Most Indian kids up for overseas adoption find homes in US

Madhavi Rajadhyaksha, TNN | Nov 17, 2013, 04.32 AM IST

Most Indian kids up for overseas adoption find homes in US

While the law allows one out of five babies to be given up for adoption abroad, ministry records show that only one in 15 on an average are sent overseas.

MUMBAI: Indian children put up for adoption overseas in the past three years have mostly landed up in the United States, followed by Italy and Spain, shows data from the ministry of women and child development. India handed over 308 babies to couples abroad last year, according to statistics presented by the ministry before the Lok Sabha in August.

Adoption row: Dalits protest against injustice in Mysore

Nov 16, 2013

Mysore: Guardians of eight year old Ullas and seven year old Anand, who are all set to be given up for adoption to an Italian couple without their consent, protested in front of the Gandhi statue near the court here on Friday joined by hundreds of Dalit activists and several relatives.

Asked why they were against the children being adopted, when they seemed willing to go, their uncle Nataraj said, “We may be poor, but we are not heartless enough to let go of our sister’s children altogether. Adoption would end our relationship with them and we don’t want that to happen. The children themselves are too small to judge the situation.”

Claiming they had met a child placed in the custody of the Child Welfare Committee, Mysore, who was adopted by a couple in Mandya, but did not like staying with them, he said, “Luckily the girl was in Mandya and so could come back. We are seeing so much of injustice taking place right before our eyes. Why should we then send our children to Italy?"

Philomena star Judi Dench urged to back inquiry into 'stolen baby' scandal

Henry McDonald in Dublin

The Observer, Saturday 16 November 2013 19.29 GMT

Co-star Steve Coogan pledges to do what he can to help campaigners in Ireland as film reignites controversy

Philomena is a small film that is defying box-office conventions; the audience keeps on growing while other, bigger titles fade. The emotional story starring Steve Coogan and Dame Judi Dench of the brutal separation of an Irish mother and her child has become a word-of-mouth hit, beating even action blockbuster Thor: The Dark World at the UK box office one day last week.

Give Indian parents first preference in child adoption: HC

Nov 15, 2013, 03.54AM IST TNN[ Shibu Thomas ]

Indian parents should be given preference in child adoption over NRIs, Overseas Citizens of India and foreign nationals, the Bombay high court has ruled.

MUMBAI: Indian parents should be given preference in child adoption over NRIs, Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) and foreign nationals, the Bombay high court has ruled.

A division bench of justices V M Kanade and S C Gupte recently laid down additional guidelines while deciding a dispute between an Indian couple and an OCI couple over the adoption of a girl child.

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One million European children looking for home

2013. 11. 06.

Press Release by MEP Ádám Kósa - High-level international conference on protecting the rights of abandoned children

MEP Ádám Kósa (Fidesz) hosted a conference today in the European Parliament on the tragedies and depressing human rights issues of children living in overcrowded institutions. The conference took place just two weeks before the new Structural Fund Regulations will be tabled in the European Parliament, whose proposals – among others – aim to replace these obsolete institutions by community based services. As was revealed on the debate, only a minor part of children living in such facilities are actually orphans.

Ukrainian study visit to London

19.11.12

In May 2012, Lumos hosted a study visit in London for a delegation from Ukraine. Organised in cooperation with Rinat Akhmetov Foundation for Development of Ukraine, the study visit included senior policy makers and service managers from the Dniepropetrovsk and Donetsk regions, as well as managers of children’s institutions and representatives from local NGOs that provide community services.

The delegates visited a range of services in London, including children’s centres, inclusive schools and foster care services. Judge Nicholas Crichton, CBE, a member of Lumos’ Board of Trustees, arranged for the delegates to sit in on a Family Court hearing. The visitors had the opportunity to observe a range of cases, such as parents who are drug addicts, who are being supported to address their addiction and improve their ability to look after their children. They also witnessed a number of adoptions being approved. Following the Court session, Judge Crichton answered the delegates’ questions, in order to explain the way the legal system in England and Wales operates in cooperation with other professionals to ensure the protection and appropriate care of vulnerable children.

Last week, Nina Tutova, Director of Children’s Services for Dniepropetrovsk region reflected on the visit, saying: “In London we saw so many excellent services, including small group homes for just five or six children. At first when I returned home I thought: this will never be possible in Ukraine. But after I reflected for a while I realised that many of the services I saw could be adapted to Ukraine and that the reform is possible. It will just take a long time”.

Date: 13/11/12

Ukraine. Priority to the adoption of children between 7 and 10 years: from 2014 no longer have to remain in institutions.

children-driven-Ukrainian-350Ukraine at the forefront in promoting a culture of adoption. Welcoming the indication of experts and practitioners, the Minister for Social Policies of the country, Natalie King , has been the core focus of his department to ensure that, as of 2014, no child abandoned, healthy and above 7 years, is no longer assigned to an institution : local governments will be required to encourage more and more of these smaller destination for families, group homes or other similar forms of care. The choice to focus on the adoption of children range between 7 and 10 years can be explained by the need to find their accommodation as a priority, as they are considered more needy than others. The first signs of this policy to combat institutionalization is already beginning to see: as stated by the Commissioner for Children's Rights for Ukraine, Yuriy Pavlenko , in 2013 almost half of the regions where there are institutions have not received any child .

Currently in Ukraine there are 846 homes, and it plans to open 30 more by the end of the year. At the end of 2012, there were 280 institutions, 55 of which are specifically dedicated to children with disabilities. To date, a total of 91,000 abandoned children, 76,000 were settled with a family , of the 26,000 children enrolled in the database for the adoptions, 25,000 are more than 7 years, suffering from disability, or brothers and sisters, who by law can not can be separated. The couple awaiting adoption are 1,600, but they did request for children under the age of the "privileged".

Always with the aim to drastically reduce the population of abandoned children, the number of social workers has been increased by 12,000 units , so as to reach the widest possible pool of families: in 2014, then, in the institutes are welcomed only children with disability , in respect of which - the authorities say - there is still a lack of predisposition to adopt by Ukrainian families.

Cheating case against Ullal adoption centre

Stanley Pinto, TNN | Nov 9, 2013, 03.16 AM IST

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MANGALORE: Ullal police have registered a case of cheating against Nirmala Social Welfare Centre in Ullal based on their investigations into the Indian-born German national Chaya Maria Schupp's case.

The investigating officer said after preliminary investigations, they could not find any document relating to Chaya. Also, a police officer who had gone to Grace Kennet Foundation, Madurai, where Chaya stayed before leaving for Germany according to her adoption papers, returned empty handed.

Orphans ‘happy’ to go with Italian couple

DC | Shilpa P. | 06th Nov 2013

Children Ullas and Anand with their guardians in a file photo.

Mysore: In a new twist to the case of the two orphans transferred to an institution in Bengaluru for adoption by the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) of Mysore without the consent of their guardians, it appears they are now all set to be given up for adoption to a working couple in Italy.

“It is difficult to find couples in India who want to adopt children over five , so we are giving them to an Italian couple who have agreed to adopt them,” said sources in the Vatsalya Charitable Trust, which has applied to the Bengaluru city civil court in Mayo hall for permission to go ahead with the adoption.

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