From my archive of press clippings:
New York Times
Russian Orphanage Offers Love, but Not Families
James Hill for The New York Times
A child at Orphanage No. 11. Of the 45 to 50 children there, just one has been adopted this year.
By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
Published: May 3, 2010
MOSCOW — There is nothing dreary about Orphanage No. 11. It has rooms filled with enough dolls and trains and stuffed animals to make any child giggly. It has speech therapists and round-the-clock nurses and cooks who delight in covertly slipping a treat into a tiny hand. It has the feel of a place where love abounds.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"The case of a Russian boy who returned alone to Moscow, sent back by his American adoptive mother, has focused intense attention on the pitfalls of international adoption."
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"Ms. Mizulina noted that for all the complaints about the return of the boy, Artyom Savelyev, by his adoptive mother in Tennessee, Russia itself has plenty of experience with failed placements. She said 30,000 children in the last three years inside Russia were sent back to institutions by their adoptive, foster or guardianship families."
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Friday, May 7, 2010
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
WS - Adoption rules benefit children
From my archive of press clippings:
Windsor Star
Adoption rules benefit children
Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Re: Adoption madness, April 15, guest column by Beth Nonte Russell.
Most agree with Ms. Russell's call to end orphanage care for children. Although some have dedicated staff, they provide only a semblance of a family experience. Children thrive in a healthy family setting.
Read the whole article here.
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Arlene E. Klie, Kingsville
Windsor Star
Adoption rules benefit children
Published: Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Re: Adoption madness, April 15, guest column by Beth Nonte Russell.
Most agree with Ms. Russell's call to end orphanage care for children. Although some have dedicated staff, they provide only a semblance of a family experience. Children thrive in a healthy family setting.
Read the whole article here.
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Arlene E. Klie, Kingsville
Saturday, September 5, 2009
DCS - Durham Couple Who Wanted To Adopt On Trial In Egypt
From my archive of press clippings:
Durham County Story
Durham Couple Who Wanted To Adopt On Trial In Egypt
By AP, MyNC, 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Updated: May. 14 4:39 am
CAIRO
A North Carolina couple, Iris Botros and Louis Andros, thought they were finally reaching their dream of having a child when they came to Botros' homeland, Egypt, to adopt twin orphans. Instead they found themselves in a cage in a courtroom, on trial for alleged child trafficking.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Botros and Andros, who live in Durham, N.C., also may have been caught up in an attempt by the Egyptian government to show it is cracking down on human trafficking after criticism from the United States."
"(T)he two traveled to Cairo in the fall and were put in touch with a Coptic Christian orphanage that was caring for two newborn orphans.
The orphanage gave them forged documents to say Botros had given birth to the children, and the couple donated $4,600 to the orphanage, Saleh said. In November, Botros and Andros brought the twins, whom they named Victoria and Alexander, back to their temporary home in a mostly Christian neighborhood of Cairo.
But when they tried to get American passports for the babies, a U.S. Embassy employee became suspicious of them, Saleh said. When asked by an embassy official, Botros admitted she wasn't the biological mother, the lawyer said."
"A second couple - Suzan Hagoulf, an American of Egyptian origin, and her Egyptian husband Medhat Metyas, who have been living in Egypt since 2003 - were also arrested in December.Hagoulf and Metyas adopted a newborn from the same orphanage almost a year ago, according to their lawyer, Naguib Gibrail. When they wanted to visit the U.S. in late 2008, they applied at the U.S. Embassy, where officials asked for a DNA test on the child. The couple were reluctant to present one, and the embassy notified Egyptian police, Gibrail said."
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"The U.S. Embassy in Cairo would not comment on the case. According to the State Department, few Egyptian children are adopted by American citizens. In fiscal year 2008, the U.S. issued two Egyptian orphans immigrant visas, which must be obtained for internationally adopted children to enter the United States, according U.S. government figures."
Durham County Story
Durham Couple Who Wanted To Adopt On Trial In Egypt
By AP, MyNC, 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Updated: May. 14 4:39 am
CAIRO
A North Carolina couple, Iris Botros and Louis Andros, thought they were finally reaching their dream of having a child when they came to Botros' homeland, Egypt, to adopt twin orphans. Instead they found themselves in a cage in a courtroom, on trial for alleged child trafficking.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Botros and Andros, who live in Durham, N.C., also may have been caught up in an attempt by the Egyptian government to show it is cracking down on human trafficking after criticism from the United States."
"(T)he two traveled to Cairo in the fall and were put in touch with a Coptic Christian orphanage that was caring for two newborn orphans.
The orphanage gave them forged documents to say Botros had given birth to the children, and the couple donated $4,600 to the orphanage, Saleh said. In November, Botros and Andros brought the twins, whom they named Victoria and Alexander, back to their temporary home in a mostly Christian neighborhood of Cairo.
But when they tried to get American passports for the babies, a U.S. Embassy employee became suspicious of them, Saleh said. When asked by an embassy official, Botros admitted she wasn't the biological mother, the lawyer said."
"A second couple - Suzan Hagoulf, an American of Egyptian origin, and her Egyptian husband Medhat Metyas, who have been living in Egypt since 2003 - were also arrested in December.Hagoulf and Metyas adopted a newborn from the same orphanage almost a year ago, according to their lawyer, Naguib Gibrail. When they wanted to visit the U.S. in late 2008, they applied at the U.S. Embassy, where officials asked for a DNA test on the child. The couple were reluctant to present one, and the embassy notified Egyptian police, Gibrail said."
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"The U.S. Embassy in Cairo would not comment on the case. According to the State Department, few Egyptian children are adopted by American citizens. In fiscal year 2008, the U.S. issued two Egyptian orphans immigrant visas, which must be obtained for internationally adopted children to enter the United States, according U.S. government figures."
