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Sierra Leone: Government to probe adoptions by MAPS agency
From the Concord Times (Freetown) via AllAfrica.com: A decision has been reached by cabinet for government to sanction the setting up of a commission of inquiry into the alleged adoption of a number of children in the provinces by an American-based agency, Main Adoption Placement Services or MAPS in 1997. Minister of social welfare, gender [...]
Sierra Leone parents seek answers in adoption case
From CBS News: Balia Kamara’s mother sent her to a center in northern Sierra Leone so the 5-year-old could receive an education and food, and stay out of harm’s way during the West African country’s brutal civil war. The mother visited Balia at the Help A Needy Child International center, known as HANCI, regularly for [...]
Child Trafficking: HANCI Boss Confesses
From Sierra Express Media: Dr. Roland Kargbo, executive director of the controversial Help A Needy Child International (HANCI) organization has, after being grilled by human right activist Emmanuel Hindowa Saidu of Foundation for Democratic Initiative and Development confessed he engaged in child trafficking and blamed former Attorney General Tom Carew whom he said did not [...]
“HANCI sold our children abroad” angry parents claim
From Sierra Express Media: Parents and guardians of children who are reported to have been illegally adopted as orphans and flown abroad continue to maintain their stance that their children were sold abroad and that it was a deal carried out by local NGO ‘Help A Needy Child International, (HANCI)’ Sierra Express Media has been [...]
Suspension of Adoptions in Sierra Leone
From the Department of State: The Government of Sierra Leone’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs suspended adoptions on May 29, 2009 due to concerns on the legality of adoptions and the welfare of adoptees. An interagency committee has been established by the Ministry to work on new adoption laws and procedures. The [...]
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