This past weekend, PEAR was forwarded a letter from the US Embassy in Addis to US Adoption Service Providers. We understand that some, but not all agencies have informed their clients of the letter and new USE scrutiny of cases involving the Gelgela Orphanage. We believe it is important for adopting and adoptive families to have this information so we …
Category: Ethics/Unethical Practices
British Columbia closes
British Columbia closes Nepal Alert A February 2010 report issued by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Convention cites significant problems with the Nepal adoption process. Concerns include falsification of documents, lack of financial accountability, and uninformed consent of birth family. Citizenship and Immigration Canada has also expressed concerns regarding the validity of documents issued from Nepal. A full copy …
PEAR launches Adoptive Parent Survey on Ethiopia Adoptions
Over the past two years, PEAR has received numerous comments and complaints concerning adoptions from Ethiopia. PEAR has launched a survey for US citizens who are adopting from or have adopted from Ethiopia. The survey requires you to give PEAR your contact information which will not be published. The survey can be accessed at http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22ACQ3YKFXA PEAR intends to report results …
Care homes make false papers for fast buck (Kathmandu Post)
Care homes make false papers for fast buck INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION KATHMANDU POST REPORT http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/03/15/Nation/Care-homes-make-false-papers-for-fast-buck/6198/ KATHMANDU, MAR 15 – Controversy has not stopped dogging Nepal’s inter-country adoption. There are cases galore that expose how adoption has become a money-making tool for some. Officials at the Ministry Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) say use of falsified reports is rampant in lower …
Eyes on Money (Nepal Magazine)
“But, the stakeholders have questioned the legality of the fund established by the government.… ‘This is like depositing the government money in the private account by the minister’ one of the finance ministry official said.” Eyes on Money Nepal Magazine, 3-14 March 2010 By Upendra Pokhrel Translated from Nepali On Feb 10th, German Embassy declared the closure of adoption from …
Innovative Program Returns 20 Trafficked Children Home to their Families in Nepal
Innovative Program Returns 20 Trafficked Children Home to their Families in Nepal (press release) Thousands of children taken from Nepal’s rural villages by traffickers end up on the streets of Kathmandu. Through the efforts of Next Generation Nepal, a small nonprofit group, trafficked children are reconnected with their families and reunited with their communities. Thanks to the reunification efforts of …
Minister Ojha lands in thick soup (Kathmandu Post)
Minister Ojha lands in thick soup (Kathmandu Post) inter-country adoption http://www.ekantipur.com/2010/03/12/top-story/minister-ojha-lands-in-thick-soup/310070/ BABURAM KHAREL KATHMANDU, MAR 11 – Amid claims from different quarters that Nepal’s international adoption system is full of loopholes, it has been disclosed that a British couple managed to adopt a Nepali child flouting the law earlier this month. The British couple–Christopher Grice Lloyd and Caroline Ann Lloyd–managed …
Prachanda Raj Pradhan — head of the Child NGO Federation Nepal (CNFN)
Prachanda Raj Pradhan (the head of the CNFN — the Child NGO Federation Nepal) is a controversial figure in Nepali adoptions. For allegations regarding unethical conduct by Pradhan, see Nchild posts: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nchild/message/11331 and http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nchild/message/10459 (In order to respect the terms of service for Yahoo groups and Nchild in general, specific content of messages cannot be reprinted here. However, membership in …
UDATE: Ethiopia – Australian Government Set to Reopen Program
Australian Government, Attorney-General’s Office Future of the Ethiopia–Australian Intercountry Adoption Program The Attorney-General, the Hon Robert McClelland MP, has decided to lift the suspension of the Ethiopia–Australia intercountry adoption program. The program will recommence accepting new referrals of children in need of intercountry adoption and matching these children with prospective adoptive parents as at 6 April 2010. The Ethiopia–Australia program …
Adoption Notice U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Change in Processing Timeline for Adoption Cases March 5, 2010 The Department of State shares families’ concerns about recent media reports alleging direct recruitment of children from birth parents by adoption service providers or their employees. In response to these reports, the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa has …