SBIG Ushers Good Shepherd Orphanage Into ICT Jun 5, 2009
SBIG has also assembled a team of local volunteers in Ghana to assist with its efforts and to ensure oversight and accountability with local orphanages and schools. SBIG welcomes additional support from individuals, corporate bodies, NGOs and other groups of people to come on board in helping with such a good cause. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Summer Fun events 2009 Jun 4, 2009
Proceeds will go to orphanages in Armenia and to Racine Habitat for Humanity. Taste of Racine: Racine Zoo, 2131 N. Main St., Racine. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Alain alliance has its limits Jun 3, 2009
The supermarket mag earned itself a slap yesterday from celebrity mouthpiece Wendy Day, who was quick to rubbish its story alleging that Nicole Kidman was cruising the orphanages of Vietnam, Angela Jolie-like, in search of a new baby. That followed April's breathless story about the "new man" in Bec Hewitt's life, who turned out to be her brother, and a piece on a Sarah Murdoch pregnancy, which also turned out to be wrong. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
HER BIG FAT GREEK FAMILY QUEST Jun 3, 2009
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 Last Update: 08:15 AM EDT. hide stories RELATED TOPICS. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Kidman's adoption plans Jun 2, 2009
"When New Idea visited orphanages in Vietnam, we found many kids were disabled." There is no byline on the story, but the careful sourcing would suggest John Pilger is back among the Vietcong. Elsewhere in the rag there is news of "Sad Lara" - not a Cat Stevens song for bogans but the tribulations of life as Lara Bingle, who is apparently at the centre of a wives-and-girlfriends saga threatening to tear the Ashes tour apart. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
As Economic Fortunes Dim, Migrants' Children Left Behind Jun 1, 2009
One consequence of the mass migration cycle of the past 20 years has been a rise in Kazakh, Uzbek, and other children living in Russian orphanages after being abandoned or taken away from neglectful parents ... The human rights ombudsman for Kyrgyzstan, Tursunbek Akun, said recently that 60 Kyrgyz children had been left in Russian orphanages during the past three years ... Akun has attempted to convince the government in Bishkek to repatriate the Kyrgyz children still remaining in Russian... (EurasiaNet.org)
Port City Theatre challenges hunger with food donations (4) Jun 1, 2009
Over a 75-year period, from 1854 to 1929, more than 200,000 children were taken from New York City streets and orphanages and shipped by train to homes across the country. Each story is told by the child with a supporting cast of adults presented by special arrangement with Anchorage Press Plays, Louisville, Ky. (Oswego Palladium-Times, NY)
STEMM launches new fundraising phase May 30, 2009
The orphanage also will accept AIDS-stricken children, unlike most other African orphanages, he added. The proposed 250-seat community center will serve as a preschool, library and computer media center. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Prince Harry to Make His New York Debut. Quietly May 29, 2009
Sentebale, which supports numerous orphanages and educates people about HIV/AIDS, could use the boost. Income from donations plummeted by 84% during the last financial year. (Time.com)
Putting feet to their faith May 29, 2009
The Oloffsons have made several trips in the last three years to volunteer in Romanian orphanages. The Oloffsons, through their ;Go Therefore; ministry, will begin a drive to collect shoes, socks and shoelaces for orphan children. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
2 who say priest was their father sue church May 29, 2009
"I'm hoping other people don't have to go through what my family went through. I'm thinking of the orphanages and my being put up for adoption," she said. "Maybe the church will rein in their renegade priests.". (Boston Globe)
West Africa: Protecting Children From Orphan-Dealers May 28, 2009
Accra The recent rape of an eight-month-old boy in an orphanage in the Ghanaian capital Accra revealed conditions that child rights advocates say are rampant across West African orphanages ... A January 2009 study by the Social Welfare Department - responsible for children's welfare and supervising orphanages - showed that up to 90 percent of the estimated 4,500 children in orphanages in Ghana are not orphans and 140 of the 148 orphanages around the country are un-licensed, said the department's... (allAfrica.com)
In Ireland, Catholic orders plead poverty, hide wealth May 28, 2009
