Posted in Adoption, Cambodia, Children, Family, Island life, Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Readers now know the past few months have had me in a personal hell that I’m finding very difficult to rise above, to move along, to get myself back into life and seeing colors again.
Food, sleep, concentrated thought, energy of anything but the nervous type escape my abilities almost completely, and I’m perpetually frustrated by [...]
Posted in Cambodia, International Adoption on February 16, 2008 | No Comments »
The weekly wrap of news from Cambodia has been moved to Under One Roof, and this week’s is here.
Posted in Cambodia, Children, International Adoption, WTF? on February 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »
There is, reportedly, a new a popular new pastime for 18- to 20-year-old northern European men that is catching on and has many deciding to see more of the world, unfortunately; they are Asia’s new pedophiles.
There is a virtual invasion by northern European men aged 18 to 20 whose arrival has expanded the pedophilia [...]
Posted in Adoption, Cambodia, Celebrities, Children, International Adoption, The United Nations, tagged Ban Ki-moon, George Clooney, Sudan on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Getting back to the tens of millions of dollars the UN has wasted in Sudan that I mentioned yesterday, but had neither the time nor the stomach for, I find it more than a tad disingenuous that the same day this story came out in the Washington Post, the “UN News Centre” had only this [...]
Posted in Adoption, Cambodia, International Adoption on February 8, 2008 | No Comments »
The regular feature that is the wrap of news from Cambodia tailored to families with connections to the country through adoption has moved for the last time. It is now firmly and happily ensconced in its new home, right where it belongs … Under One Roof in OUR house.
This week’s is here and covers everything [...]
Posted in Cambodia, Children, tagged Al-Qaeda, BBC, Gaza on February 7, 2008 | No Comments »
A couple of items in the news recently have me lingering on the edge of despair, wondering if there is any hope at all for a world fit to live in.
First was a report I caught the end of on the BBC about how children in Gaza were handing out sweets in celebration of the [...]
Posted in Adoption, Adoption News, Cambodia, International Adoption on January 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Not much time on this one, so I’m just cutting and pasting:
We have 24 hours to Turn $10 to $50K for the Sharing Foundation!
Posted by: “Beth” beth@bethkanter.org harry_sarak
Date: Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:54 am ((PST))
If you’ve already donated, thank you. We have a little more than [...]
Posted in Adoption, Adoption Advocacy, Adoption News, Cambodia, International Adoption, The United Nations, tagged Cambodia, Channel 4, China adoptions, Darfur, Mia Farrow, Olympics, Reporters Without Borders, Sudan on January 22, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I’ve been writing about international adoption for a few years now and have to admit that I have never quite managed to get a handle on prevailing attitudes toward adoption from China. Some might suggest that this is a result of obstinacy on my part arising from the fact that I adopted from Cambodia and [...]
Posted in Adoption, Adoption Advocacy, Adoption News, Cambodia, International Adoption, tagged Kari Grady Grossman on January 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Although I’m excited as anything about the climate of cooperation here between individuals as representatives of the various views and opinions on adoption … and fully intend to keep this up all the way through the Adoptee Rights Protest in July and beyond … I have been neglecting some threads I was covering weekly when [...]
Posted in Adoption, Adoption Advocacy, Adoption News, Cambodia, International Adoption, Older Parent Adoption, The United Nations, tagged Beth Kanter, Guatemala adoption, Nigeria, Sharing Foundation, Zambia on January 11, 2008 | 3 Comments »
There are some bits and pieces of international news that I need to pass along today, so that’s where the focus will be …
If Guatemalan adoption is of interest, please see the Guat Adopt Blog for information on the new Central Authority on adoption. They have an address for the office.
If Cambodia holds your heart, [...]
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