Sunday, February 22, 2009
ES - Vietnamese orphans for sale
Eureka Street
Vietnamese orphans for sale
Sarah Nichols February 20, 2009I
It was another humid day at the orphanage when we noticed a van pull up outside. We were playing with the children in the cement playground, an enclosed area protecting us from the sun. Through the dimness into the bright light of the entrance we saw that a group of Americans had arrived to collect their adoptive Vietnamese babies.
Read the whole article here.
Vietnamese orphans for sale
Sarah Nichols February 20, 2009I
It was another humid day at the orphanage when we noticed a van pull up outside. We were playing with the children in the cement playground, an enclosed area protecting us from the sun. Through the dimness into the bright light of the entrance we saw that a group of Americans had arrived to collect their adoptive Vietnamese babies.
Read the whole article here.
Friday, February 20, 2009
REUTERS - Malawi court approves Madonna adoption
From my archive of press clippings:
Reuters
Malawi court approves Madonna adoption
Thu May 29, 2008 12:16am EDT
By Mabvuto Banda
LILONGWE, Malawi (Reuters) - A Malawian court on Wednesday formally approved pop star Madonna's adoption of a baby boy she took home from an orphanage in the impoverished southern African nation, a lawyer for the singer said.
Read the whole article here.
Reuters
Malawi court approves Madonna adoption
Thu May 29, 2008 12:16am EDT
By Mabvuto Banda
LILONGWE, Malawi (Reuters) - A Malawian court on Wednesday formally approved pop star Madonna's adoption of a baby boy she took home from an orphanage in the impoverished southern African nation, a lawyer for the singer said.
Read the whole article here.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
ABC - Corruption Halts Vietnam Adoptions by Americans. U.S. Concerns of Baby Buying in Vietnam Leave Many Americans Hoping to Adopt in Limbo.
From my archive of press clippings:
ABC News
Corruption Halts Vietnam Adoptions by Americans. U.S. Concerns of Baby Buying in Vietnam Leave Many Americans Hoping to Adopt in Limbo.
By KAREN RUSSO
HANOI, Vietnam May 15, 2008— Limbo looks like this: a tidy one-room apartment decorated with baby toys and just enough space for a crib and a twin bed.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"In the wake of allegations of corruption and baby-selling, Vietnam recently terminated its adoption agreement with the United States.
The last applications must be filed by July 1 and the program will be ended on Sept. 1."
"So far this fiscal year, more than 400 American families have opened adoption cases there.
Evidence suggests that some babies believed to be available for adoptions were actually bought or stolen, according to the U.S. State Department.
In addition, some Americans have allegedly been asked to make enormous "contributions" to orphanages or individuals to complete their adoption procedures."
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"In the world of international adoptions, the question of abandonment is perhaps the most significant question.
For U.S. State Department officials, the question of abandonment, or in some cases relinquishment, determines if or when they grant the child a visa to go to the United States.
In some cases, they have found that mothers were coerced into relinquishing their children and concluded there was no abandonment.
"Over a period of several months, in the course of doing our normal verification operations on visa applications for adoptions, we've uncovered an awful lot of fraud," said Michael Michalak, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam. "We have worked with the government of Vietnam to fix this system, but it seems that the government of Vietnam does not have enough enforcement capability or enough legal authority to make the system work."
The State Department released a memorandum last month citing corruption in the adoption system, after which Vietnam announced that it would stop accepting adoption applications from American families.
In 2003, the U.S. suspended all adoptions from Vietnam over concerns about corruption, but a new agreement was reached between the two countries in 2006.
Since that agreement took effect, more than 1,200 Vietnamese children were adopted by Americans.
There are 43 U.S. adoption agencies operating in Vietnam, all competing for the same babies."
ABC News
Corruption Halts Vietnam Adoptions by Americans. U.S. Concerns of Baby Buying in Vietnam Leave Many Americans Hoping to Adopt in Limbo.
By KAREN RUSSO
HANOI, Vietnam May 15, 2008— Limbo looks like this: a tidy one-room apartment decorated with baby toys and just enough space for a crib and a twin bed.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"In the wake of allegations of corruption and baby-selling, Vietnam recently terminated its adoption agreement with the United States.
The last applications must be filed by July 1 and the program will be ended on Sept. 1."
"So far this fiscal year, more than 400 American families have opened adoption cases there.
Evidence suggests that some babies believed to be available for adoptions were actually bought or stolen, according to the U.S. State Department.
In addition, some Americans have allegedly been asked to make enormous "contributions" to orphanages or individuals to complete their adoption procedures."
&
"In the world of international adoptions, the question of abandonment is perhaps the most significant question.
For U.S. State Department officials, the question of abandonment, or in some cases relinquishment, determines if or when they grant the child a visa to go to the United States.
In some cases, they have found that mothers were coerced into relinquishing their children and concluded there was no abandonment.
"Over a period of several months, in the course of doing our normal verification operations on visa applications for adoptions, we've uncovered an awful lot of fraud," said Michael Michalak, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam. "We have worked with the government of Vietnam to fix this system, but it seems that the government of Vietnam does not have enough enforcement capability or enough legal authority to make the system work."
The State Department released a memorandum last month citing corruption in the adoption system, after which Vietnam announced that it would stop accepting adoption applications from American families.
In 2003, the U.S. suspended all adoptions from Vietnam over concerns about corruption, but a new agreement was reached between the two countries in 2006.
Since that agreement took effect, more than 1,200 Vietnamese children were adopted by Americans.
There are 43 U.S. adoption agencies operating in Vietnam, all competing for the same babies."
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