The push follows last week's publication of a nine-year investigation into the widespread sexual, physical, and psychological abuse of children in church care from the 1930s to 1990s, when the last of the special schools, reformatories, and orphanages closed. Yesterday, about half of the 18 orders announced they would meet with the government. (Boston Globe)
In Ireland, lessons and a beating May 27, 2009
"O'Malley is a crybaby. O'Malley is a crybaby," I could hear the chorus of derision swelling in my subconscious while I was reading portions of the just-published 2,600-page report that documents the horrific and pervasive scale of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse of tens of thousands of boys and girls committed at church-run institutions in Ireland - orphanages, reformatories, and "industrial" schools for the recalcitrant, the rebellious, and the renegade - between 1930 and 1990. The... (Boston Globe)
Managers of Orphanages must ensure quality care May 27, 2009
Mampong, (Ash), May 26, GNA - Managers and Caretakers of the various orphanages in the country have been advised to offer quality care for the children in their care to ensure their proper growth and development, Madam Mabel Asafo-Agyei, Superintendent of Mampong Babies Home, has said. She noted that when these children are given the proper up-bringing, they could become prominent in society and also contribute to the growth of the economy. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Volunteer vacations for surfers May 25, 2009
And if you don't feel like going through a formal program, you might be surprised by how many local schools, farms, orphanages and playgrounds are happy to have a volunteer just for a day or two. It might just make your trip. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Some people never let love in (1) May 25, 2009
It is sadly significant that neither kind of anxiety appear in those reared in orphanages during their early years. The absence of these two forms of anxiety does not mean that the person will be unable to love and be loved. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Helping hands gather for family May 24, 2009
Now they have orphanages across the world, including Africa and Mexico ... Benjamin loved drawing and playing the drums, said Cocco, who started an art foundation in his son's name and plans to go with his wife to the various Hearts of the Father orphanages bringing instruments, sports equipment and books ... "Benjamin is going to live on. His love is going to live through all the orphanages we visit.". (Albany Times Union)
500 women in secret affairs with priests: support group May 22, 2009
After the revelations of systematic clerical abuse, Pope Benedict was challenged to hold a Vatican inquiry into the role of Catholic religious orders in Ireland's orphanages and industrial schools. Irish Soca said it was now up to the Vatican to investigate the scandal further. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ireland Releases Controversial Report on Church Abuse May 22, 2009
The Sisters of Mercy, which ran several refuges for girls where the report documented chronic brutality, said in a statement its nuns "accept that many who spent their childhoods in our orphanages or industrial schools were hurt and damaged while in our care." ... More than 30,000 children deemed to be petty thieves, truants or from dysfunctional families a category that often included unmarried mothers were sent to Ireland's austere network of industrial schools, reformatories, orphanages and... (Fox News)
SLeone 'child-smuggler' arrests May 22, 2009
A senior policeman told the BBC the suspects used to work for a local aid agency running orphanages in the north. He said two suspects then set up an orphanage, and persuaded poor parents to give up their children for adoption. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
Irish school victims angry that abusers not named May 22, 2009
Abuses also took place at 216 other church-run institutions for children, which included orphanages, hostels, regular schools and schools for the disabled. The report -- even in a country hardened by 15 years of revelations about sex-predator priests -- has shocked and sickened the nation. (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
From Russia, with Rocco May 22, 2009
The main reason kids end up in orphanages there is poverty, Elizabeth said. It s sad, families will have a child they just can t afford. (Norwell Mariner, MA)
Is California Too Big To Fail? May 22, 2009
The LAT, NYT, and WP front the 2,600-page report released in Dublin yesterday that concluded boys and girls were sexually, emotionally, and physically abused in orphanages and reform schools that were run by the Roman Catholic Church from the. After a nine-year investigation, the report concluded that sexual abuse was "endemic" and that the state and church turned to the pervasive problems. (Slate)
