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 …
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Media: Vietnam’s hill tribe children “stolen” for adoption
Vietnam’s hill tribe children “stolen” for adoption By Simon Parry Feb 23, 2010, 3:08 GMT Hanoi – High among the jagged limestone peaks that mark Vietnam’s border with Laos, Cao Thi Thu squats on the stone floor of her family’s hut and pleads, ‘Please help bring my daughters home.’ It is more than three years since officials came to Thu’s …
US warns against adopting in Nepal (AFP)
US warns against adopting in Nepal (AFP) http://www.rnw.nl/int-justice/article/us-warns-against-adopting-nepal The United States has warned its citizens against adopting children in Nepal, saying it has “grave concerns” about the reliability of that country’s adoption system. The government urged prospective adoptive parents to choose another country, citing the case of a young Nepalese girl placed in the custody of an American couple without …
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Interesting article by Lt. Col. Holmes (below). He has a point. Some of the alternatives to adoption seem better suited to Sweden than to South Asia. Nonetheless, his article contains a huge flaw. Lt. Col. Holmes: “The latest report from the Hague Conference raised the very serious concern over ‘paper orphans’, children who were designated as being orphans when they …
Nepal’s stolen children highlight flawed adoption system (AFP)
02 March 2010 Nepal’s stolen children highlight flawed adoption system (AFP) AFP – Rajan Kumar Nepali did not know he was giving up his two young children when he put his thumbprint on a document handing custody to an orphanage in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu. The owners of the children’s home had promised to take care of his son and …
MEDIA: Kazakhstan – Senate passes ratification of convention on protection of children and foreign adoption
Parliament ratified convention on protection of children and foreign adoption Astana. February 25. Kazakhstan Today – The deputies of the Senate of Parliament of Kazakhstan at the plenary session today passed the Law on Ratification of Convention on Protection of Children and Foreign Adoption, the agency reports. According to the conclusion of the Senate Committee for Welfare Development, “the convention …
Dalit Couple Foils Adoption Of Offspring (Republica)
Dalit Couple Foils Adoption Of Offspring OM ASTHA RAI KATHMANDU, Feb 24: After desperate searches, a downtrodden Dalit family from Nuwakot district has retrieved its lost children, who were nearly adopted by an American couple. Rajan Nepali, 27, who works as a manual laborer in Kathmandu to feed his family, had sent his children–son Kaushal, 7, and daughter Karuna, 3, …
Statement by International Adoption Working Group
Embassy of the United StatesPublic Affairs OfficeKathmandu, Nepal Tel: 400-7200 February 24, 2010 Statement by International Adoption Working Group The ad hoc International Adoption Working Group strongly encourages the Government of Nepal to act swiftly to strengthen the adoption process by implementing all 1993 Hague Convention on Inter-Country Adoption regulations, including implementing measures aimed at ensuring authenticity and accuracy of …
Diplomats urge Nepal to strengthen adoption rules (AFP)
Diplomats urge Nepal to strengthen adoption rules (AFP) KATHMANDU (AFP) – Diplomats in Nepal on Wednesday urged the government to tighten controls on international adoptions after the parents of a child put up for adoption said they had not given their permission. In a statement issued by the US embassy, diplomats from 14 countries urged the government “to act swiftly” …
Activities of Child Homes Suspicious (Gorkhapatra)
Activities of Child Homes Suspicious (Gorkhapatra) The government newspaper — translated from Nepali. Activities of Child Homes Suspicious Gorkhapatra — 23 Feb. 2010 Kathmandu – The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare has taken action against one orphan home for presenting fake documents. Only last week the Hague Convention submitted a report saying that the Nepalese orphan homes are …