PEAR is providing a summary of what is known at the time of this posting. Scroll to bottom for updates On April, 8, 2010, Russian media outlets broke the story of the return of a seven year old Russian male adoptee to Russia last week.(see articles http://rt.com/Top_News/2010-04-08/adopted-russian-child-returns.html http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/04/08/6183041.html and http://gazeta.ru/social/2010/04/08/3349271.shtml and Youtube interview at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRsjyWtUxXA&feature=youtube_gdata The child was adopted by …
Category: Media
MEDIA: Romanian Adoptees Reunite with Firsta Families, Friends
This series was broadcast in Romania in the Fall of 2009 on Antena 1 TV and is now available on Youtube. They are extremely powerful and touching videos. Part 1:http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=yPOetgu-xfA Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=gEATguSprmY& feature=related Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=V5ZIwZfl44& feature=relatedPart 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=c6ZR-9Y2vd4& feature=related Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=ATKKPjVGijs& feature=related Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=1MYMvnS8dwY& feature=related Ethics, Transparency, Support~ What All …
MEDIA: CAMBODIA plans to reopen the door to foreign adoptions by the end of March 2011
The following article was reported at http://khmernz.blogspot.com/2010/03/foreign-adoptions-by-2011.html via CAAI News Media Tuesday, 30 March 2010 15:05Mom Kunthear and Irwin Loy CAMBODIA plans to reopen the door to foreign adoptions by the end of March 2011, officials said Monday, meaning the Kingdom has one year to meet strict international guidelines put in place to prevent child trafficking. The announcement comes after …
Media: Ethiopia revokes licences of nine charitable organizations
http://www.apanews.net/apa.php?page=show_article_eng&id_article=120802 APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)Ethiopia revoked the license of nine orphanages (charity organizations) who they claim to be involved in ‘illegal’ activities of child rights abuse, APA learns here on Wednesday.The nine charity organizations have been working to adopt children for the past few years to Europe and America.However, the office, which is in charge of registering charity organizations at the …
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 …
MEDIA: Guatemala to resume international adoption in June
Guatemala to resume int’l adoptions in June By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA (AP) – 1 day ago GUATEMALA CITY — International adoptions will resume in Guatemala this June after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold, officials announced Wednesday. Four foreign adoption organizations will be selected to be part of the pilot program, said …
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 …