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 …
Category: Children: Trafficked
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 …
Nepal & India — Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report
Dal Bahadur Phadera & the suppressed UNICEF report UNICEF Nepal’s suppressed Humla report is now available on the web. The reason UNICEF Nepal suppressed (i.e., never published) their 2005 report is unclear. Nor is it clear why trafficked Nepali children were left at the Michael Job Centre, Tamil Nadu, for over six years. UNICEF FWLD Displacement of Children From Humla …
Nepal — Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web
Nepal — Paper Orphans documentary posted on the web: Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B5QiFFxAu4 Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0adJdVBPvtoPart 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUWaToRWuQPart 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95Fyy3UY_U0 It would be useful if the FBI and Interpol took a good look at the Western organizations that worked with these homes. Some background to the TDH/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans. The Terre des hommes/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans was a …
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? 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 …
UPDATE: Media Reports on China Scandal
On May 11, PEAR published a list of reports on the emerging scandal involving the abduction of children for intercountry adoption. Continuing reports on the scandal have been published in May 2011 some of which are listed below. These reports include a piece in the Canadian Inside Politics Blog entitled Canadian Parents wary as China Confronts Baby Trafficking. PEAR member …
MEDIA: Adoption Scandal Being Reported in Media
Allegations in the Chinese and other international media are emerging concerning reports that babies were confiscated under the country’s one-child policy and put up for intercountry adoption against their families’ wishes. Adoptive and prospective adoptive families should fully investigate adoptions programs both with their agency and through independent and alternative information sources. Be aware of potential issues and be prepared …
MEDIA: Ghana – EOCO has begun investigations into allegations of child trafficking at the Hohoe Christian Orphanage
January 27, 2011 The Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO) has begun investigations into allegations of child trafficking at the Hohoe Christian Orphanage. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=202025 The Deputy Executive Director of the EOCO in charge of Operations, Mr Charles Nii Adama Akrong, told the Daily Graphic that his office had reports that the Founder and Executive Director of the orphanage, Mr Nicholas …
MEDIA: Pakistan, NGO In Court for ‘Child Trafficking’
Although the US does not consider the sale of children for adoption as “child trafficking”, it is enlightening to see that other countries do and are willing to take traffickers to court: NGO In Court for ‘Child Trafficking’ Shabbir Mir November 4, 2010 GILGIT: The Gilgit-Baltistan Supreme Appellate Court on Wednesday took strong exception to a Gilgit-based NGO Sina Health …
Media: India – Mother fights to meet son 11 years after his kidnap
Mother fights to meet son 11 years after his kidnap Nicola Smith and Bojan Pancevski From The Sunday Times June 6, 2010 AN INDIAN mother faces a heart-wrenching court battle in Holland to gain access to her 12-year-old son, whom she alleges was kidnapped as a baby then adopted by an unsuspecting Dutch couple. Nagarani Kathirvel’s nightmare began in 1999 …