Mark Box, missionary in Ghana, dies at 48 May 22, 2009
According to the Christian Light Foundation website, he and his wife taught at Ghana Baptist College, established and refurbished libraries in several sites near Tamale, and ministered in local villages and orphanages. The couple worked with the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, a member of Wycliffe International and had lived in Ghana eight months. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Irish Report Details Catholic Child Abuse May 21, 2009
More than 30,000 children deemed to be petty thieves, truants or from dysfunctional families - a category that often included unmarried mothers - were sent to Ireland's austere network of industrial schools, reformatories, orphanages and hostels from the 1930s until the last church-run facilities shut in the 1990s. The report found that molestation and rape were "endemic" in boys' facilities, chiefly run by the Christian Brothers order, and supervisors pursued policies that increased the danger. (CBS News)
Children in Irish Catholic-run institutions suffered horrific abuse: report May 21, 2009
The findings were based on a nine-year inquiry by the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse which heard evidence from 2500 men and women who used to live at Catholic reform schools, workhouses, orphanages and other children's homes. Some victims said that, while the 2500-page report vindicates their claims about the widespread abuse they suffered, they were disappointed at the report's failure to name perpetrators or recommended any charges. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Plano: Thomas Elementary PACE students host unique service project May 21, 2009
During the 2007-8 school year, sponsor schools collected more than 10,000 pounds of books to send to less fortunate schools and orphanages around the world. For information on the Books of Hope program, visit. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Rapes, beatings inflicted on thousands of Irish children May 21, 2009
The findings were based on a nine-year inquiry by the Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse which heard evidence from 2,500 men and women who used to live at Catholic reform schools, workhouses, orphanages and other children's homes ... The Sisters of Mercy also apologised, saying: "We accept that many who spent their childhoods in our orphanages or industrial schools were hurt and damaged while in our care.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Tamil diaspora in shock May 20, 2009
We support four orphanages in Sri Lanka. One such orphanage in the north of the country was aerially bombed and destroyed completely on Christmas Day 2008. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Ireland braces for report on Catholic child abuse May 20, 2009
The Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse will release a 2,575-page report in an attempt at a comprehensive portrait of sexual, physical and emotional damage inflicted on children consigned to the country's defunct network of reformatories, workhouses, orphanages and other church-run institutions from the 1930s to 1990s. Most of the children were ordered into church care because of school truancy, petty crimes or because they were the offspring of unwed mothers. (Albany Times Union)
N.D. foster care needs review May 19, 2009
Many of these foster care placements are in modern day orphanages, such as Dakota Boys and Girls Ranch or Home on the Range, or warehoused through agencies like PATH of North Dakota. One of the worst statistics we have here is that placements in these "homes" happen at twice the national average here in our state. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Priests brace for report on child sex abuse May 19, 2009
The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has spent nine years looking into allegations, some of which date back more than 60 years, from thousands of former residents of state schools and orphanages. It is due to report tomorrow, and the commission will publish a second report, on how the church handled sex abuse complaints, in July. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Safe Families For Children In Need May 19, 2009
Today, orphanages are still places for these children ... Still others are abandoned by parents who have AIDS. Children who are without disabilities can often be scarred emotionally by their time in Eastern European orphanages: infants may not be properly socialized, care may not be shown by staff, or orphans may not get the attention necessary to help them grow into confident adults who can function successfully in society. (CBS News)
Ireland church abuse inquiry findings due May 18, 2009
