Some background to the TDH/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans The Terre des hommes/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans was a major reason so many receiving countries suspended adoptions from Nepal. Paper Orphans focuses on three NGOs — Nepal Children’s Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir), the Helpless Children Protection Home (HCPH), and the Education Centre for Helpless Children (ECHC). For background to the documentary, …
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DOS Adoption Notice: China – Single Mother Applicants
China April 12, 2011Notice: China Single Female adoption notice The China Centre for Children’s Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA) formally known as CCAA (the China Centre of Adoption Affairs has provided the Department of State with a notice of a new policy that will allow qualified single females adopt from China.Please see the text of the announcement below: NoticeMarch 11, 2011 …
RESOURCE: Connecting the Dots in Ethiopia
One of PEAR’s members, Pamela Veazie, wrote an independent analysis of the Against Child Trafficking (ACT) Fruits of Ethiopia Report. In it she highlights various orphanages in Ethiopia named in the report, potential problems and agencies affiliated with those orphanages. This in-depth analysis can be found here: http://reformtalk.blogspot.com/2011/03/fruits-of-ethiopia-part-2-cases.html Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All Adoptions Deserve.http://www.pear-now.org/ People for Ethical Adoption Reform …
DOS Adoption Alert: Ukraine
April 8, 2011 Alert: Ukraine Adoption On the evening of April 7, 2011, President Yanukovych signed a Decree transferring all functions of, the State Department for Adoption and Protection of the Rights of the Child (SDA– the current central adoption authority of Ukraine), to the Ministry for Social Policy. We do not yet know how the implementation of this transfer …
DOS Adoption Notice: Latvia – Post Placements
April 5, 2011 Notice: Post-adoption reporting requirements This Adoption Notice replaces the Adoption Notice dated May 25, 2010, on post-adoption reporting requirements for Latvia. Latvia requires periodic post-adoption reporting on the welfare of an adopted orphan in his or her new American family. Latvian law requires that two post-adoption reports be submitted: one after the first year following adoption and …
DOS Adoption Notice: Ethiopia Delays
Notice: Significant delays remain likely for cases presented to Ethiopia’s Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs after March 8, 2011 The Government of Ethiopia’s Ministry of Women, Children and Youth Affairs (MOWYCA) told the American Embassy officials that adoption cases presented to the Federal Court of First Instance prior to March 8, 2011 will be processed expeditiously. However, cases …
Orphanage Operator Held (Republica)
Orphanage Operator Held Republica KATHMANDU, April 2: Police have rescued 20 children from Mukti Nepal, a Maharajgunj-based orphanage, and arrested its operator after finding that the orphanage does not meet minimum standards. The rescued children are aged between five to 15 years. Police arrested Goma Luitel, chairman of the orphanage, at the behest of the Central Child Welfare Board (CCWB). …
DOS Teleconference on Guatemala Adoption
The following notice was published at the DOS website:http://adoption.state.gov/about_us/guatemala_teleconference.php Teleconference on Guatemala Adoptions Thursday March 31, 2011 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am (EDT) The U.S. Department of State Office of Children’s Issues Adoptions Division would like to invite prospective adoptive parents, adoption service providers, and adoption stakeholders with an interest in Guatemala adoptions to a teleconference with the Office …
USCIS Publishes Information on Ethiopian Adoption
The USCIS published the following information on Ethiopian adoption on March 11, 2011: Q&A: Adoption Processing in Ethiopia Q. Is the U.S. Government planning to close the Ethiopian adoption program? A. The U.S. Government supports the intercountry adoption program in Ethiopia. We will work closely with the Government of Ethiopia and other stakeholders to preserve and protect this valuable program, …
DOS Office of Children’s Issues Overhauls Webiste
The US Department of State has redesigned its website – it is worth taking a look. One notable improvement~ all Adoption Alerts and Notices have been archived on each country-specific page for easy and complete access. Prospective adoptive parents may wish to spend some time reading through the abundance of adoption related information contained on the site. http://adoption.state.gov Ethics, Transparency, …