the numbers are much higher. Added to that are the unaccounted number of children living on the streets, abandoned or deserted children and children of migrant workers and commercial sex workers. While the government recognizes these children to be in need of care, little is done in that direction. Law Commission member Kirti Singh said both proposed amendments were welcome but expressed concern that these legislations required an overhaul. NGOs have welcomed the government's move to amend adoption laws but advised caution. Pratidhi's Raj Mangal Prasad said, ``It is a positive step. Laws must be made flexible for children in need of care and protection. But a monitoring mechanism should be in place so that this is not misused.'' Jerry Pinto from NGO Butterflies said the proposed amendments would open more doors for abandoned or destitute children who were currently confined to non-caring institutions. ``But we must be careful. How do you balance two vital roles that both parents play? There are many cases of single parents but it is an abnormal situation and not healthy for the child. Parents must make adequate arrangements for making up for the absence of the other spouse,'' Pinto said.