Testimony has been heard from thousands of former residents of state schools and orphanages over more than 60 years. A second report, to be published later this summer, is expected to criticise the handling of sex abuse complaints in cases involving up to 500 priests. (BBC News -- Europe)
TNT's Ernie Johnson does more than put up with Barkley May 17, 2009
Instead, having just read about the horrors of overseas orphanages, she replied: We have to go to Romania and adopt a child. For two months, while Ernie stayed home with their children Eric (now 24) and Maggie (22), Cheryl searched the bleak orphanages of Eastern Europe. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Hoping to adopt, couple now on trial in Egypt May 15, 2009
The process is so long, confusing and tedious that the few Christians who try it often turn to backdoor methods like forgeries and bribes, sometimes organized by churches and mainly Christian orphanages. "Adoption is organized throughout Egypt, through the churches," Saleh said. (MSNBC -- International)
Happiness is a warm blanket May 15, 2009
Annie also plans to bring her 15-year-old son on a service trip to several orphanages and geriatric facilities in Mexico this August. Loading commenting interface. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
Sweden Rules 'Gender-Based' Abortion Legal May 13, 2009
This was obviously my choice as my children were very much wanted - however I don't beleve in forcing people to take these risks 18:42 May 12, 2009 by I adopted my daughter from China because the people over there are aborting baby girls or leaving them in public places to be taken to orphanages. Is this the way that you people want your country to be. (Newsmax)
2,000 Poor Moms on Skid Row are Honored on Mother's Day at the Fred Jordan Mission's Annual Mother's Day Banquet May 11, 2009
Throughout the year the Mission feeds hundreds of hungry people every day and with the assistance of compassionate donors, volunteers and staff, builds schools, orphanages and hospitals around the world, distributes food and clothing to the homeless, and makes every holiday special for poor families. We bring badly needed food and clothing to crime-ridden inner cities and provide nutritious meals and after-school education for at-risk children. (PR Newswire)
Back from Afghanistan May 10, 2009
"There were a bunch of individuals who volunteered, both military and civilians, who would get stuff sent from home -- shoes, school supplies, blankets, just about anything -- and we would take it out and give it to the orphanages, the hospitals, schools, communities that needed it," he said. Even the most mundane of supplies can make a big difference, particularly in bettering the lives of children, Young said. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
The cruel irony of China's one-child policy May 8, 2009
This explains why foreign couples who adopt children from China almost always get girls; the orphanages are filled with them. Countless other girls are simply never born. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Orphans take part in a grand feast at Manhyia Palace May 7, 2009
Kumasi, May 6, GNA - About 700 children from orphanages in the Ashanti Region were feted at the Manhyia Palace on Tuesday under the auspices of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu and his wife, Lady Julia ... Lady Julia commended the managers of the orphanages for their selfless attitude and urged them to take good care of the children. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
From church-going family man to bank robber? May 6, 2009
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Bruce Windsor lived the life of a respectable family man father of four, deacon in his South Carolina church, youth soccer coach, a volunteer who helped build orphanages in Brazil. Then four days after his 43rd birthday, authorities say, he donned a mask, wig and sunglasses and tried to rob a bank at gunpoint. (MSNBC -- Crime)
Recession bank robberies May 6, 2009
COLUMBIA, S.C. Bruce Windsor lived the life of a respectable family man father of four, deacon in his South Carolina church, youth soccer coach, a volunteer who helped build orphanages in Brazil ... Carter, who has known Windsor for nearly a dozen years, describes his friend as a disciplined, clean-cut man who never used profanity, took numerous mission trips to build orphanages in Brazil and even spent time in his youth as a fashion model. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
