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J’ai été vole à mes parents (which in French means “I was stolen from my parents”) is a true story of Céline Giraud, a French woman of Peruvian origins, written by herself with the collaboration of a Émilie Trevert, a French journalist. (1) Céline Giraud was adopted from Peru by French parents at the age of 16 days old in …
November 27, 2015 | Ben Fox | AP PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — As Mariette Williams waited for her flight from South Florida to Haiti, she paced the departure lounge, folding and re-folding her ticket and clutching the handle of a bag sagging with gifts. She was excited but terrified: For the first time in nearly 30 years, she was about to …
About ACT: Against Child Trafficking is an international nonprofit organization, registered in the Netherlands. ACT’s main focus is the prevention of child trafficking for intercountry adoption. ACT advocates child rights based social policies that are in compliance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is the universal standard and the best safeguard against child trafficking. …
