13/10/2006 08:07 - (SA)
London - British politicians and Malawi child care advocates on Thursday questioned the reported adoption of a motherless Malawi boy by Madonna, saying the move smacked of a celebrity fad and that the child would have been better off with relatives in the country.
The condemnations followed a statement on Wednesday by the boy's father that Madonna had adopted one-year-old David Banda, who had been cared for at the Home of Hope Orphan Care Centre near Zambia since his mother Marita died from childbirth complications last year.
The reported move followed other high profile adoptions by movie star Angelina Jolie, who adopted children from Cambodia and Ethiopia, and Meg Ryan, whose adopted child hails from China....
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Malawi child rights group to challenge adoption
Updated Fri. Oct. 13 2006 2:11 PM ET
CTV.ca News Staff
A leading child rights group in Malawi will seek a court injunction to block Madonna's efforts to adopt a toddler from the impoverished African nation if the government allows the process to take place.
Eye of the Child issued a statement on Friday, one day after Malawi's High Court issued an interim order allowing Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie to adopt the one-year-old motherless boy.
"It is about safeguarding the future of a human being who, because of age, cannot express an opinion." ....
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A leading child rights group in Malawi will seek a court injunction to block Madonna's efforts to adopt a toddler from the impoverished African nation if the government allows the process to take place.
Eye of the Child issued a statement on Friday, one day after Malawi's High Court issued an interim order allowing Madonna and her husband Guy Ritchie to adopt the one-year-old motherless boy.
"It is about safeguarding the future of a human being who, because of age, cannot express an opinion." ....
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Madonna adoption bid challenged
Friday, 13 October 2006, 15:12 GMT 16:12 UK
A Malawian child rights group has said it wants to stop Madonna adopting a child from the African country.
The organisation, Eye of the Child, said it would seek a court injunction if the government did not halt its interim order approving the adoption.
"It's not like selling property," the group said in a statement....
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A Malawian child rights group has said it wants to stop Madonna adopting a child from the African country.
The organisation, Eye of the Child, said it would seek a court injunction if the government did not halt its interim order approving the adoption.
"It's not like selling property," the group said in a statement....
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Too heavy to adopt?
A quarter of the UK's population is obese, according to the measurements of the body mass index (BMI). But it's not just about health and looks - it can also affect whether a family can adopt, writes a reader in our Readers' Column who wishes to remain anonymous.
As an overweight nation, it's pretty obvious that we're leaving a deadly legacy to future generations. Something has to be done about it, and as someone who tries to follow a healthy diet, I'm glad that the government has provided a guide to assessing what's an acceptable weight.
The danger of the BMI however, is that not only is the scientific reasoning behind it questionable but once the bureaucrats get their hands on it, it goes from being a sensible guideline to a commandment; set in stone, non-negotiable. And it might well prevent me and my husband from having what we so desperately want: a family.
We have been trying for a baby for six years now and we were devastated when I had a miscarriage three years ago....
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As an overweight nation, it's pretty obvious that we're leaving a deadly legacy to future generations. Something has to be done about it, and as someone who tries to follow a healthy diet, I'm glad that the government has provided a guide to assessing what's an acceptable weight.
The danger of the BMI however, is that not only is the scientific reasoning behind it questionable but once the bureaucrats get their hands on it, it goes from being a sensible guideline to a commandment; set in stone, non-negotiable. And it might well prevent me and my husband from having what we so desperately want: a family.
We have been trying for a baby for six years now and we were devastated when I had a miscarriage three years ago....
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'Baby snatcher' sends CNN-IBN notice
Published on Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 20:20,
Updated on Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 11:02 in Nation section
CNN-IBN
New Delhi: One week after CNN-IBN exposed a Pune-based adoption agency - Preet Mandir - of violating all adoption laws and selling babies to foreigners, its Managing Director, J S Bhasin, finally surfaced.
Bhasin has sent a notice to CNN-IBN under Section 500 of the Criminal Procedure Code to withdraw their reports and refused to answer any questions regarding the investigation.
At a press conference he also said that the public must not get carried away by the CNN-IBN expose on adoption....
