Our website will be down December 26 to January 6 for a redesign. Due to this, our web comments, membership forms and donate buttons will be inoperable. Please direct your correspondence to the following board members: Comments and requests for assistance:Gina PollockVice President Advocacy and NGO/Government Relationsrmprhp@yahoo.com Membership Issues:Shanna WrightSecretary and Membership Chairshanjwright@gmail.com Donations and financial issues:Margaret WeeksTreasurermeweek@aol.com All other …
Month: December 2011
PEAR Website Announcement
Our website will be down December 26 to January 6 for a redesign. Due to this, our web comments, membership forms and donate buttons will be inoperable. Please direct your correspondence to the following board members: Comments and requests for assistance:Gina PollockVice President Advocacy and NGO/Government Relationsrmprhp@yahoo.com Membership Issues:Shanna WrightSecretary and Membership Chairshanjwright@gmail.com Donations and financial issues:Margaret WeeksTreasurermeweek@aol.com All other …
PEAR Website Announcement
Our website will be down December 26 to January 6 for a redesign. Due to this, our web comments, membership forms and donate buttons will be inoperable. Please direct your correspondence to the following board members: Comments and requests for assistance:Gina PollockVice President Advocacy and NGO/Government Relationsrmprhp@yahoo.com Membership Issues:Shanna WrightSecretary and Membership Chairshanjwright@gmail.com Donations and financial issues:Margaret WeeksTreasurermeweek@aol.com All other …
Book Review: Finding Fernanda
by David Kruchkow Board Member of Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform Where can I start a review of Erin Siegal’s Finding Fernanda? I know Erin Siegal as an online friend and someone who came to me for advice on this book. Why me? Perhaps it is because I made my story public more than a dozen years ago as one …
Govt opens applications for inter-country adoption (Republica)
***Please note: although Nepal has announced it is accepting applications for intercountry adoption, the US Suspension on processing I 600 petitions for abandoned children remains in place. See: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/08/145767.htm Govt opens applications for inter-country adoption REPUBLICA ARJUN POUDEL KATHMANDU, Nov 29: After receiving no application for inter-country adoption in 2011, the government has asked prospective foreign parents to apply for …
DOS Adoption Notice: Guatemala Processing Plan for CNA cases
December 12, 2011 Notice: Processing Plan for CNA cases This Adoption Notice is a follow up to the Notice of September 27, 2011. The Government of Guatemala’s Consejo Nacional de Adopciones (CNA) has agreed to a process for certain adoption applications pending under the CNA’s processing authority. The U.S. Department of State and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will …
Reforms made by the Government of Nepal on Inter-country adoption system (MOWCSW)
Reforms made by the Government of Nepal on Inter country adoption system Status of Children handed over in 2009 & 10 Number of children in 2009 Country Female Male Total Belgium 6 2 8 Canada 2 0 2 Denmark 8 9 17 France 12 12 24 Germany 2 0 2 Italy 40 32 72 Norway 7 3 10 Spain 32 …
USCIS will hold a follow up to their October 28 Teleconference on Ethiopian Adoption
USCIS will hold a follow up to their October 28 Teleconference on Ethiopian Adoption. The invitation is open to all stakeholders. Meeting Invitation USCIS Stakeholder Meeting on Ethiopian Adoptions Friday, December 9, 2011 @ 10 am (EST)As a follow up to the October 28, 2011, Ethiopian Stakeholder call, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the U.S. Department of State …
USCIS Releases Executive Summary of October Teleconference on Ethiopian Adoption
USCIS has published the following executive summary of the October 28, 2011 Teleconference on Ethiopian Adoption. USCIS will hold a follow up teleconference on December 9th at 10 am. Details will be published on our blog and are also available at the USCIS website U.S. Citizenship and Immigration ServicesOffice of Public Engagement Washington, DC 20529-2000November 30, 2011 Executive SummaryTeleconference on …
Sri-Lanka: Media Updates and Information Concerning Orphanage Raid and Ban on Adoptions
Various media outlets are reporting on the recent raid of an orphanage in Sri Lanka and the subsequent arrest of a nun on suspicion of her involvement in child-trafficking for adoption. The orphanage involved is ‘Prem Nivesa’ at Rawatawatte, Moratuwa. According to the media sources, the Sri Lankan authorities have placed a ban on adoption of children from this orphanage …