Tag Archives : Adoption

An Argentine student of 23 years, who had been abandoned at a hospital when he was seven days, he found his biological mother through the networking site Facebook. Mauricio Barrios, who lives in the province of Cordoba with the family that adopted him, in March launched a Facebook page called “Busco a mi mamá” (“Looking for my mother”), [...]

Xinran has written a moving story about female orphans in China. It is very shocking that as a result of China’s strict one-child policy, ancient gender biased traditional values and village land regulations female new born babies are either abandoned or killed in different villages in some provinces of China. Female orphans are a grim reality there [...]

Mistrust, prejudice and little support – this is the daily life of thousands of women raped during the Bosnian war (1992-1995), 14 years after the end of the conflict. It is unknown how many women were raped, but estimates reveal at least 25,000, most of them Muslim. There were Serbs and Croats, too. NGOs estimate that about one thousand children [...]

Madonna faces a new hurdle in her desperate attempts to adopt a Malawian girl. A Malawian court had earlier rejected her adoption request on the grounds of residency. Now that Madonna is taking up case in Supreme court tomorrow the girl’s biological father has surfaced and is vowing to fight for her custody. Celebrity adoption case never had such [...]

Slumdog Millionaire child star Rubina is back in limelight for wrong unfortunate reasons. It is claimed that her father tried to sell her to a Dubai based buyer for a huge sum. The father though has denied allegations. Rubina played the role of Latika (the lead female character of the film) as a child. The baggage of being Oscar winning child artist [...]

If you were planning to adopt a child, do be sure to consider the child’s criminal history. Yes, you read it right. An 18 year old British teenager was adopted by foster parents who thought he would make a ‘big brother’ to their two young children. The 18 year old adoptee has a history of sexual offenses which he committed on both [...]

Los Pisingos Adoption Center’s campaign ‘Alone’ really tugs at one’s heart. These series of pictures say it more than hundred words slogan or thousand words tale about the need to adopt an orphan child. Social ads often talk point out social responsibility but this one pricks at humane conscience more subtly. Being ‘alone’ [...]