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Updated on Tue, Jun 27, 2006 at 11:02 in Nation section
CNN-IBN
New Delhi: One week after CNN-IBN exposed a Pune-based adoption agency - Preet Mandir - of violating all adoption laws and selling babies to foreigners, its Managing Director, J S Bhasin, finally surfaced.
Bhasin has sent a notice to CNN-IBN under Section 500 of the Criminal Procedure Code to withdraw their reports and refused to answer any questions regarding the investigation.
At a press conference he also said that the public must not get carried away by the CNN-IBN expose on adoption....
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Baby snatchers prowl Konkan
Ruksh Chatterji / CNN-IBN
Published on Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 15:21,
Updated on Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 13:05 in Nation section
Konkan (Maharashtra): Misty hills, swollen rivers and incessant rain are common in Maharashtra's Konkan belt.
This sparsely populated region along the west coast doesn't have a single adoption home, making it the perfect hunting ground for baby snatchers....
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Published on Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 15:21,
Updated on Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 13:05 in Nation section
Konkan (Maharashtra): Misty hills, swollen rivers and incessant rain are common in Maharashtra's Konkan belt.
This sparsely populated region along the west coast doesn't have a single adoption home, making it the perfect hunting ground for baby snatchers....
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Potential pitfalls of adopting abroad
By Laura Smith-Spark BBC News
The row over pop star Madonna's intended adoption of 13-month-old David Banda from Malawi shows no sign of dying down.
Acres of column space have been devoted to discussion of the legality and the ethics of her decision to bring the boy to her London mansion.
Among critics' concerns was that the singer appeared to be following a recent trend among celebrities to look abroad for children, with Angelina Jolie adopting in Ethiopia last year.
But while the spotlight has fallen on orphans in Africa, in reality the continent is not often the first stop for Western adopters....
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The row over pop star Madonna's intended adoption of 13-month-old David Banda from Malawi shows no sign of dying down.
Acres of column space have been devoted to discussion of the legality and the ethics of her decision to bring the boy to her London mansion.
Among critics' concerns was that the singer appeared to be following a recent trend among celebrities to look abroad for children, with Angelina Jolie adopting in Ethiopia last year.
But while the spotlight has fallen on orphans in Africa, in reality the continent is not often the first stop for Western adopters....
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CELEBS BUYING BABIES ABROAD – NOT THE BEST WAY FORWARD
BY TRUDY SIMPSON
If people of the affluent West wish to tackle child poverty, the solution is to sponsor a village and not just adopt a child: charity
A charity last week criticised the growing trend towards transnational adoptions by celebrities, warning that it takes more than single adoption of children from developing countries to end childpoverty.
“We recognise that international adoptions help but they should only be a last resort. We think it would be great if celebrities used their power to campaign,” said Jane Moyo of Action AID, a charity which works in developing countries, including Malawi....
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If people of the affluent West wish to tackle child poverty, the solution is to sponsor a village and not just adopt a child: charity
A charity last week criticised the growing trend towards transnational adoptions by celebrities, warning that it takes more than single adoption of children from developing countries to end childpoverty.
“We recognise that international adoptions help but they should only be a last resort. We think it would be great if celebrities used their power to campaign,” said Jane Moyo of Action AID, a charity which works in developing countries, including Malawi....
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The Problematic Pop-Culture Movement to 'Save' Africa
By G. Pascal Zachary, AlterNet.
Posted October 24, 2006.
Madonna's adoption debacle is about more than one Malawian baby. Celebrity stunts and corporate campaigns reveal that well-meaning Americans often have no idea how to help Africans.
Madonna, famous for going to extremes to gain attention, is reminding the world in a fresh way that Americans abroad are dangerous. A widening controversy surrounds her adoption of a one-year-old African baby from the impoverished country of Malawi. And the debacle illustrates how ham-handed, clumsy and ineffective American aid efforts can be. Stunts like Madonna's perversely tend to reinforce Americans' sense of moral superiority -- without doing much for the aid recipients themselves.
