Bring the Stranded Nepali Adoptees Home Now
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Jan 22nd, 2011Someone from Zumbro Falls, MN writes:
We went through a similar experience with the US government and Vietnam. We never did get our child home. Our hearts go out to all the children and families affected in Nepal and urge the US government to get their priorities straight and get these children home with their forever families! -
Jan 22nd, 2011Someone from Balsam Lake, WI signed.
Jan 22nd, 2011Someone from Fort Worth, TX writes:
I am an adoptee who is very grateful to her birth mother for making the right choice to allow me to be adopted. I am incredibly blessed to have been adopted by two people, my mom and dad, who successfully completed a strictly regulated process to prove their viability as parents before and after my adoption. As an individual who was raised in North America and who lived for some time as an adult overseas, I have personally witnessed children in N.America and other parts of the world who were not as fortunate as I. Some spent their childhood in various foster homes without any permanent connection to caring and able families whilst some were returned to their birth parent only to suffer abuse and neglect. We have all read about the children who live in poverty in North America and other parts of the world, too many of whom are trafficked as slaves, forced to do unimaginable things in the sex trade and as indentured servants. As a traveller, I have seen children in the company of pedophiles. I have also seen children on the streets and shelters of our own cities here. While government must do everything possible to ensure the validity of every orphan's situation, it is prudent also for all governments to cooperate and expedite the legal adoption process. It is imperative that ALL vulnerable children have an opportunity to be adopted within a reasonable time by parents who are well vetted, well prepared and who have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt - legally, socially and financially - that they can and will care for those children. Governments must work together to create a blueprint so that the international and local adoption process meets internationally recognised standards of adoption. No child should be forgotten or thrown away and no parent should miss an opportunity to welcome an orphaned or abandoned child into their own family. The time is long overdue for an international standard or protocol that will help to safeguard adoptable children and protect the rights of adoptive parents. Enya-Sharen 22 January 2011REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 22nd, 2011Someone from Vancouver, WA writes:
I am an adoptee who is very grateful to her birth mother for making the right choice to allow me to be adopted. I am incredibly blessed to have been adopted by two people - my mom and dad -who successfully completed a strictly regulated process to prove their viability as parents before and after my adoption. As an individual who was raised in Canada and who lived for some time as an adult overseas, I have personally witnessed children in N.America and other parts of the world who were not as fortunate as I. Some spent their childhood in various foster homes without any permanent connection to caring and able families. Some were returned to their birth parent only to suffer abuse and neglect. We have all read about the children who live in poverty in North America and other parts of the world - too many of whom are trafficked as slaves, forced to do unimaginable things in the sex trade and as indentured servants. As a traveller, I have seen children in the company of pedophiles. I have also seen children on the streets and shelters of our own cities here. While government must do everything possible to ensure the validity of every orphan's situation, it is prudent also for all governments to cooperate and expedite the legal adoption process. It is imperative that ALL vulnerable children have an opportunity to be adopted within a reasonable time by parents who are well vetted, well prepared and who have proved beyond a shadow of a doubt - legally, socially and financially - that they can and will care for those children. Governments must work together to create a blueprint so that the international and local adoption process meets internationally recognised standards of adoption. No child should be forgotten or thrown away and no parent should miss an opportunity to welcome an orphaned / abandoned child into their own family. The time is long overdue for an international standard or protocol that will help to safeguard adoptable children and protect the rights of adoptive parents. Enya-Sharen 22 January 2011REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 22nd, 2011Someone from Jackson, TN signed.
Jan 22nd, 2011Someone from Aurora, CO writes:
Please allow these children to come home.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 22nd, 2011Someone from Los Altos, CA signed.
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Jan 22nd, 2011Someone from Morrison, CO writes:
I will keep all the Nepalese children and their families in my prayers. Our family was caught in a similar situation during the adoption of my Cambodian daughter. We also were a pipeline family and waited for two years before being allowed to bring my daughter home. That was almost 9 years ago but I well remember the anguish. It was difficult but well worth the wait. I hope your stories also have a happy ending. Stay strong!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 22nd, 2011Someone from Sevierville, TN signed.
Jan 22nd, 2011Someone from Elmira, NY writes:
I work with a woman whose daughter has adopted a child from Nepal. The adoption went through but like so many other families she has not been able to get a visa. It is a heartbreaking situation for the families adopting and the children who they have adopted but are unable to bring home. Just seems that this whole situation could of been handled differently.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 22nd, 2011Someone from New Paltz, NY signed.
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Jan 22nd, 2011Someone from Germantown, MD writes:
i was adopted at birth and it took my parents 2 years nearly to get me home from costa rica. time and money that could have been spent bonding with my parents so we could have possibly had a stronger attachment, relationship.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 22nd, 2011Someone from Spring Lake, MI signed.
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Jan 21st, 2011Someone from Muskegon, MI writes:
Enough is enough! Please allow these children to enter the U.S. and end the travesty against their families.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 21st, 2011Someone from Richmond, CA signed.
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Jan 21st, 2011Someone from Napa, CA writes:
Time is so important in an adoption. What threat would these precious bundles could these children possibly bring to the US if they have been cleared for adoption? Don't let the bureaucracy get in the way.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 21st, 2011Someone from Oak Lawn, IL signed.
Jan 21st, 2011Someone from Alexandria, VA writes:
I sat in on the conference call in December and the hubris from one of the State Department officials was breathtaking. It broke my heart that a person who supposedly works for every American would put his political beliefs above the reality of what is best for the child. This is a shame and a travesty. May God continue to bless these children and families. May God soften the hearts of the bureaucrats to do the right thing.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelJan 21st, 2011Someone from Bonney Lake, WA writes:
My husband and I started the adoption process the first week of August, 5 days before adoptions were suspended in Nepal. I have volunteered in Nepal, including time teaching and living with girls who are rescued from the Kamlari system (slave trade). While I respect our moral obligations to make sure children are truly abandoned, it is our obligation as humans to put children in one of the world's neediest countries in loving, caring, stable homes. These families have been in a position of deciding between what they know is right and what they need to do to survive financially. There has to be a better, faster solution. A sad time for all of us whose hearts are in Nepal.REPORT COMMENTS
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