When Alisha was returned to us, it was as if gold had been laid at our feet.

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This is Alisha’s Story     “Some people came and said they could provide good education.”  Alisha’s mother said. Alisha’s father thought his daughter had been adopted abroad or had died.  He had lost hope. “It’s often difficult to locate the parents. We travel to remote places.  Even when we find the parents, they do not recognize their children and …

Houston Attorney Calls CPS an Adoption Mill More Interested in Money than Kids

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January 31, 2016 by Randy Wallace MyFoxHouston.com Excerpts: When it comes to protecting children the state agency in charge of that has financial incentives to take kids away from their parents. “For every child that’s taken into custody for at least 6 months is covering 25 peoples’ paychecks,” says veteran family law attorney Julie Ketterman. Judges, attorneys, case workers, therapists and …

Orphanage Trafficking and Orphanage Voluntourism

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Frequently Asked Questions Why are so many children placed in orphanages in countries like Nepal? The initial rise in orphanages in developing countries cannot be attributed to the same factors. Context specific history, poverty, natural disasters, epidemics (such as AIDS) and conflicts are all things connected to the global rise in orphanages. However, in most cases, one of the reasons …

In Hunan, Family Planning Turns to Plunder

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Families in a poor mountainous region have had children seized, and apparently sold, in the name of China’s one-child policy By Shangguan Jiaoming, October 2011 (Shaoyang) – On a long journey in search of his lost child, Yang Libing carries a single photograph. It’s a faded snapshot of his daughter Yang Ling, who this year turns seven years old. Family …

Legal Kidnapping

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Chris Reynolds is fighting to get his daughter back after he says she was adopted without his knowledge or permission. INDEPENDENCE, MO (KCTV) –A father is fighting to get his daughter back after he says she was adopted without his knowledge or permission. Chris Reynolds hasn’t seen his 3-year-old daughter, Brooke, in more than a year. He and his other children write …