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Adoptions in Australia fall to record low levels in 2016

DECEMBER 20 2016

Adoptions in Australia fall to record low levels in 2016

Felicity Caldwell

Only 278 adoptions were finalised in the past year – the lowest number on record – according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

It was a fall of 5 per cent from the 292 adoptions in 2014-15 and of 74 per cent from the 1052 adoptions 25 years earlier, in 1991-92.

European Adoption Consultants, Inc. Temporarily Debarred.

Adoption Alert

December 16, 2016

European Adoption Consultants, Inc. Temporarily Debarred.

The Department of State temporarily debarred adoption service provider, European Adoption Consultants, Inc. (EAC) from accreditation on December16, 2016, for a period of three years. As a result of this temporary debarment, EAC’s accreditation has been cancelled and it must immediately cease to provide all adoption services in connection with intercountry adoptions. The Department’s decision was made pursuant to the debarment authority in the adoption accreditation regulations (22 CFR Part 96), which implement the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 and the Universal Accreditation Act of 2012. The Department found substantial evidence that the agency is out of compliance with the standards in subpart F of the accreditation regulations, and evidence of a pattern of serious, willful, or grossly negligent failure to comply with the standards and of aggravating circumstances indicating that continued accreditation of EAC would not be in the best interests of the children and families concerned.

According to its website, EAC operates intercountry adoption programs in Bulgaria, China, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Honduras, India, Panama, Poland, Tanzania, Uganda, and Ukraine. Please note that this temporary debarment prohibits EAC from providing intercountry adoption services in both Hague Convention and non-Convention countries. Families working with EAC who have intercountry adoption cases in progress may wish to contact the Council on Accreditation (COA) for information about case transfer and information about other accredited adoption service providers who may be able to assume handling of adoption cases. Updated information will be posted to this web site as it becomes available. Questions may be submitted to Jayne Schmidt at COA at haguesupport@coanet.org (subject line: EAC) and to the Office of Children’s Issues at adoption@state.gov.

“We are making strict verification in adoption procedures”-Shashi Panja

“We are making strict verification in adoption procedures”-Shashi Panja

The child trafficking story beginning from Baduria seems to get denser with ever passing day. Addressing the issue Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi asked the state government’s health department to submit a detailed report to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights. Ms. Gandhi has also instructed the NCPCR to look into the case with due sincerity and bring out all possible information .

In this regard , State Minister of Women Development & Social Welfare, Child Development Shashi Panja said that the state is doing everything to keep an eye on these

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Spain: The prosecutor asked four years in prison for the charge of failed adoptions in Congo

The prosecutor asked four years in prison for the charge of failed adoptions in Congo

Adoptions in Spain. (JORGE PARIS)

He argues that charged $ 10,000 per adoption records knowing that not prosper.

There are ten families affected, to which the Government has returned the money.

The claim that they acted properly processed.

Des enfants congolais scolarisés grâce à votre générosité

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L'effervescence qui entoure chez nous la rentrée des classes ne fait que raviver chez Julienne Mpemba des souvenirs douloureux. A plusieurs reprises, elle a été renvoyée de l'école publique où elle était inscrite au Congo: sa maman n'avait pas de quoi payer le minerval. La situation financière de la RDC s'étant encore dégradée, ce sont des milliers d'enfants, non scolarisés, qui traînent, aujourd'hui, dans les rues. En 2008, avec d'autres personnes sensibilisées au sort des Congolais, elle a lancé l'asbl Tumaini. Tumaini, cela veut dire "espérer" en swahili. En versant 125 € par an, le prix d'un parrainage, un enfant est assuré d'aller à l'école pendant toute une année. En octobre, Julienne Mpemba quittera pendant quelques mois Namur où elle vit pour le Congo. Elle va, installer à Kinshasa, un bureau relais avec l'association. Le 11 septembre prochain, l'asbl Tumaini organise, à Belgrade, un souper. Il s'agit là aussi de récolter des fonds pour aider les enfants.

Julienne Mpemba est installée, depuis plusieurs années maintenant, à Namur. Il y a des souvenirs qu'elle n'est pas prête d'effacer de sa mémoire. Orpheline de père alors qu'elle n'était encore qu'une enfant, elle a connu la dure réalité de la vie. Elle raconte: "Jusqu'au décès de papa, j'étais inscrite dans une école huppée où j'ai appris beaucoup de choses. L'enseignement y était excellent, c'est comme ça que j'ai eu de très bonnes bases en français comme en mathématiques." Une école payante bien sûr. Lorsque la maman se retrouve seule avec ses enfants, il n'est plus possible pour Julienne de suivre sa scolarité dans un établissement aussi privilégié. "J'ai été inscrite dans une école publique moins renommée mais toujours de bonne qualité. Nous étions plus de 40 enfants par classe. Plusieurs fois, j'ai été renvoyée de l'école parce que maman n'avait pas payé les frais de fonctionnement. Je rentrais à la maison et le lendemain, je retournais à l'école avec l'argent. J'ai des camarades qui n'ont jamais pu revenir à l'école faute de moyens et aujourd'hui, ils ont le niveau qu'ils avaient en primaire. C'est révoltant. A mon époque, à la fin des années 80, des enfants dans ma situation il y en avait cinq ou six par classe. Maintenant, c'est bien pire: c'est la moitié d'une classe qui est concernée." Une classe où les enfants sont 60 à suivre les cours. Ils sont tellement nombreux que des écoliers suivent les cours de 7h30 à 12h et d'autres de 13h à 17h. La semaine suivante, on inverse.

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'Baby racket at least 3 decades old'

'Baby racket at least 3 decades old'

Priyanka Dasgupta | TNN | Dec 11, 2016, 08.02 AM IST

KOLKATA: Arun Swanand Dohle was adopted as a month-old baby from Kusumbai Motichand Mahila Seva Gram (KMMSG) in Pune by Belgium-based Michael and Gertrud Dohle.Twenty years later, in 1993, Germany-based Dohle came to Pune to trace his roots. It was in 2010 that he reunited with his biological parents. Having worked extensively on child trafficking and adoption issues, Dohle insists that the Kolkata child-trafficking scandal is at least three decades old and was covered extensively by the international media.

Browsing through old records ahead of a BBC feature on the child trafficking racket in Kolkata, Dohle spoke about international media reports that date back to August 22, 1982."Having worked in this sphere for years, I know that adoption from Kolkata was under the scanner of the international media as early as 1982. The international media had reported on the dubious system of `babies for sale' that was allegedly conducted by International Mission of Hope (IMH) in Kolkata. Incidentally, Sree Krishna Nursing Home, which has been involved in the current scandal, used to be one of the suppliers of babies to IMH," he said.

In an article titled "The short tragic life of Nathan, the baby who was bought for £ 2000", The Mail had reported that Nathan was adopted by an American couple, Ron and Robbie Flanders from the small town of Oakfield, New York. They had paid £2000 to an American adoption agency. Nathan had fallen ill within a few days of arrival to America after a long journey. Controversy had erupted over whether Nathan would have died anyway or already underweight and sick, he was `killed' by being forced to undergo such a long and exhausting jour ney in the unnatural environment of a jet aircraft.Fingers were also pointed at an international airlines for shipping "unwanted Indian children 9,000 miles to America".