Aussies have revealed their “shock and sadness” after handing $480,000 to a charity that’s now been exposed as a shocking scam.

Forty Australians have been duped into donating more than $480,000 to a charity scam that coerced children into a fake orphanage.

The Australians were fooled into thinking they were supporting Nepalese orphans when, in fact, the children were not orphans at all.

The Nepalese charity responsible had also deceived Australian charity Forget Me Not into supporting the cause by falsely claiming the kids had lost both of their parents. The Nepalese charity even falsified the parents’ death certificates to show to the Australian operation these were legitimate orphans.

The non-government organisation, Malai Na Birisu Bal Griha, hired child traffickers who manipulated illiterate parents in poor areas of Nepal and stole their girls away from them to live in a Kathmandu orphanage funded entirely by Australian donations.

AHMEDABAD: A local court refused to replace the name of a child’s biological father with that of the adoptive father on a birth

certificate (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/birth-certificate), holding that it is the “legal right of a child to preserve his

or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as recognized by law”.

This was after the woman divorced her first husband and remarried. A sessions court said, “It is not legal and valid to replace

the name of the biological father or mother with that of adoptive parents…”

Forty years ago, her overjoyed adoptive parents embraced Esther. She arrived on a KLM plane that had taken twelve other babies from Bangladesh to the Netherlands. Orphans who otherwise had no future, it was thought. The truth turns out otherwise. Esther was probably stolen from her biological parents and sold for a lot of money.

“My parents adopted me through Wereldkinderen, at the time it was called Bureau Interlandelijke Adoptie. There were only girls on my plane. I still have the photo, we came up with it in the Libelle then. My parents deliberately adopted through a reliable organization. Child Protection came to visit them, our family was fully screened. That gave them confidence that it was a reliable procedure. At the time there were stories circulating about a Flemish priest who made illegal adoption, but my parents stayed far away from that. ”

Shots next to the orphanage

When all the girls on her plane were in the Netherlands for twenty-five years, a reunion was organized. There adoption stories were exchanged. Then Esther thought it was already striking that her adoption story had a lot in common with all the other stories from the '78 plane. “The main lines were the same, but certain details were slightly different. One had been given up by an aunt, the other by an uncle and a third by the grandmother. But the situation was exactly the same. Father had died, mother died shortly afterwards, the family came from a poor rural village. The aunt, uncle or grandmother was too old and therefore gave up the child. ” Didn't Esther think: that must be a common occurrence in Bangladesh? “Yes, I did. But deep down I felt that something was wrong. I was pregnant at the time, and didn't think about it too much. But in the background it kept haunting my mind. Later we read a story from someone on the internet that the baby house I came from was a location for criminal settlements. The area next to the orphanage was a work area. Every now and then a whistle went off and the children had to go inside. Then shots rang out, and when the children came out again, all of the workers were suddenly gone. That story didn't bother me either. ” and when the children came out again, all of the workers were suddenly gone. That story didn't bother me either. " and when the children came out again, all of the workers were suddenly gone. That story didn't bother me either. ”

Lost children

Aangekondigd onderzoek naar illegale adoptie maakt veel los

16 december 2018

Op Schiphol komen drie stewardessen aan met weeskinderen (1972) HH/SPAARNESTAD PHOTO

GESCHREVEN DOOR

Helma Coolman en Ben Meindertsma

Bangladesh and adoption, both complex and confusing .. part 1

Born in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a country known for its rivers, floods and poverty, which it is described by many as "a permanent disaster." Yet the country has much more to offer; a rich culture, beautiful nature that in addition to a lot of water also has many fertile fields. The name that the country has received from the Bengal itself suggests a very different picture: Sonar Bangla: Golden Bengal.

Independence Bangladesh

For centuries, Bangladesh has been dominated by foreign nations, first the colonial era by England, then by India and Pakistan. Three guesses where all the wealth stayed.

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Koraput: Twin baby girls, whose mother died after giving birth, were handed over to the Koraput Missionaries of Charity, an orphanage, by the District Child Protection Unit (DPCU) today after no one came forward claiming custody of the newborns.

According to sources, on November 23, the twin girls were delivered by a woman on the roadside on Kalibeda-Pottangi road. However, the woman died immediately after delivery. The newborns were brought to Koraput Saheed Laxman Nayak (SLN) Medical College and Hospital by their father and other family members. The duo was admitted to the Sick Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) as their health condition was critical, added sources. However, after two days, the family members left the hospital and didn’t return.

The SNCU in-charge informed about the matter to the District Child Protection Unit following which a joint team including Child Welfare Committee (CWC) members reached the hospital and took custody of the twins and handed them to the Missionaries of Charity, informed sources.

Regulatory social standards for adoptions issued

Wednesday, 12 December 2018, 15:03Last update: about 1 day ago

The Social Care Standards Authority has launched the first set of social standards aimed at ensuring children's rights, which would also be of guidance for accredited adoption agencies and prospective parents wanting to adopt.

