Trust’s money goes to Minister’s account (People’s Review Weekly)

Trust’s money goes to Minister’s account (People’s Review Weekly) http://www.peoplesreview.com.np/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4022:trusts-money-goes-to-ministers-account&catid=1:daily-update&Itemid=50THURSDAY, 22 APRIL 2010 YAM KC Kathmandu, 22 April: Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare Sarwadev Ojha has been putting the money given by the donors in the name of Children’s Rights Trust into is own bank account, reports Nepal Samacharpatra daily. The Commission for Investigation for Abuse of Authority …

Minister Ojha in CIAA soup (Kantipur)

Minister Ojha in CIAA soup KANTIPUR REPORT: http://www.ekantipur.com/2010/04/22/national/minister-ojha-in-ciaa-soup/312841/ KATHMANDU, APR 22 – Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare Sarba Dev Ojha and other officials at the ministry are under scrutiny of the Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) on charge of misusing money collected for Child Rights Fund. The CIAA has taken the original documents relating …

Adoption Fund Frozen

CIAA freezes Minister Ojha’s relief fund, bank account Himalayan News Service 2010-04-21KATHMANDU: The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) today directed Nepal Investment Bank to freeze the account of the financial relief fund being operated by Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare Sarvadev Ojha. Suspecting misuse of the fund after initial inquiry, the anti-graft constitutional body …

Umbra over child fund (Kathmandu Post)

Umbra over child fund (Kathmandu Post) Kathmandu Post April 20The Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) has questioned the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) over the reported anomalies in the newly established Child Rights Fund. In its directive issued on Tuesday, the constitutional anti-graft body has asked the MoWCSW to come up with original …

Crisis in Adoption

PEAR has been closely following the story of Justin Hansen, also known as Artyom Savelyev, and the reactions of groups both supportive and opposed to international adoption. Our hearts go out to Justin/Artyom and to all traumatized children. And, while PEAR does not condone the choice made by his mother and grandmother, many of us, as parents of traumatized children …

United Kingdom to suspend adoptions from Nepal (order subject to Parliament’s approval)

United Kingdom to suspend adoptions from Nepal (order subject to Parliament’s approval): http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2010/em/uksiem_20100951_en.pdf EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM TOTHE SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS ON ADOPTIONS FROM ABROAD(NEPAL) ORDER 2010 2010 No. 951 1. This explanatory memorandum has been prepared by the Department forChildren, Schools and Families (“the Department”) and is laid beforeParliament by Command of Her Majesty. This memorandum contains information for the Joint Committee …

Paper OrphanKishan Sharki (Kantipur Daily)

Paper OrphanKishan Sharki (Kantipur Daily) Translated from Nepali By Deepak Adhikari. Lalitpur – The language and gestures of Kishan Sharki show that he is a young boy of Catalonia, Spain where he is living now. His English is influenced by Spanish accent. He uses Facebook and helps his mother in arranging spoons and forks in the kitchen. Before this, he …

Paper orphans (The Kathmandu Post)

Paper orphans (The Kathmandu Post): http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/03/23/Oped/Paper-orphans/206483/ Anita Krishnan MAR 23 – I have had opportunities to work with institutionalised children, and somewhere a question that always hung silently was: “what end does institutional care hold for the children?” Not that I left it to silence. As a student I talked about it, among friends we discussed it and once I …