Category: Parents Assistance Project

In search of roots, Dutch woman smells a ‘racket’

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com Published: Thursday, Jun 17, 2010, 0:43 IST  By Mayura Janwalkar | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Daksha Van Dijck, 34, made trips to Mumbai from the Netherlands in 2001 and 2007 to touch base with her roots. Adopted in 1975 by Dutch national Johan Van Dijck and raised in the Netherlands, the clinical psychologist wanted… Read more »

“Yo quería que estudiaran, no darlas en adopción”

Source: http://periodismohumano.com Las niñas fueron declaradas en situación de abandono y poco después enviadas a España En 2008, la Comunidad de Madrid le retiró a Niños sin Fronteras la licencia para tramitar adopciones con Nepal La policía india investiga al jefe de Preet Mandir y a las autoridades locales por varios delitos, entre ellos el… Read more »

Ouders eisen via DNA-test kind ’terug’

Source: http://www.trouw.nl NEDERLAND 5 JUNI 2010 Iris Pronk De uitvoering van een DNA-test in een laboratorium in Leiden. © ANP reacties (18) print stuur artikel door Indiase ouders eisen voor de rechter een DNA-test, om vast te stellen of hun geroofde zoon door Nederlandse ouders is geadopteerd. Zo ja, dan willen ze persoonlijk contact met… Read more »

Mother fights to meet son 11 years after his kidnap

This article was published on June 6th, in The Sunday Times. An Indian mother faces a heart-wrenching court battle in Holland to gain access to her 12-year-old son, whom she alleges was kidnapped as a baby then adopted by an unsuspecting Dutch couple.

Anisha: Den Nonnen auf der Spur

Source:http://www.welt.de/die-welt 30.05.10 von Thomas Vitzthum Der Satz durchfuhr Anisha Mörtl wie ein Blitz: “Du bist ein gestohlenes Kind.” Der junge Mann, der sie damit konfrontierte, sah ihr ähnlich, dunkle Haut, dunkle Haare, dunkle Augen, indisch. Wie sie war er in ein Land zurückgekommen, mit dem ihn kaum mehr verband als das Gefühl, dort eigentlich hinzugehören.

Duped by Indian adoption agency, US family cautions couples

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ 23 May, 2010, 11.54AM IST,IANS  That was 12 years ago. The Smolins now operate a website, in which they have catalogued international adoption injustices and offer advice to adopting parents, based on their own experience. The Smolins, who have five sons, adopted nine-year-old Bhagya and 11-year-old Manjula from Action for Social Development (ASD),… Read more »

A Chennai slum dweller’s fight for her Dutch son

Source: Times of India Jaya Menon, TNN, May 28, 2010, 03.15am IST CHENNAI: On June 15, when Nagarani Kathirvel leaves the squalor of a Chennai slum for the first time and appears in a court hall in Zwolle-Lelystad in the Netherlands, she would still be a long way from the end of her bitter, traumatic… Read more »

Madonna’s Attorney Confirms Malawi Adoption Trip

Date: 2009-03-27 Source: www.sfgate.com Madonna’s lawyer has confirmed the singer will file adoption papers in a Malawi court next week amid reports the toddler she tried to adopt last year has been moved from an orphanage to await collection by the star. The singer will arrive in the African nation on Saturday to begin her… Read more »