Nepal: Children for sale (Al Jazeera) With weak law enforcement, can foreigners adopting children from Nepal be sure that they are really orphans? Video: http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/101east/2011/09/2011920125119853524.html Orphaned, abandoned or trafficked? That is the question facing foreigners who wish to adopt Nepali children. International adoption services have provided a lucrative business to poverty-stricken Nepal. But in 2007, Nepal stopped adoptions for two …
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Nepal: Children for sale (Al Jazeera)
Nepal: Children for sale (Al Jazeera) With weak law enforcement, can foreigners adopting children from Nepal be sure that they are really orphans? http://english.aljazeera.net/programmes/101east/2011/09/2011920125119853524.html Video: http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/winners/2012/pieces.php?iid=429797&pid=1Orphaned, abandoned or trafficked? That is the question facing foreigners who wish to adopt Nepali children. International adoption services have provided a lucrative business to poverty-stricken Nepal. But in 2007, Nepal stopped adoptions for two …
USCIS Invitation toTeleconference onBringing Home Adopted Children
Teleconference: “Bringing Your Internationally Adopted Child to the United States” (Final Steps in the Adoption Process) Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 1:30 pm (CST) The USCIS National Benefits Center (NBC) invites any adoptive parents, adoption service providers and any other interested parties to participate in a national stakeholder meeting on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 1:30pm (CST). The purpose of …
Media Focuses Attention on China Adoptions
The effects of China’s scandals and in intercountry adoption are now being felt by the families and children adopted from China as they attempt to come to grips with unanswerable questions of identity and corruption. The New York Time’s ran an article September 16th quoting PEAR board member, Karen Moline. Karen will also appear on MSNBC today at 12:30 to …
Media: Government Plans Fresh Changes In Armenian Child Adoption Rules
A leading Armenian media outlet has reported continued corruption in Armenian adoption and has fingered two US adoption Agencies, Hopscotch and Adopt Abroad as participating in corrupt practices. The information came from a governmental report released on intercountry adoption in Armenia. Government Plans Fresh Changes In Armenian Child Adoption Rules:The Armenian government is planning to make fresh and potentially far-reaching …
Alert: Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Saint Mary’s International Adoption
Alert: Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Saint Mary’s International Adoption On September 2, 2011, the Council on Accreditation made the decision to temporarily suspend Saint Mary’s International Adoption for failing to maintain substantial compliance with the Hague accreditation standards. Saint Mary’s International Adoption is a Hague accredited adoption service provider; however, they are authorized to operate in …
DOS Adoption Alert: Equador & Joshua Tree Adoptions
Ecuador August 29, 2011 Alert: Adverse Action taken by Council on Accreditation towards Joshua Tree Adoptions, Inc. On August 26, 2011, the Council on Accreditation temporarily suspended the accreditation of Joshua Tree Adoptions, Inc. for failing to maintain substantial compliance with the Hague accreditation standards. This agency operates in Ecuador. During this suspension, Joshua Tree Adoptions, Inc. must cease to …
DOS Adoption Notice: China – Concerns About Information on the Background of Children Adopted from China
China August 15, 2011 Notice: Concerns About Information on the Background of Children Adopted from China The press has reported allegations that in 2005 local family planning officials in China, in the name of enforcing the “One Child Policy,” seized children from their birth families and sold them to orphanages. Embassy Beijing has been in touch with China’s Centre for …
DOS Adoption Notice: Update Orphanage Closures in Ethiopia
Ethiopia August 3, 2011 Notice: Confirmation of Orphanage Closures in Ethiopia Ethiopian government officials have confirmed that several orphanages in the Southern Nations state are closed due to revocation of their licenses to operate by Ethiopian authorities. These orphanages are: SOS Infants Ethiopia (Arbaminch, Dilla, and Awassa branches) Gelgella Integrated Orphans (Tercha and Durame branches) Bethzatha Children’s Home Association (Sodo, …
DOS Adoption Notice, Mexico: Mexican Central Authority granted national authorization to an additional U.S. based Hague Accredited adoption se
Mexico August 2, 2011 Notice: Mexican Central Authority granted national authorization to an additional U.S. based Hague Accredited adoption service provider. The Mexican Central Authority recently granted national authorization to provide adoption services in Mexico to an additional U.S. based Hague accredited adoption service provider, International Child Foundation. We remind U.S. citizens wishing to adopt in Mexico that Mexican states …