German doctors arrive in Haiti +++ UN staff rescued after 120 hours +++ 10,000 US soldiers to ensure security More than 1.8 million minors are traumatized, suffering from hunger and disease. Adopted children are being flown out

Every second victim is a child

An orphanage in Delmas, not far from Port-au-Prince. "When we arrived, dozens of children stretched out their arms to us," says James Addis of the aid organization World Vision. "I'll never forget that image. They had gone two days without water."

The shelter is already completely overcrowded, but is still trying to provide additional shelter for children from destroyed homes. There is no electricity, no food, and – worst of all – no clean drinking water. In desperation, the shelter's management fetched water from the nearby river and boiled it as a makeshift measure. "Many of the children are suffering from illnesses such as diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and rashes," says James Addis. The earthquake-hit children of Haiti – no one has been hit harder by the disaster. "Of the total 3 million people affected, around 1.8 million are children and young people," estimated Rudi Tarneden, spokesperson for the children's aid organization UNICEF, to the BZ. This means that more than half of the victims are children. "Many of them are completely on their own and traumatized, in shock," says Tarneden. UNICEF plans to set up two emergency shelters for them in Port-au-Prince, where they will receive psychological support. "After what happened, the girls and boys don't know what to do with their ignorance and grief," says trauma expert Dr. Unni Krishan of the organization Plan International. "They're looking for their parents and siblings – their distress is almost incomprehensible." But the emergency shelters are meant to not only care for the children, but also protect them. Hunger and disease aren't the only dangers they face. "In a desperately poor country like Haiti, child trafficking and sexual exploitation have always existed," Stephan Beschle of the organization "Save the Children" told the BZ. "And we know that situations like this are particularly vulnerable to unscrupulous human traffickers." Therefore, the UN has commissioned "Save the Children" to establish safe havens for the children. But no one knows when this will happen. At least a small number of the children can hope to escape this hell: France and the Netherlands plan to bring adopted children out of the country as quickly as possible in the coming days. However, all the paperwork would have to be in order for this to happen, said State Secretary for Development Aid Alain Joyandet. "We cannot allow mass quantities of children to come from Haiti if we are not sure that the dossiers have already been reviewed." According to parent associations, there are currently 1,200 to 1,500 adoption applications pending in France. "We are very worried and want to get the children out as quickly as possible," said Letje Vermunt, spokesperson for the Dutch Foundation for Adoption. These include 109 girls and boys whose adoptions had been approved by the authorities before the earthquake. "Parents for Children" and "Help a Child," the only German associations that place children from Haiti, are also planning similar measures. "Our discussions with the Federal Foreign Office are going very positively," Bea Garnier-Merz, chairwoman of "Help a Child," told the BZ. These are exclusively children,for whom adoption applications are already in the final stages, said Garnier-Merz. "We are striving for a swift, unbureaucratic, and humane solution," a spokeswoman for the Foreign Office confirmed the talks to the BZ. It is hope for a few. Hundreds of thousands of other children remain behind in the hell of Haiti.

German doctors arrive in Haiti +++ UN staff rescued after 120 hours +++ 10,000 US soldiers to ensure security More than 1.8 million minors are traumatized, suffering from hunger and disease. Adopted children are being flown out

Every second victim is a child

An orphanage in Delmas, not far from Port-au-Prince. "When we arrived, dozens of children stretched out their arms to us," says James Addis of the aid organization World Vision. "I'll never forget that image. They had gone two days without water."

The shelter is already completely overcrowded, but is still trying to provide additional shelter for children from destroyed homes. There is no electricity, no food, and – worst of all – no clean drinking water. In desperation, the shelter's management fetched water from the nearby river and boiled it as a makeshift measure. "Many of the children are suffering from illnesses such as diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and rashes," says James Addis. The earthquake-hit children of Haiti – no one has been hit harder by the disaster. "Of the total 3 million people affected, around 1.8 million are children and young people," estimated Rudi Tarneden, spokesperson for the children's aid organization UNICEF, to the BZ. This means that more than half of the victims are children. "Many of them are completely on their own and traumatized, in shock," says Tarneden. UNICEF plans to set up two emergency shelters for them in Port-au-Prince, where they will receive psychological support. "After what happened, the girls and boys don't know what to do with their ignorance and grief," says trauma expert Dr. Unni Krishan of the organization Plan International. "They're looking for their parents and siblings – their distress is almost incomprehensible." But the emergency shelters are meant to not only care for the children, but also protect them. Hunger and disease aren't the only dangers they face. "In a desperately poor country like Haiti, child trafficking and sexual exploitation have always existed," Stephan Beschle of the organization "Save the Children" told the BZ. "And we know that situations like this are particularly vulnerable to unscrupulous human traffickers." Therefore, the UN has commissioned "Save the Children" to establish safe havens for the children. But no one knows when this will happen. At least a small number of the children can hope to escape this hell: France and the Netherlands plan to bring adopted children out of the country as quickly as possible in the coming days. However, all the paperwork would have to be in order for this to happen, said State Secretary for Development Aid Alain Joyandet. "We cannot allow mass quantities of children to come from Haiti if we are not sure that the dossiers have already been reviewed." According to parent associations, there are currently 1,200 to 1,500 adoption applications pending in France. "We are very worried and want to get the children out as quickly as possible," said Letje Vermunt, spokesperson for the Dutch Foundation for Adoption. These include 109 girls and boys whose adoptions had been approved by the authorities before the earthquake. "Parents for Children" and "Help a Child," the only German associations that place children from Haiti, are also planning similar measures. "Our discussions with the Federal Foreign Office are going very positively," Bea Garnier-Merz, chairwoman of "Help a Child," told the BZ. These are exclusively children,for whom adoption applications are already in the final stages, said Garnier-Merz. "We are striving for a swift, unbureaucratic, and humane solution," a spokeswoman for the Foreign Office confirmed the talks to the BZ. It is hope for a few. Hundreds of thousands of other children remain behind in the hell of Haiti.

