She is now called Shanti Van Genechten, but almost 36 years ago she was born as Yamini in an orphanage in Mumbai. Her biological mother was barely 16. Today Shanti is the director of Kinderwens vzw, an organization that supports prospective parents with an unfulfilled wish for children and loss.

Shanti wrote down her life story in the book "Children's Desire, From Vulnerability to Strength." In this she supports all prospective parents and tells frankly about her own adoption. She is no longer a prospective parent herself, she has four children and lives in Molenstede near Diest.

Barely 36 years old and already an autobiography. Most people write that at the end of their life.

“The reason is my 35th year in Belgium. I have said so many times: I could write a book about my life because I have already experienced a few things. That started with my birth. Most people are born into a family, but my birth was a secret birth in an orphanage in Mumbai, then Bombay. My biological mother gave me breastfeeding for six months and then left without ever hearing anything from her. On my first birthday, I was lucky enough to be adopted by Flemish prospective parents. "

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Rethink Orphanages Network: better solutions for children is a cross-sector network that aims to prevent the unnecessary institutionalisation of children by shifting the way Australia engages with overseas aid and development.

ReThink Orphanages was set up to address Australia's role in the unnecessary institutionalisation of children overseas. We recognised that as a major sending country of people, money and resources to orphanages overseas, Australians (with the best of intentions) were actually driving the separation of children from their families.

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The European Commission and Lumos highlight the link between trafficking and children in institutions

18/10/2017

In light of the EU Anti-trafficking Day, the issue of orphanage trafficking is being examined at a high-level discussion hosted by the Cabinet of Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development in partnership with Lumos.

There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating how girls and boys are trafficked in and out of orphanages and other institutions. These children are often unregistered and uncounted – leaving them exposed to the risk of trafficking.

Research consistently shows that more than 80% of the children in orphanages and other institutions are not 'orphans', but are placed there due to reasons such as poverty, disability, and marginalisation - or because of trafficking. There are an estimated 8 million children living in orphanages and other institutions globally. Georgette Mulheir, Chief Executive, Lumos said:

BELAGAVI: In an order with wide repercussions for adoption in India, the Dharwad bench of the high court has set aside a district court ruling and allowed an NRI couple in the US to adopt a second girl child from Belagavi. Under the laws governing adoption in India, a single parent or married couple are not permitted to adopt more than one child of the same sex.The NRI couple had adopted a girl earlier and were keen to take home another - a baby girl found in a dustbin in 2014. The court order, issued last week, is being hailed in most circles but critics argue it is unfair to allow one family to adopt more than one child when there is a long list of families waiting for years together to adopt.

Justice Shrinivas Harish Kumar allowed the US-based Indian couple - engineer C Verghese and his wife Dr Alia, a speech therapist - to adopt a second girl child, ruling that they were capable of raising her. The Belagavi district court had rejected the couple's petition in March on grounds of probable discrimination against the first girl child.The couple challenged the order in the high court. Following the HC circuit bench order, the couple can now take home the three-year-old girl found in a dustbin on April 5, 2014 in Bailhongal town. The girl, six years old now, is being looked after at Gangamma Chikkumbimath Bal Kendra, an orphanage run by the Swami Vivekanand Pratisthan. Advocate SV Ganachari said the guidelines of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), a statutory body of the Union ministry of women and child development, allow a family to adopt up to four children depending on their socio-economic condition."We have convinced the court that the petitioner is an intending adoptive parent and they have the capacity to take care of more than one child," he said.

An official said the judgment might upset parents who have been waiting for years. He said priority would be given to those looking to adopt their first child. Before CARA came into being in 2015, the norm was to give only one child for adoption to one family. If the family already had a child, then a child of the opposite sex could be adopted.

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Rwanda: Taken as a Toddler, 'Orphan' Reunites With Family

Photo: PHOTOESSAY: Rwandan Family Finds Adopted Sister After 23 Years

The last time Leonard Sebarinda saw his child, two-year-old Beata Nyirambabazi, was in 1994 at the Mengeti Orphanage run by Italian priests and nuns in Nyamata, Bugesera.

Her mother, twin sister and brother had been killed during the ge…

Leonard Sebarinda, now 70-years-old, was haunted for decades by the disappearance of his daughter, a toddler, in the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Kaushal and Bijal Patel with their adopted daughter Revanshi

A 15-month-old girl, who was abandoned by her biological parents when she was just 7 days old, got a new lease of life when a non-resident Gujarati childless couple adopted her on Saturday. The baby named Aarvi by Shishu Gruh in Paldi where she was abandoned, will soon fly with her adopted parents to New Jersey in the US. She begins her new life as Revanshi. A gala adoption function was organised at AMA where Anand native Kaushal Patel and Bijal Patel became proud parents of the baby girl.

Kaushal, 36, settled in the US 10 years ago and married Bijal, 30, also from Borsad in Anand district seven years ago. But when the couple could not have their own baby, they decided to adopt a baby girl from Gujarat. "We decided to adopt a girl in 2015 after my wife had a miscarriage and began the adoption process. Our wait ended when we saw Aarvi at the Shishu Gruh in Paldi. We are happy to have adopted her and it is a memorable day in our life," said Kaushal, who owns a store in New Jersey. "We decided to adopt the girl as my wife an dI both had dreamt of having a baby girl and nurturing her well. We gave her a new name Revanshi," Patel said, adding, "My parents and Bijal's parents are happy with the decision."

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IN THE COURT OF SHRI GIRISH KATHPALIA,

DISTRICT & SESSIONS JUDGE

SOUTH EAST : SAKET COURT, NEW DELHI.

G.P. NO. 19/2017

SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES OF INDIA,

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 13

A 75-year-old widow has successfully defended her husband’s property from a woman claiming to be their adopted daughter.

Raj Shahi had earlier won a civil suit to be the only legal heir to the property in her husband’s name after he died. However, the “adopted daughter” filed an appeal against the order, which she has once again lost as she failed to prove that she was legally adopted.

Anupam Puri, aka Rimpi, aka Navdeep, a 38-year-old Ropar resident, is said to be the granddaughter of a Patiala-based man, Amar Nath Sharma. Sharma was a friend of the deceased, Diwan Chand Shahi, who had retired as a lecturer from Government College, Sector 11. Puri had started living with the Shahi family in Chandigarh in their Sector 38 residence for better education facilities.

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 13

The girl child, born to the 10-year-old rape victim, can be adopted from Diwali as she will be completing two months on October 18.

Harjinder Kaur, Chairperson of the Chandigarh Commission for Protection for Child Rights (CCPCR), said,“The child will be available for adoption after October 18. Her details will be uploaded on the website of the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA).” Meanwhile, the Social Welfare Department has hired four women attendants to look after her at the children’s home in Sector 15.

As per the online process, details of children are sent to select parents according to their demands. They are given 48 hours to confirm. After receiving confirmation, the case goes to the district court through a specialised adoption agency. Mahavir Singh, Member Secretary, State Legal Service Authority (SLSA), said the court examines the social profile of couples wishing to adopt a child. Further, documents are verified to negate any possibility of any wheeling and dealing between the adoption agency and the couple wishing to adopt a child. The adoption process at the court will take four months.