Helping children find their way home

Activist works for change in Albania

By Paul Massari, Globe Correspondent | January 18, 2004

Fisher Avenue in Newton Highlands has been seeing less and less of longtime resident Harriet Epstein.

Over the past five years, Epstein has taught public health in Ghana and helped survivors of Kosovo atrocities get counseling. Now she is in Albania trying to transform the lives of the nation's abandoned children, a challenge she describes as the greatest of her 35-year career.

Adoption Notice

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Consular Affairs

Office of Children’s Issues

IBESR Accepting New Adoption Cases

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

DOS Adoption Alert - Kyrgyzstan

Adoption Alert

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Consular Affairs

Nieuw adoptie contact bij St. K&T: Oeganda

Gepost door: Esther ()

Datum: 29 april 2010 10:11

Nieuw adoptiecontact: OEGANDA

Na een lange en gedegen voorbereiding kan Stichting Kind en Toekomst melding maken van een nieuw adoptiecontact: Oeganda.

SANS lawyers arrested after the publication of the newspaper The Telegraph

Three lawyers in the scheme of child trafficking

Google translation:

MONITOR 06/18/2009 Two lawyers were arrested by agents of the National Security Agency on suspicion of being involved in the scheme of child trafficking. For 72 hours were detained lawyer Emil Kostadinov, a junior lawyer and Albena Stoyanova Dilyana Cherimi. The action of the SANS and the National Investigation was conducted after the publication of the Gazette Telegraph.

The three are charged with the formation of an organized criminal group that operates in the recruitment, transportation, concealment and acceptance of pregnant women to sell their children.

Google Translation:

Foreigners queue for Bulgarian patients sick children

International adoptions have increased several times

Sofia. Nearly 1200 disabled children waiting to be adopted. The kids are diagnosed with severe physical and mental illness or high age. For 66 already given consent for adoption abroad, the procedure is for 21 open, 78 have submitted applications and the rest are still waiting. Data were exported to the National Conference for adoption. According to statistics, during the last year Ministry of Justice consented to the foreign adoption of 220 children aged 7 years and with health problems. International adoptions of children have risen at times. Many great is the desire of foreign adoptive parents to adopt Bulgarian children who have health problems. Said Justice Minister Margarita Popova. According to statistics, Americans are those who choose Bulgarian children who do not see, hear not, Down Syndrome or hydrocephalus. Bulgarians choose Swedes do with less severe disease. Older children usually go to the Italian families. At the conference attended the 5-year Elina, who is injured feet. Her adoption procedure started in November 2009 and ended on 22 March this year Her adoptive mother is from the USA. According to Deputy Minister for Daniela Mashev incorrect and incomplete reporting of medical information is difficult process of identifying suitable adoptive parents. There were also cases where it appears that the child has a disability only documents.

Bulgarians not to adopt orphans

Already half a year waiting for an ordinance. However, such a long time Aliens

Nelly CHOLASHKA

Nearly half a year already Bulgarians do not adopt children from orphanages in the country. The problem is not lack of candidates and lack of regulation.

With the renovation of the Family Code by mid-July for adoption of rules kids were radically changed. The new regulation addresses the Nashenci and foreigners who apply for parents of orphaned or abandoned Bulgarians.

Where do we stand?

So I finally broke down a couple of weeks ago and ordered blinds for Calvin's room. JC Penney was having a sale so I got them for half price. All that is left to buy for the room is a blue area rug. However, at this point I am not sure if it going to be a little boy room or a guest bedroom. News coming out of Bulgaria is very dim for families who are hoping to adopt under 3 children that are healthy. Older children and special needs are the main priority for Bulgaria.

***Disclaimer to adoptive parents, young healthy children in all countries are being adopted by the citizens of the country or in foster care. Special needs and older children seem to be the norm now for foreigners who want to adopt*** This is for China, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria. The only countries I know of that have young healthy children being adopted are from Ethiopia.

I am hearing from Bulgarian chat sites that young healthy children referrals probably won't be made until next year. So where does that leave us? Our paperwork expires Nov and we will have to make a decision as to how much longer we want to wait...Cathryn is already 5 and Caroline is 7. Heavenly Father, make your will known to us. Not our will but yours be done. God's plan is always better than ours.

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Draft Guidelines For Adopting Children Leave Nuns And NGOs Unhappy

Published Date: July 23, 2007

Certain guidelines that a federal agency has proposed to regulate the adoption of children are unhelpful, say Catholic nuns and NGOs.

On July 11, the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA), an autonomous body under the federal ministry of women and child development, announced the guidelines, purportedly to ensure transparency in adoption dealings.

CARA chairperson J.K. Mittal told UCA News on July 16 the guidelines aim to plug “loopholes” in the adoption process, check child trafficking and reduce processing time. According to Yespal Debas, CARA´s secretary, the guidelines will help simplify adoption procedures in India. “Earlier, there were a lot of dilemmas and misconceptions on adoption of children,” Debas told UCA News.

Nuns Convicted Of Forgery In Adoption-For-Money Case

Published Date: September 1, 2005

A court in southern India has convicted three Catholic nuns and seven other people of cheating and forgery in a child adoption case.

On Aug. 30, Judge L. Kedara Chary, first additional metropolitan sessions judge of Hyderabad, sentenced each of the 10 to six months´ imprisonment and a fine of 2,000 rupees (about US$45).

The nuns belong to the Jesus, Mary and Joseph congregation, which has managed Tender Loving Care Home since 1996. The orphanage is in Hyderabad, the Andhra Pradesh state capital, 1,500 kilometers south of New Delhi.