The adoption organization "Help a Child eV" hosted Minister Pascaline Tamini in Germany from October 30 to November 1, 2009. The purpose was to give the minister an insight into the social environment of Burkinabe children adopted to Germany. For this purpose, schools, kindergartens, and daycare centers were visited, and families with their Burkinabe children were invited to a meeting.

Chairwoman Bea Garnier-Merz also asked Starke Kinder eV to give a presentation about our projects in Burkina Faso and our work here on the ground. Our presentation to approximately 100 interested parents and the delegation from the West African country was all the more effective because Madame Tamini, in her speech beforehand, emphasized how well the children here in Germany are doing, but that we shouldn't forget the many other children in Burkina Faso who aren't so fortunate.

South Korea on Wednesday launched a committee to oversee domestic adoption policy, as well as individual adoption cases, in accordance with new legislation.

The 15-member adoption policy committee, chaired by Health and Welfare Minister Jeong Eun-kyeong, includes experts on adoption, medicine and law as well as academics.

It will review adoption policy plans, set standards for pre-adoption parental training and rule on the suitability of prospective parent-child pairings.

Two eight-member subcommittees will separately handle domestic and international adoption cases, with their rulings carrying the weight of the main committee.

At its first meeting, the panel discussed operating guidelines and the implementation of the new public adoption system, which transfers oversight of the process from private agencies to local governments and the state.

Jeong said the committee would be the “driving force” behind a transparent public adoption system focused on the best interests of children.

It is with great joy and gratitude that we announce that HELP a child eV has received official approval from Germany to broker international adoptions from Romania. This is a moving and important step for us – but especially for the children, to whom we hope to give new prospects and a loving home.

Our application is currently being reviewed by the Romanian authorities in Bucharest. We very much hope to be able to accompany the first family on this special journey starting in January 2026.

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who supports us and walks this path with us.

The international adoption of a child from Romania is regulated by Article 60 of the Law

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(Google translation)Children's foundations worked only on how the "adopting machine" functionedAfter swelling their pockets, the patrons of humanitarian organizations "pulled the shutters"24.08.2006Foundations that facilitated international adoptions in the 1990s belonged to influential people in the Romanian society, many of them politicians. Currently, only two organizations, out of 98 how many have existed, still work. The Guardian has been in possession of documents proving that most of the foundations that facilitated international adoptions during the 1990s belonged to influential people from the Romanian society, many of them politicians. Currently, only two organizations, out of 98 how many have existed, still work. According to the State Secretary, Head of the Romanian Adoption Office (ORA), Theodora Bertzi, during the 1990s, international adoptions were done through non-governmental organizations. More specifically, local foundations have been partnering with foreign agencies, agencies that were meant to scold up as many families as they wanted to adopt a child. Generally, people who were using such agencies came from amongst those who had the ban to adopt infant minors in their native country. The reasons were multiple. Either because they were not married for at least three years, as the law says, either because they were over 40 or because they were suffering from mental illness. Under these conditions, because in Romania of the 90s no one took into account who is adopted and where the child arrived, the adoption process was extremely simple. Foreign families donated to agencies from their native country, who brokered adoptions in Romania, between 20 and 50 thousand dollars, and the agency was sharing the money with the local foundation's partner. To put their hands on as many dollars as possible, Romanian NGOs had to "work" intensively to get as many adoptable children as possible. "Representatives of the foundations had information from maternity medical staff or babyhomes about all minors who were registered in those institutions. When they find out that mothers have no possibility of raising their baby, they intervened and were convincing the mother to give up the baby. They went to the notary to sign the papers, but they did not tell her that she would never see her child again. They were trying to induce the idea that the minor would have a better life if she would give it up, "ORA chief Theodora Bertzi told us. In this way, 98 foundations were enriched overnight. "The thousands of dollars coming from the donations of the adoptive families had to be used by the Romanian foundations to implement programs or to help the children, but they never knew what happened. As a donation, neither the Court of Auditors nor the Financial Guard could intervene to check the route the money took, "Bertzi explained.Trafficking politicians Among those who owned at that time such foundations are: Razvan Andrei Dejeu, son of ex-minister of internal affairs Gavril Dejeu (HELIOS Foundation), Tiberiu Prodan, PNL deputy (New Life Foundation), Petru Dragulescu, PNT MP -CD until 1996, Oana Harvalia, PNT-CD secretary, as well as the lawyer Azota Popescu, famous for the adoption of children from the "Poiana Soarelui" Placement Center in Brasov, orphanage supported by the businessman's foundation of Ion Tiriac. Sources inside the system told us that "most of the foundations that did such activities had connections with all political parties." The same sources have said that "international adoptions have been a taboo subject for a long time, forbidden by political order." "In Romania, international adoptions have been made as if it were an assembly line. The infants were treated as a commodity. They were put on the airplane as packets and sent to adoptive families. Many times they were "refused to export" and sent to the country, when new parents did not want them".State Secretary, ORA chief, Theodora BertziAndreea Dancu(Guardian August 24, 2006)

