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French care leavers overcoming the odds

French care leavers overcoming the odds

13 January 2012

A long-term follow-up study of adults raised in a particular type of foster care known as SOS children’s villages reveals some interesting trends in typical pathways for young people after leaving care in the largest country in Western Europe - France.

SOS children’s villages operate internationally and currently serve 600 children and adolescents in France alone. Children’s villages comprise a community of caregivers known as ‘SOS mothers’ who foster children and sibling groups. They provide long-term placements in family units and work closely with family helpers, case workers and psychologists. SOS also provide a host of other care services including job training, informal housing and job support, transitional apartments and residential accomodation.

The research study, involving 123 adults who had spent at least three years in a children’s village placement, revealed that the majority transitioned out of care and into independence without major difficulties, many of them by their mid-twenties.

GIRL ADOPTED BY U.S. COUPLE IS STILL INDIAN

GIRL ADOPTED BY U.S. COUPLE IS STILL INDIAN

2010-01-13

Jennifer Haynes, the 28-year-old who was adopted by a US couple in 1989 and was deported back in 2008, continues to be an Indian citizen.

Additional solicitor general Darius Khambata informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday that although Haynes was adopted by a US couple in 1989 she is still an Indian by virtue of birth.

Born in Mumbai on July 29, 1981, Haynes was adopted as an eight-year-old by US nationals Edward and Melissa Hancox, and flown to the US in November 1989. In 2008, the US government deported her and her minor child alleging that she was not a US citizen and was staying there illegally.
It was later learnt that her adoption procedure had not been completed in the US.

Haynes' advocate Pradeep Havnur said something needs to be done urgently as the woman is stateless and could face action from the Indian government since she ceased to be Indian citizen after her adoption.

"She is not stateless. By virtue of birth in India, she continues to be an Indian citizen," said Khambata.

Advocate for the Americans for International Aid and Adoption and Clarice D'Souza, trustee of Kuan Yin Charity Trust, the American and Indian agency that facilitated the adoption sought time to file their reply.

A letter was sent by the Ministry of Home Affairs stating that they had not issued any travel emergency documents for her deportation to India.

After the deportation, she approached the HC.

HC has kept the matter for hearing after three weeks.

Tragedy eludes explanation

After at least one other failed suicide attempt, Kathrine Dufresne — the Chelsea woman who killed her seven-year-old daughter Sophie Fitzpatrick — has ended her own life.

Dufresne, 53, died in hospital Wednesday night after being found hanging in the jail shower.

Last fall, Dufresne and her adopted daughter Sophie were found injured inside the family home — a discovery made by Dufresne’s husband and Sophie’s father Murray Fitzpatrick, who had just returned from a business trip.

Sophie was pronounced dead in Hull hospital.

The girl had been strangled and Dufresne had tried to kill herself, police said at the time.

Turkish court charges Sarah Ferguson on orphanagesShare

Turkish court charges Sarah Ferguson on orphanagesShare

The Associated Press

Published: Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 - 6:29 am

Last Modified: Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 - 8:12 am

ANKARA, Turkey -- A Turkish court has pressed charges against Britain's Duchess of York for secretly filming orphanages in Turkey.

Turkish court charges Duchess of York over undercover film footage shot in state-run orphanage

Turkish court charges Duchess of York over undercover film footage shot in state-run orphanage

They say she 'violated' childrens' privacy

Authorities wait three years to bring case

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Last updated at 4:37 PM on 12th January 2012

Duchess of York faces charges over Turkish orphan film

12 January 2012 Last updated at 13:46 ET

Duchess of York faces charges over Turkish orphan film

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16531752

The Duchess made the ITV documentary in 2008

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Ghanese politie verijdelt aanslag op Maastrichtse koning

12/01/'11XL     Enkele ontslagen werknemers en de directeur van een hotel in Ghana zijn opgepakt voor een moordaanslag op de steenrijke vastgoedmakelaar Arthur Paes uit Maastricht, tevens gekroond koning in de Ghanese provincie Somey met 300.000 onderdanen.

Paes onsloeg in zijn hotel Royal Beach in de Ghanese hoofdstad Accra vorige zomer enkele werknemers omdat ze verdacht werden van fraude. De ex-werknemers zouden samen met de Nederlandse hoteldirecteur Jan Wubbeling een aanslag hebben beraamd op de eigenaar en koning Arthur Paes, die momenteel in zijn kasteel in het Waalse Esneux verblijft.

Volgens Paes was er een plan voor een aanslag met wapens. Toen dat niet lukte, zouden de daders een gif in zijn glas hebben gedaan. De verdachte hoteldirecteur Jan Wubbeling ontkent de aantijgingen.

Lees vandaag meer in Het Belang van Limburg.

Blog: Namibië alweer opgeschort

6 januari 2012: Namibië alweer opgeschort

Geplaatst op 6 januari 2012 by singlemamaviaadoptie

Vorige week heb ik een mail ontvangen van de Nas dat de intakes voor Namibië tot nader order worden opgeschort. Dus de wachtlijst is net opgestart en wordt nu alweer gesloten! Dit omdat er in Namibië (nog ongeboren) kindjes te koop zouden zijn aangeboden en ze willen voorkomen dat dit gebeurd en dat ze op één of andere manier betrokken raken bij kinderhandel.

Vooropgesteld natuurlijk dat er NOOIT sprake mag zijn van dit soort praktijken en dat alle kans hierop uitgesloten moet worden, is het wel heel erg zuur dat binnen een paar weken je enthousiasme over nieuwe mogelijkheden en een concrete plaats op een wachtlijst alweer de grond in gestampt wordt.

In de loop van 2012 moet er meer duidelijk worden, maar inmiddels ken ik adoptieland een beetje en dit zou zomaar weer eens een jaar vertraging op kunnen leveren. Zucht…

Grandmother’s investigation plea against Preet Mandir dismissed

Grandmother’s investigation plea against Preet Mandir dismissed

Asseem Shaikh TNN

Pune: A special court’s refusal on Tuesday to issue direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation to further probe into the inter-country adoption racket, involving the city-based Preet Mandir, has left a 70-year-old woman distressed in her fight against the adoption centre to get back her two granddaughters.

Kisabai Tulsiram Lokhande, a resident of Khandala in Satara district, had handed over her granddaughters — Komal and Ashwini — to an observation home at Karad for taking care and providing education, following the death of their parents in 2004-05. However, the Satara child welfare committee without taking Lokhande’s consent shifted the girls to Preet Mandir for rehabilitation.

Lokhande, in a plea filed before the court, had alleged that Preet Mandir in connivance with government-run agencies had “sold” the girls for Rs 5-25 lakh. Lokhande argued through her lawyers that Preet Mandir had issued an advertisement in a local Marathi daily to show that the girls were destitute.