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Cambodia: USDOS Adoption Notice – Update of status of adoptions in Cambodia
From The US Department of State: Cambodia March 19, 2012 Notice: Update of status of adoptions in Cambodia The Office of Children’s Issues wishes to provide a further update for U.S. citizens interested in intercountry adoptions with Cambodia. The Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation recently announced to all embassies with diplomatic and [...]
Exposing Corruption in International Adoption
From Philanthropy.com: Tiny Spark is new podcast on the business of doing good. The first installment takes a look at corruption in international adoption and how it has caused problems despite the generous impulses of many parents. Amy Costello, a freelance reporter and radio producer, hosts and produces the program. In the past decade, American [...]
Inter-country Adoption: Steep Declines in International Adoptions by U.S. Parents Reflect Mixed Record
From RH Reality Check: An important question is: what is happening? The answer is complex. To begin with, the unfortunate reality is that inter-country adoption has a mixed history. On the positive side: many children have impressive developmental gains once they begin living in a family setting rather than a child care institution. Also, medical [...]
Foreign adoptions by Americans decline again, to lowest level since 1994
From The Washington Post: The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell by 15 percent last year, reaching the lowest level since 1994 due largely to sharp cutbacks by China and Ethiopia, sources of most adoptees in recent years. Figures released Tuesday by the State Department for the 2011 fiscal year showed 9,320 adoptions [...]
Cambodia: Travel ‘contributing to human trafficking’
From Travel Weekly: The travel industry is inadvertently contributing to “internal human trafficking” in Cambodia by developing a view of responsible tourism which encourages travellers to visit and donate to orphanages. Michael Horton, founder of Cambodian non-profit organisation ConCERT, launched a stinging rebuke on a day of debates about Responsible Tourism opened by Fairtrade Foundation [...]
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