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We Demand an Independent Review of Adoption
Earlier, 92 adoptees from Chile wrote about unethical adoptions from that same country. They are not the only ones. Today, 40 Colombian adoptees are coming together, sharing that the unethical adoptions were not limited to Chile. Recently, we witnessed how 92 adult adoptees from Chile started questioning what is to come after they found out that several of the adoptions …
A search warrant to the adoption agency, Holt Child Welfare Foundation
A SEARCH WARRANT TO THE ADOPTION AGENCY, HOLT CHILD WELFARE FOUNDATION “Police find 22 missing children and disabled people with 100 days intensive investigation (Seoul-Yonhap News) Kwon, Yeong-jeon, a police officer, has conducted a 100-day intensive investigation into children and disabled persons who have been missing for over a year. The National Police Agency said on July 4 that a …
Most of the children still have parents
An orphanage using the name of an Australian Bali bombing victim has been accused of sourcing children with living parents from a remote island to help solicit donations from western tourists. Former workers at Jodie O’Shea House, one of Bali’s biggest institutions for children, made a detailed complaint about its activities to Save the Children, which passed it on to Indonesian authorities. The …
Adoption: Disposable Children
The original trailer was taken off of the air. But below is the transcription of the original documentary: [Fashion show of children in an Evangelical Church, Pennsylvania. Presenter describes children ] Each year an association organizes a fashion show of children: children parade to find parents. Some of the children are sometimes in their third or fourth family. They must …
What is Adoption Trafficking?
A mother who is a monk must borrow money. The lender tells her of a Christian home that would provide and train her two children for nothing. So the mother can work more to pay back the loan faster. But her children will not see her again for many years. They have been sold to an adoption agency, to America. …
What happens to Indian children after they are given up for adoption to overseas adopters?
Megha Varier, The NEWS Minute Saraswati was an infant when she was abandoned by her parents in Gaya district in Bihar. She was taken in by an NGO based out of Nalanda. When she was two-and-half years old, a Kerala couple Wesley Mathews and Sini Mathews, adopted her in July 2016. Saraswati became Sherin and started living with the couple …
The ‘orphan’ I adopted from Uganda already had a family – CNN
“CNN investigation has uncovered children purposely being orphaned, Mothers thinking they are temporarily giving up their children to be educated, instead, they’re sold to adoptive families who think they are taking an orphan in need.” Anderson Cooper For original CNN investigational report, visit here. Adam and I thoroughly researched at each step of the process in the hopes of ensuring …
Adam Crapser to be Deported
In the spring of 1979, Adam Crapser (today a father of three children), was adopted from South Korea to the United States. Despite being adopted by two sets of United States citizens and believing for decades he was a citizen of the United States, he is in the process of being deported back to South Korea. Adam does not speak the Korean language and will have a difficult time adjusting …
The Story of Stolen Babies for Adoption, Georgia Tann
Georgia Tann: Memphis Baby Adoption Scandal Video by Jerry Skinner “She used manipulation, deception, pressure tactics, threats, and brute force to take children from mainly poor single mothers in a 5 state area to sell to wealthy parents up until outrage, lawsuits, and complaints spurred a state investigation into her tactics closed her down in 1950.” Unsolved Mysteries Source: Georgia Tann: …
China’s Illicit Adoption Market Goes Online
by Cai Yiwen Children traded through chat groups and forums could be trafficked, warns lawyer. With China’s often long and cumbersome adoption process, many prospective parents are turning to internet chat groups to buy children instead, The Beijing News reported Tuesday. On messaging app QQ, the more than 470 members of the “Home to Fulfill Your Dream” group look for either …
Tears for Views: Reality TV for Loved Ones Lost
by Owen Churchill and Li You ‘Waiting for Me’ helps desperate families track down missing relatives, provided they are willing to relive trauma on stage. Song Xianzhong is talking through the photos of his grandchildren that hang above the bed. “This one is my granddaughter. Everyone says she looked like a boy when she was little,” he laughs. Then the …
Dark side of inter-racial adoption surfaces
(Former) Washington State Senator Paull Shin, French digital economy minister Fleur Pellerin and French Senator Jean-Vincent Place. They all have something in common. All three are Korean adoptees who have become successes in their adopted countries. Behind the success stories of those people, however, are others who suffer emotional distress after being adopted by foreign parents. Adoptees’ rights activists say …
Adam Crapser: Detained for deportation
Adam Crapser, a Korean American adoptee who was placed in deportation proceedings at the beginning of 2015, was placed in the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma Washington by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on February 8, 2016. READ Latest News here – Adam Crapser to be Deported Adam was adopted from a Korean orphanage by U.S. citizen parents at age three, …
Bali orphanages: How tourist cash funds a racket
As tourism has boomed in Bali, it has had a strange side-effect, doubling the number of orphanages on the island in 20 years. Tourists’ donations keep the orphanages going – but some are effectively rackets, exploiting children and holidaymakers alike. I met Pam and Samantha, an Australian mother and daughter who had traveled all the way from Perth, with a …
It’s Time to Reassess Adoption
To whom it may concern: Please consider reassessing the practice of adoption. For every family created by adoption, another family is forever torn For every baby sent overseas today, his/her identity is forever altered thereafter. Against Child Trafficking specifically, addresses child trafficking. Processing children reap the highest payouts, sometimes surpassing $60 – $70,000 per child. All other trafficking focuses on …
American To Stand Trial Over Guatemalan Adoptions – NPR News
Guatemala was once one of the world’s most popular adoption destinations, but stopped the practice after mass corruption was exposed. An American woman is set to stand trial over related charges. To hear the NPR news visit this site. RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Guatemala was once one of the most popular countries for foreign adoption, just after China. Ten years ago …
The Adoption Industry – Collusion, Coercion and Confusion
SPECIAL TOPIC Night – “For Our Kids” – Deborah Maddison and Eugenea Couture, Canadian activists from British Columbia, will join Bill Murray to lead this evening’s discussion about the Rights of Children and Families in North America. ~~ TONIGHT’S TOPIC: ” The Adoption Industry – Collusion, Coercion and Confusion.” Adoption is a multi-billion dollar industry that profits off of children and cloaks itself in almost impenetrable …
The Worldview of International Adoption
Worldview producer Alexandra Salomon gives us a special look into the world of international adoption, and some of its origins. (Also, we talk to Vali Nasr about a settlement framework for Syria.) Radio interview about the history of international adoption starts in 14:56 of the program. (Photo: Associated Press/Gosia Wozniacka) Original link visit here. Many believe that withholding U.S. Citizenship from …
Adam Crapser’s Story
For Adam’s narrative on the adoption experience, see here: Amazon “If I could say anything to politicians, I would beg them–implore them–to please amend the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 so that those of us who were adopted as children before then but were not granted US citizenship–would finally be covered. Please do this for my children, so they don’t …
Bali orphanages: How tourist cash funds a racket
As tourism has boomed in Bali, it has had a strange side-effect, doubling the number of orphanages on the island in 20 years. Tourists’ donations keep the orphanages going – but some are effectively rackets, exploiting children and holidaymakers alike. I met Pam and Samantha, an Australian mother and daughter who had traveled all the way from Perth, with a …