The former Material Girl's misadventures in adopting the boy, David Banda, have made her the newest Ugly American -- big-footing her way through a foreign country, violating local laws and sensibilities in the name of a private agenda she calls "doing good." Now even the father of the boy says Madonna's adoption is a mistake, joining a growing number of human-rights critics is saying the entertainer should return the child....
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Posted October 24, 2006.
Madonna's adoption debacle is about more than one Malawian baby. Celebrity stunts and corporate campaigns reveal that well-meaning Americans often have no idea how to help Africans.
Madonna, famous for going to extremes to gain attention, is reminding the world in a fresh way that Americans abroad are dangerous. A widening controversy surrounds her adoption of a one-year-old African baby from the impoverished country of Malawi. And the debacle illustrates how ham-handed, clumsy and ineffective American aid efforts can be. Stunts like Madonna's perversely tend to reinforce Americans' sense of moral superiority -- without doing much for the aid recipients themselves.
The former Material Girl's misadventures in adopting the boy, David Banda, have made her the newest Ugly American -- big-footing her way through a foreign country, violating local laws and sensibilities in the name of a private agenda she calls "doing good." Now even the father of the boy says Madonna's adoption is a mistake, joining a growing number of human-rights critics is saying the entertainer should return the child....
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Top celeb 'gave back' African orphan
Sunday, October 22 2006, 11:08 BST
By Daniel Kilkelly, Entertainment Reporter
A celebrity adopted a child from the same African orphanage as Madonna - but gave the youngster back two months later.
Home of Hope director Rev Thomson Chipeta, who refused to name the star, is now concerned that the children he cares for will suffer because of the backlash following Madonna's decision to adopt Malawi orphan David Banda....
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By Daniel Kilkelly, Entertainment Reporter
A celebrity adopted a child from the same African orphanage as Madonna - but gave the youngster back two months later.
Home of Hope director Rev Thomson Chipeta, who refused to name the star, is now concerned that the children he cares for will suffer because of the backlash following Madonna's decision to adopt Malawi orphan David Banda....
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Foreign adoptions – answer for AIDS-stricken Africa?
22 October 2006
JOHANNESBURG - Madonna’s bid to adopt a Malawian baby may have raised some hackles about foreign adoptions but the increasing number of African orphans underscores a pressing need to find suitable new parents.
The scourge of AIDS and the civil wars that continue to bedevil the world’s poorest continent means that the number of orphans, which currently stands at 43 million, is bound to mushroom.
United Nations estimates forecast that 18 million African children will have lost at least one parent by the end of the decade. And while orphans have traditionally been absorbed by their relatives, the AIDS pandemic means many uncles and aunts are not in a position to take over as before....
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JOHANNESBURG - Madonna’s bid to adopt a Malawian baby may have raised some hackles about foreign adoptions but the increasing number of African orphans underscores a pressing need to find suitable new parents.
The scourge of AIDS and the civil wars that continue to bedevil the world’s poorest continent means that the number of orphans, which currently stands at 43 million, is bound to mushroom.
United Nations estimates forecast that 18 million African children will have lost at least one parent by the end of the decade. And while orphans have traditionally been absorbed by their relatives, the AIDS pandemic means many uncles and aunts are not in a position to take over as before....
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Personal Column: Adoption abroad
By Danielle Demetriou
Sunday, 22 October 2006
I was found abandoned in a tenement block in Hong Kong on Christmas Day in 1962. A stranger took me to a police station and I spent the first few months of my life in St Christopher's children's home.
The following year, I flew to the UK with four other Chinese babies to be adopted by British parents. Our arrival was so unusual it was written about in the Daily Mirror.
My adopted parents had been unable to adopt in the UK because my mother is Catholic and my father Church of England. Couples of mixed religions were not deemed fit to adopt....
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Sunday, 22 October 2006
I was found abandoned in a tenement block in Hong Kong on Christmas Day in 1962. A stranger took me to a police station and I spent the first few months of my life in St Christopher's children's home.
The following year, I flew to the UK with four other Chinese babies to be adopted by British parents. Our arrival was so unusual it was written about in the Daily Mirror.
