Ya Tibya Lublu: Recipes book to help Orphans of Eastern Europe” Now, she can go on adoption leave September 12 MANISHA Sharma WHEN WOMEN are entitled to maternity leave, why don't they get exempted also when they legally adopt a child? In answer to that, Mahila Samakhya, one of the largest integrated women empowerment programme in UP, has come up with an amendment in their departmental leave rules allowing female employees to take leave on adoption of a child. More... TIFF Review: The Italian Sep 11th 2006 by Martha Fischer What's truly surprising about The Italian, a Russian film that won two minor Best Feature awards at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival and received favorable stateside reviews after its North American debut at Telluride last month, is its tremendous warmth. Set in a rundown orphanage, the movie features none of the horrors -- neglect, abuse, hunger -- that western audiences associate with that world More... Couple discusses difficulties, joys of Russian adoption 09/10/2006 TIM JOHNSON, Staff Writer It's about 5,200 miles and 13 time zones from Omaha to Moscow. But it wasn't too far for a Council Bluffs couple to go to find a daughter. Jeff and Cristy Ballenger traveled to Moscow and beyond last May to adopt Alexis, then 17 months, from an orphanage in Sosnovoborsk, Siberia, Russia. She joined their biological son, Jonathan, who is 8 1/2, as part of the family. More... Sebago summer resident makes a difference for kids Sep 8, 2006 By Heidi MacVane [Staff Writer] SEBAGO : Like most 18-year-old girls, Anastasiya Allen, a summer resident of Sebago, enjoys playing soccer, shopping and hanging out with friends. However, unlike most teenage girls, Allen was just featured in a national magazine. More... Girl wants to be adopted to be allowed to stay Sept 8, 2006 By Alexia Saoulli SIXTEEN-year-old Irena Voitovichi said yesterday she wants to be adopted by her best friend’s mother so that she is not deported to Moldova and can instead get on with her school studies. She said her mother, Svetlana, whom immigration authorities deported during the early hours of Tuesday morning, was all in favour of her plan. “My best friend’s mother said she would adopt me so that I can stay in Cyprus and not miss the school year. We’re still in the process of talking about it, but my mum said she was willing to sign away her legal right to me so that my friend’s mother can adopt me. When my mum comes back in four or five months I’ll live with her again.” More... Adoption Help: New Webinar Classes Offer Prospective ... September 7, 2006 Adoption Help: New Webinar Classes Offer Prospective Parents Insider Advice from the Privacy of Home Elkridge, MD (PRWEB) -- Despite the recent spotlight on celebrities like Angelina Jolie adopting children, many would-be parents find this method of family-building a daunting mystery. "Where do I start?" "How long does it take?" "What's a home study?" For those seeking answers, www.ThinkingOfAdopting.com provides an avenue for discreetly gathering information without pressure or judgment. More... Clarke family looks back at adoptions 09/06/2006 By: Charity Corkey Susanne and Stefan Donner of Clarke County first met their four children in a crumbling concrete boarding school, located in Vorkuta, Russia. Keeping in line with their Russian heritage, the couple chose to adopt Aza, then 13, Naftya, 7, and Ilia and Kostya, both 9. More... Child-Porn Victim Brings Her Story to Washington September 02, 2006 Sep. 1 - There are approximately 3 million images of child pornography on the Internet. As large as that number may seem, it can be a sad, abstract and faceless statistic. In May, Masha Allen, a Russian-born 13-year-old, put a face on child pornography and its victims when she testified before Congress. More... Ethiopia opening doors to adoptions by U.S. residents August 30, 2006 CHICAGO -- The youngest of seven children, 1-year-old Safia Lindholm-Nimrod knows how to steal the spotlight. First, she monopolizes her mother, Marika Lindholm, 43, with grins and giggles. Then, she focuses her smile on her father, Ray Nimrod, 46. Finally, she lands in the arms of her sister Ella Lindholm-Uzzi, 11, who twirls her until she squeals with joy. None of this would be terribly remarkable, except that Safia has only known these people for two months. More... Adoption Scams Bilk Victims, Break Hearts - The FBI Reports Aug 28, 2006 By Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) The couples all had their hearts set on adopting a child. They were eventually introduced to an Indiana woman who agreed to provide a healthy baby from Russia…for a price. They started to get excited when they saw a picture of their promised child for the first time. Then, they anxiously waited for the day when they could finally meet the new member of their family. Only that day never came. They had been scammed. More... Tiny Titan Rings Out Warnings of the Realities of Fetal Alcohol ... August 2006 (PRWEB) August 28, 2006 -- Bells will ring out across the world beginning in New Zealand on September 9, 2006 as thousands of individuals affected with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), and their parents, caregivers and professionals work to build awareness of this lifelong disability. On the magical moment of 9:09 am chosen to represent the nine months of a sober pregnancy bells will ring on the hour from Australia to South Africa More... IT'S TWINCREDIBLE August 28, 2006 WO years ago, the Funk family from Chicago went to China to adopt a baby girl who had been abandoned on a footpath near a Yangzhou textile factory. A year later, the Ramirez family from Miami, 2,000km away, went to China to adopt a toddler who had been abandoned a week later in the same spot. Both families named their daughters Mia. It turns out that a first name and Chinese heritage weren't the only things the 3-year-olds had in common. More... THE JOY AND STRESS OF CELEBRATING Sunday, August 27, 2006 By Christina Ianzito Russian orphans leap into the pool -- and into their host families' hearts "Mama, mama!" shouts Kristina, a 6-year-old with a button nose and a blue bathing suit. She has climbed out of the pool at the Woodley Gardens Swim Club in Rockville to talk excitedly to Beatriz McNamara, 48, who smiles and nods her head, then accepts a quick hug and watches as Kristina jumps back into the pool. "What did she say?" McNamara asks a woman standing next to her. "I cannot understand her More... German 'Superpapa' Busted After Adopting Over 300 Kids Tuesday, August 22, 2006 ASUNCION, Paraguay — A man known as "Superpapa" who says he took advantage of a quirk in German laws to adopt more than 300 children worldwide has been arrested on suspicion of violating laws on child rearing in Paraguay, authorities said Tuesday. More... Woman rode 'orphan train' 100 years ago August 22, 2006 By JESSICA DeLEÓN STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Mary Jackson, 102, is a resident at the Keller Oaks Nursing Center in Keller. She is among a dwindling number of former New Yorkers who once rode orphan trains to a new life with an adoptive family. More photosNORTH RICHLAND HILLS -- Only 200 people like Mary Christ Jackson can still tell their stories. Jackson, 102, is one of the last living riders of the "orphan trains," which took neglected New York City children around the country to be adopted. She was 18 months old when one delivered her to a new family in the Hill Country of Texas. More... The Foster-Child Operation Aug. 18, 2006 Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Doris Schroeder-Koepf adopted a baby boy in Russia. According to the sources, the ex-first couple of Germany left St. Petersburg with a son on July 23. It is the second Russian child in their family. Two years ago, Gerhard Schroeder adopted a girl, whose name is Victoria. Both children will not only make the family happier, they will also improve Schroeder’s reputation taken away by the NEGP appointment. More... Schroeder adopts second Russian child August 18/2006 Reuters Berlin: Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his wife Doris have adopted a baby boy from Russia two years after adopting a 3-year-old Russian girl, an official from Schroeder's office said on Thursday. More... .... investigation of kids' slaughter in Krasnoyarsk under control 8/10/2006 Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin took investigation of five kids' slaughter in Krasnoyarsk children's home under his personal control. 'We will check this case up without fail. If it is necessary, we will send our people to see how investigation is going on,' Lukin stated to journalists on August, 9. According to him, he will call Krasnoyarsk human rights commissioner obligatorily, Interfax notes. More...
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