Fraud and Heartbreak Can Plague Adoptions From Africa

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Government officials say sometimes parents are told their children will get an education abroad, but the youths are being adopted through shady agencies. KAMPALA, Uganda—When impoverished mother Nakiwala Hasifa signed legal guardianship papers to let a Christian pair from Mississippi have custody of her five-year-old son, Stuart Bukenya, in 2009, she thought she would hear from him regularly and that …

Imagine being told your child is dead, only to find out he is actually alive!

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With orphanages being closed, Grace Center is receiving more and more children in the full-time residential care facility, known to many as the children’s home or temporary care center. Six of our children came from one corrupt orphanage when it was closed. All of these children have different stories of how they actually came to be declared “abandoned”.  One of …

KPAI suspects trafficking behind missing “twin” case

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The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) has called on the HJ hospital, where a mother claims one of her twins was stolen after a cesarean section, to explain as the case indicates baby trafficking. Komnas PA chairman Arist Merdeka Sirait said he had received a report from Raudiah Elva Ningsih, 37, and an ultrasound image showing two fetuses …

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Adoption Bonuses: The Money Behind the Madness

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By Nev Moore Massachusetts News Child “protection” is one of the biggest businesses in the country. We spend $12 billion a year on it.  The money goes to tens of thousands of a) state employees, b) collateral professionals, such as lawyers, court personnel, court investigators, evaluators and guardians, judges, and c) DSS contracted vendors such as counselors, therapists, more “evaluators”, …

The Truth About China’s Missing Daughters

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A new book debunks the myth that Chinese parents favored sons. BY KATHRYN JOYCE June 1, 2016 In 2011, when I was researching a book on international adoption, I met a man who made the incredible claim that he had founded a benevolent child-trafficking ring in China, whisking baby girls away from near-certain infanticide to the safety of North American …