Some background to the TDH/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans The Terre des hommes/Image Ark documentary Paper Orphans was a major reason so many receiving countries suspended adoptions from Nepal. Paper Orphans focuses on three NGOs — Nepal Children’s Organization (NCO/Bal Mandir), the Helpless Children Protection Home (HCPH), and the Education Centre for Helpless Children (ECHC). For background to the documentary, …
Category: Nepal Process
Twenty Children Rescued from Mukti Nepal
Mukti Nepal rescue photo (Nepali Times): http://www.nepalitimes.com/gallery/mainphoto.php?id=1259 LET US OUT: Human Rights Organisations recently rescued 20 children from Mukti Nepal, an orphanage in Maharajgunj. The orphanage had failed meet even the minimum requirements, housing 24 boys and girls, aged between 7 to 15, in a single room. PHOTO: BIKRAM RAI Posted on: 22 MARCH 2011 For the story of the …
Govt. mulling to amend in adoption provision again (Review Nepal)
Govt. mulling to amend in adoption provision again Review Nepal 21st Feb: Kathmandu, Nepal – The government of Nepal is mulling to amend again in the adoption-related provisions, which were amended on last December, stating that recent provision failed to impress the western countries. The Ministry of Woman, Children and social welfare has said that it will prepare a draft …
West not impressed by changes in adoption process (Republica)
West not impressed by changes in adoption process RepublicaKIRAN CHAPAGAIN KATHMANDU, Feb 19: Recent government efforts aimed at reforming its widely questioned inter-country adoption practices have failed to impress the United States, one of the main Western countries to stop adoptions from Nepal on grounds of lack of integrity in the system. The US said the amendment in the adoption …
US bar on Nepali kids’ adoption to stay (Kantipur)
US bar on Nepali kids’ adoption to stay KantipurBABURAM KHAREL KATHMANDU, FEB 18 – Visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affair Janice Jacob has said that the ban on inter-country adoption from Nepal would remain despite some changes to the adoption process in Nepal. “The US suspension of inter-country adoption will remain in place until substantive progress is …
US Asst Secy Arrives Nepal To Discuss Inter-country Adoption (Republica)
US Asst Secy Arrives Nepal To Discuss Inter-country Adoption KATHMANDU, Feb 16: United States Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Janice Jacobs arrived in Kathmandu on Wednesday for a two-day visit. Jacob´s visit comes a day after the US Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero, who arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday, wrapped her visit …
Nepal: Corruption and Fraudulent Documents Set Hurdles for Adoption (The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting)
Nepal: Corruption and Fraudulent Documents Set Hurdles for Adoption: http://pulitzercenter.org/articles/nepal-corruption-fraudulent-documents-adoption Photo — Rajan Kumar Nepali sits with his daughter in his house in Ranibari, Kathmandu. He said his daughter was wrongfully placed for adoption with an American family who were getting ready to take her to the United States. Image by Anup Kaphle. Nepal, 2011. ANUP KAPHLE, FOR THE PULITZER …
New regulatory panel in place (The Himalayan Times)
New regulatory panel in place The Himalayan Times 2011-02-01 KATHMANDU: The Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MoWCSW) formed a nine-member inter-country adoption committee with the objective of regulating adoptions by foreigners. Sher Jung Karki, under secretary at the ministry said the committee’s job was to make the adoption process transparent and to handle it through an autonomous semi-government …
Foreign agencies licensed for adoption (MOWCSW)
Foreign agencies licensed for adoption (MOWCSW): A B C D 1 Foreign Organizations / Agencies enlisted for the year 2009 and 2010 2 SN Adoption Agency Address Country 3 1 Faith International Adoptions 535 East Dock Street, Suite 103, Tacoma, WA, 98402, USA USA 4 2 Holt International Children’s Services 1195 City View Eugene, OR 97402(541) 687-2202 USA 5 3 …
Hague Secretariat invites Nepal to discuss adoption (Republica)
Hague Secretariat invites Nepal to discuss adoption Bikash Sangraula KATHMANDU, Jan 19: The Hague Secretariat based in the Netherlands that monitors compliance with Hague Conventions has written to the government of Nepal to participate in a meeting in Rome, Italy, to discuss the country´s inter-country adoption process. Nepal amended its inter-country adoption process in December 2010 amid allegations of widespread …