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Fundatiile care au inlesnit adoptiile internationale, in anii ‘90, au apartinut unor oameni influenti din societatea romaneasca, multi dintre ei politicieni. In prezent, doar doua organizatii, din 98 cate au existat, mai functioneaza.

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ilor care au inlesnit adoptiile internationale in perioada anilor ’90 au apartinut unor oameni influenti din societatea romaneasca, multi dintre ei politicieni. In prezent, doar doua organizatii, din 98 cate au existat, mai functioneaza.

 

 

Potrivit secretarului de stat, seful Oficiului Roman pentru Adoptii (ORA), Theodora Bertzi, in perioada anilor ’90 adoptiile internationale se faceau prin intermediul organizatiilor neguvernamentale. Mai exact, fundatiile autohtone incheiau parteneriate cu agentiile din strainatate, agentii care aveau menirea sa racoleze cat mai multe familii care doreau sa adopte un copil. In general, persoanele care apelau la astfel de agentii proveneau din randurile celor care aveau interdictie sa infieze minori din tara natala. Motivele erau multiple. Fie pentru ca nu erau casatoriti de minimum trei ani, asa cum prevedea legea, fie pentru ca depasise varsta de 40 de ani ori pentru ca sufereau de boli psihice. In aceste conditii, pentru ca in Romania anilor ’90 nimeni nu tinea cont de cine este adoptat si unde ajungea copilul infiat, procesul de adoptie era extrem de simplu. Familiile straine donau agentiilor din tara natala, care intermediau adoptiile din Romania, o suma cuprinsa intre 20 si 50 de mii de dolari, iar agentia cu pricina impartea banii cu fundatia autohtona partenera. Pentru a pune mana pe cat mai multi dolari, ONG-urile romanesti trebuiau sa „lucreze“ intens pentru a face rost de cat mai multi copii adoptabili. „Reprezentantii fundatiilor aveau informatii de la personalul medical din maternitati sau de la leaganele de copii despre toti minorii care se aflau inregistrati in acele institutii. Unde aflau ca mamele nu aveau posibilitati sa-si creasca copilul interveneau si nu se lasau pana nu o convingeau pe mama sa renunte la copil. O duceau la notar sa semneze actele, insa nu-i spuneau ca nu-si va mai vedea niciodata copilul. Incercau sa-i induca ideea ca minorul va avea un trai mult mai bun daca renunta la el“, ne-a declarat seful ORA, Theodora Bertzi. In felul acesta, 98 de fundatii s-au imbogatit peste noapte. „Miile de dolari proveniti din donatiile famiilor adoptatoare trebuiau folositi de fundatiile romanesti pentru implementarea de programe sau pentru intr-ajutorarea leaganelor de copii, insa niciodata nu s-a stiut care a fost drumul lor. Fiind donatie, nici Curtea de Conturi si nici Garda Financiara nu au putut interveni pentru a verifica ce traseu au luat banii“, a explicat Bertzi.

 

Politicienii traficanti

Printre cei care au detinut, la vremea respectiva, astfel de fundatii se numara: Razvan Andrei Dejeu, fiul ex-ministrului de interne Gavril Dejeu (Fundatia HELIOS), Tiberiu Prodan, deputat PNL (Fundatia O Noua Viata), Petru Dragulescu, parlamentar PNT-CD, pana in perioada ’96, Oana Harvalia, secretar PNT-CD, precum si avocata Azota Popescu, faimoasa pentru implicarea in adoptii a copiilor de la Centrul de Plasament „Poiana Soarelui“ din Brasov, orfelinat intretinut de fundatia omului de afaceri Ion Tiriac. Surse din interiorul sistemului ne-au declarat ca „majoritatea fundatiilor, care prestau astfel de activitati, aveau legaturi cu toate partidele politice“. Aceleasi surse au tinut sa precizeze ca „adoptiile internationale au fost un subiect tabu mult timp, acesta fiind interzis prin ordin politic“.

 

„In Romania, adoptiile internationale s-au facut pe banda rulanta. Copiii infiati erau tratati ca pe o marfa. Acestia erau pusi in avion ca niste pachete si trimisi la familiile adoptatoare. De multe ori erau „refuzati la export“ si trimisi in tara, intrucat noii parinti nu ii placeau“.

 

Secretarul de stat, seful ORA, Theodora Bertzi

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