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What happens to Indian children after they are given up for adoption to NRI/ overseas parents? 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 …
I am writing this letter on behalf of Hyunsu’s life and in his memory. This letter is to Hyunsu’s Korean mother, Foster mother and ALL Mothers who want to protect their children, because I believe our children are an extension of ourselves. First, I am so sorry of his tragic death and my greatest hope is that on a global …
THIS weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the closure of the last Magdalene Laundry in Ireland. On September 25 1996, Ireland’s final laundry, which was located on Sean MacDermott Street in Dublin and run by the Sisters of Our Lady, closed its doors for good. While it’s not known for definite, it’s estimated that 10,000 women were institutionalised in laundries since the foundation of …
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: …
Why is this a big deal? Because the front door is typically reserved for their customers—paying people applying for a child—checkbook in hand. Adopted people are expected to enter through the back, asking questions in a hushed tone, so as not to make a scene. For years (decades, really), there’s been talk in certain adoption circles that we need to …