My adopted parents had been unable to adopt in the UK because my mother is Catholic and my father Church of England. Couples of mixed religions were not deemed fit to adopt....
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Malawi charity seeks Madonna child's return
Friday, October 20 2006, 11:35 BST
By Dave West, Media Correspondent
A Malawi charity is going to court in an attempt to get Madonna's adopted child returned to the country.
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation in Malawi is taking its case to the high court in capital Lilongwe on Friday, according to the Daily Mail, to try to force the pop star to bring David Banda back to the country.
The campaign group will ask for an injunction ordering her to return and go through more full checks and procedures. Undule Mwakasungule, from the charity, has claimed he has evidence that David's father Yohame was not fully aware of the situation....
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By Dave West, Media Correspondent
A Malawi charity is going to court in an attempt to get Madonna's adopted child returned to the country.
The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation in Malawi is taking its case to the high court in capital Lilongwe on Friday, according to the Daily Mail, to try to force the pop star to bring David Banda back to the country.
The campaign group will ask for an injunction ordering her to return and go through more full checks and procedures. Undule Mwakasungule, from the charity, has claimed he has evidence that David's father Yohame was not fully aware of the situation....
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Malawi groups go to court on Madonna adoption
Posted on Friday, October 20, 2006 (EST)
Malawi human rights groups on Friday went to court to stop Madonna from adopting a one-year-old Malawian boy, saying the adoption was illegal and could amount to officially sanctioned child trafficking.
LILONGWE (Reuters Life!) - Malawi human rights groups on Friday went to court to stop Madonna from adopting a one-year-old Malawian boy, saying the adoption was illegal and could amount to officially sanctioned child trafficking.
Malawi's High Court will hear the application by the Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) next Friday, officials said.
Madonna, 48, has angered rights groups with her plans to adopt young David Banda, who left his native country on Tuesday for the pop diva's home in London after she was granted temporary adoption rights by Malawi authorities....
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Malawi human rights groups on Friday went to court to stop Madonna from adopting a one-year-old Malawian boy, saying the adoption was illegal and could amount to officially sanctioned child trafficking.
LILONGWE (Reuters Life!) - Malawi human rights groups on Friday went to court to stop Madonna from adopting a one-year-old Malawian boy, saying the adoption was illegal and could amount to officially sanctioned child trafficking.
Malawi's High Court will hear the application by the Human Rights Consultative Committee (HRCC) next Friday, officials said.
Madonna, 48, has angered rights groups with her plans to adopt young David Banda, who left his native country on Tuesday for the pop diva's home in London after she was granted temporary adoption rights by Malawi authorities....
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Bought in villages, sold in cities
Aditya Mehta / CNN-IBN
Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 17:40,
Updated on Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 19:20
Maharashtra: Touts of adoption agencies love to tour villages in Maharashtra. Here babies from poor families and from unwed mothers can be bought cheap and then sold at adoption homes as orphans.
"In rural areas in particular, the chances of this happening is quite high. Babies can be found in certain villages in the eight districts of Marathwada and Jalgaon," says Chairman Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Aurangabad, Dr Wankhede.
The CWC in Aurangabad gets approximately 40 abandoned children annually.
CWC member from Solapur Devayani Tumma often gets calls from adoption agencies making a sales pitch for abandoned children. “Adoption agencies call us and tell us to send the babies to their institutions,” she says....
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Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 17:40,
Updated on Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 19:20
Maharashtra: Touts of adoption agencies love to tour villages in Maharashtra. Here babies from poor families and from unwed mothers can be bought cheap and then sold at adoption homes as orphans.
"In rural areas in particular, the chances of this happening is quite high. Babies can be found in certain villages in the eight districts of Marathwada and Jalgaon," says Chairman Child Welfare Committee (CWC) Aurangabad, Dr Wankhede.
The CWC in Aurangabad gets approximately 40 abandoned children annually.
CWC member from Solapur Devayani Tumma often gets calls from adoption agencies making a sales pitch for abandoned children. “Adoption agencies call us and tell us to send the babies to their institutions,” she says....
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