Family Minister Michael Falzon said that the authority will regulate these services to ensure the best possible standards, in order to improve the quality of service offered to prospective parents.

Aside from dealing with children's rights, these standards are also based on principles regarding preparation and support for prospective parents and support for biological families.

Veel geadopteerden blijken papieren te hebben waar geen letter van waar is. Als Amanda Janssen (33), geboren in Sri Lanka , in de spiegel kijkt, weet ze niet wie ze ziet.

Denise Hilhorst

11 december 2018

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Hebben Nederlandse ambtenaren meegewerkt aan illegale adopties vanuit het buitenland? Vorige week maakte minister Sander Dekker (Rechtsbescherming, VVD) bekend dat hij dit wil laten onderzoeken door een onafhankelijke commissie. Het nieuws geeft Amanda Janssen (33) een dubbel gevoel. Kort geleden kwam ze er achter dat er niets klopt van de informatie in haar adoptiepapieren. Die ontdekking noemt ze „een oerknal”. „Alles in mijn leven is hetzelfde en toch is het voor mij volledig veranderd.”

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“Once it is admitted that the child is either a child in need of care and protection and that the adoption is liable to be regulated in terms of the Act, 2015, then the petitioners' right to adopt is regulated by the Regulations framed under the said Act and the rights of the prospective parents has to immediately give way to the best interest of the child.” The High Court of Kerala has dismissed challenge against eligibility criteria for prospective adoptive parents as contained in Regulation 5 of the Adoption Regulations, 2017, with regard to the maximum composite age of prospective adoptive parents for the purpose of adoption of child up to four years of age. The regulations stipulate that when the age of the child is four or less, then the maximum composite age of prospective adoptive parents (couple) is 90 years. Maximum age of single prospective adoptive parent in such a case is 45 years. Justice Anu Sivaraman was considering two writ petitions, one filed by a non-Hindu single prospective adoptive parent aged 50 and the other filed by a Hindu couple aged 58 and 63. The former had challenged the Adoption Regulations on the ground that it discriminates against his right to adopt in so far as Hindu parents are permitted to adopt a child in terms of the provisions of the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956. The Hindu couple challenged the said prescription of upper age limit on the ground that it is unsupported by any study or any discernible reason whatsoever. They contended that being physically fit and economically competent, they are entitled to adopt a child of the age of their choice. It was also contended that the Hindu Adoption and Maintenance Act, 1956 permits such adoption by Hindus and the guidelines in so far as it restricts the right of Hindus to adopt is violative of the provisions of the Act apart from being ultra vires the enabling Statute as well. The court said that the argument of religious discrimination taken in one of the writ petition is a misapprehension. “The Act, 1956 governs only voluntary adoptions by known parents to known and specified adoptive parents with full willingness on both sides. This apparently was the known form of adoption on which both these writ petitions are based. However, when it comes to the adoption of a child in need of care and protection or a juvenile in conflict with law or an abandoned child in terms of the Act, 2015, the provisions of the said Act and the guidelines made there-under prevail over any provision of any personal law on the subject. Therefore, a child in need of care and protection or an abandoned child in terms of the Act, 2015 can be offered or taken in adoption only in terms of the guidelines prescribed under the Act, 2015,” it said. As regards the other writ petition filed by Hindu couple, the court said: “In a matter of adoption, what is to be looked into is the welfare of the child and where it is stated that the maximum age is prescribed keeping in mind the probability of the prospective adoptive parents surviving the formative years of the child, this Court cannot, in exercise of its powers of judicial review, say that such a guideline is violative of the right of the prospective adoptive parents or that it is discriminatory. It is not for this Court to consider the reasons behind the fixing of a particular age or to substitute its own wisdom for that of the executive by fixing criteria for adoption at variance with those provided in the impugned guidelines.” The court said since Section 57 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, specifically states that eligibility of prospective adoptive parents shall have the criteria specified in the Adoption Regulations framed by the authority, the argument on statutory ultra vires must immediately fail. The court further observed: “The question whether the right to adopt is an integral part of the religion of the petitioners, according to me, is of no consequence whatsoever in a scenario where the child who is sought to be adopted is a surrendered or abandoned child who is free for adoption and is therefore governed by the provisions of the Act, 2015. Once it is admitted that the child is either a child in need of care and protection and that the adoption is liable to be regulated in terms of the Act, 2015, then the petitioners' right to adopt is regulated by the Regulations framed under the said Act and the rights of the prospective parents has to immediately give way to the best interest of the child.” The court also said that, in case they have a contention that the guidelines issued by the CARA are not supported by scientific studies, it is for them to approach the CARA seeking appropriate steps in the matter.

https://www.livelaw.in/kerala-hc-dismisses-challenge-against-adoption-regulations-2017-stipulating-upper-age-limit-for-prospective-adoptive-parents/