Tainted homes get crores in grants again

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85 shelter homes, which were granted Rs 35 cr in March this year, get a further Rs 26 cr, despite irregularities.

A total of 85 children’s shelter homes against which several irregularities were found earlier this year have been granted Rs 26 crore by the state government’s Women and Child Development Commissionerate.

There are 383 children’s shelter homes across the state out of which 350 are run by various NGOs and the rest are run by the state government. After the Juvenile Justice Act of 2015 came into effect, all these 350 shelter homes were shut down in April 2016 as they did not meet the criteria laid down under the Act, such as they should have a minimum area of 1,400 square metre and children with one parent could not be admitted in such a home, even if the mother is in flesh trade or the father is alcoholic or abusive.

Christine Palmer, Helen Eason, Hazel Collins, Janette Miller and Elaine Peckham of Grandmothers Against Removals

Christine Palmer, Helen Eason, Hazel Collins, Janette Miller and Elaine Peckham of Grandmothers Against Removals. Photograph: Mike Bowers for the Guardian

More than 800 Aboriginal children in New South Wales could be adopted without parental consent if controversial changes to the state’s child protection legislation go ahead.

The Department of Family and Community Services has confirmed that between 810 and 815 Aboriginal children are on guardianship orders, which could be converted to open adoptions under the Berejiklian government’s planned changes to the system.

March for makarrata: NSW Aboriginal groups unite to demand a 'new agenda'

Mother Teresa nun refused bail ?in India over adoption scandal Missionaries of Charity centre in Jharkhand, India

The High Court in India’s Jharkhand state has rejected the latest bail plea of a Missionaries of Charity nun accused of selling babies from a congregation-run home for unwed mothers.

Sr Concilia was arrested on July 4 at Nirmal Hriday, the home she managed for unmarried mothers in the state capital Ranchi. She was initially remanded in custody for 14 days. She and her congregation have denied the illegal trading of babies.

Courts have since refused her bail several times, most recently on October 30, on the grounds that the investigation of the case and a probe into the activities of her congregation could be hampered if she is released.

Sr Concilia was arrested along with a staff member following complaints that the staff member took money to give a baby to a childless couple but failed to keep her promise.

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Intercountry adoption from Latvia

On the 18th of November 2009 Amendments to the "Children Right Protection Law" came into force. These Amendments have established that the rule of adoption from Latvia will only take place with the countries that have either signed to the Hague Convention of 29 May 1993 for Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption being binding, or to the countries having signed the bilateral Agreements on Legal Cooperation in the field of Adoption with the Republic of Latvia.

Countries where Hague Convention is binding (web site: http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.authorities&cid=69)

Republic of Latvia has signed the bilateral agreements with the following countries:

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Latvian authorities suspect child trade from Latvian orphanages to USA

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The ‘price’ of adoption of Latvian children by American families is made known

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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.