UN chief hails Chad-Sudan talksUS calls on Sudan, Chad to stop aiding violence in DarfurAl-Bashir arrives in Addis AbabaRights groups urge Africa to cooperate with ICC over Darfur Egypt to host anti-piracy conference in MayUNICEF scales up distribution of mosquito nets in SomaliaSomalian president in working visit to BrusselsNo contact with hijacked Pompei UN Radio: Boeing 727 crashes in southwestern DR CongoFAO boss says food situation in DRC precariousStrike looms in DR Congo education sectorCentral Bank to boost Congolese franc Ivorian Prime Minister urges mutinous soldiers to remain calmGbagbo: "Whoever delays Ivorian elections is a criminal"Gbagbo reaffirms his desire for Ivorian peaceGbagbo signs Ivorian amnesty law ON THE WIRE Malawi Supreme Court hears appeal in Madonna adoption sagaBlantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Madonna's controversial bid to adopt a second Malawianchild was due to go before the Malawi SupremeCourt of Appeal, the highest court in the southern African country, on Monday (4May).. 04/05/2009 Full Text... May 4, 2009
Madonna, who last year successfully completed the adoption of another Malawian t oddler - David Banda, 3, has visited the southern African country three times and is funding six orphanages, feeding and educating more than 25, 000 orphans. The singer's Malawian lawyer, Alan Chinul, appealed against Justice Chombo's rul ing, calling it "erroneous" since - according to him - the judge relied on archaic laws of more than 50 years ago. (Panapress.com)
Dad To Madonna: Don't Adopt My Girl May 3, 2009
why do the relatives think orphanages are like babysitting services. orphanages are for children who have no one to legally take care of them, so the extended relatives don't have legal rights to the children, otherwise why are they in an orphanage ... orphanages are not luxury hotels, I am sure they are the last place children want to be. (CBS News)
Volunteers package meals for starving children May 3, 2009
Some meals go to schools and orphanages; others are distributed to families in a village. Randon Ruggles, a Wartburg senior, helped coordinate the event this year and last year. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Sacred Heart School honors Sister Rose Hacker May 1, 2009
After determining the needs of people in Europe through a series of surveys, Mother Alexia devoted her community energies to a wide array of capacities, ministering in sanitariums, kindergartens, orphanages, homes for troubled youth and homes for young women who were seeking higher education. Additionally, sisters also conducted pastoral work and cared for sick and elderly people. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
2009 college all-stars gifted all over Apr 29, 2009
Their studies and service work have taken them to a shantytown in sub-Saharan Africa, an international conference in Bali and orphanages in Nepal. But they find value, too, in other creative outlets, whether it's running a marathon, sky diving or learning to cook a raccoon. (USA Today)
What color is happiness? Apr 28, 2009
At that point he was sent back to the Bay Area to live in orphanages. He drifted back to San Francisco just in time for the 1967 Summer of Love, where he lived in the Haight-Ashbury district, worked in the post office and in carpentry, and developed his art. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
Read 'The Cost of Freedom Recap' Apr 28, 2009
Honestly, I do not care if the bailout money is going to build orphanages with silver panels on the road. The bailouts themselves are a bad idea. (Fox News)
Rights groups urge Africa to cooperate with ICC over DarfurSudan President to visit Egypt despite arrest warrantNigerian paper urges Sudanese leader to appear before ICC1 killed in ambush of 6 Darfur peacekeepers Somali pirates seize Belgian dredgerUS seeks int'l effort to curb piracyUN envoy urges more international efforts to curb piratesUN envoy urges more international efforts to curb pirates Central Bank to boost Congolese francCement price stabilises at US$ 13 in KinshasaCongolese airline to resume flights to Brussels 2 MayVita of Kinshasa beats Malanti Chiefs of Mbabane in CAF cup Ivorian Prime Minister urges mutinous soldiers to remain calmGbagbo: "Whoever delays Ivorian elections is a criminal"Gbagbo reaffirms his desire for Ivorian peaceGbagbo signs Ivorian amnesty law ON THE WIRE Court sets 4 May for Madonna Malawi adoption appealBlantyre, Malawi (PANA) - A three-judge Supreme Court of Appeal panel will on 4May start hearing an appeallodged by pop mega-star Madonna against a Malawi High Court decision to stop herfrom adopting a three-year-oldMalawian girl. 20/04/2009 Full Text... Apr 20, 2009
Madonna, through her Raising Malawi - the charity she set for her Malawi cause - currently feeds and educates over 25, 000 Malawian orphans through the six orphanages she is funding. The orphanages include the Home of Hope Children's Home in the central border di strict of Mchinji, where she found David in 2006, and Kondanani Children's Village in the southern town of Bvumbwe, where she found Mercy also i n 2006. (Panapress.com)
Living in limbo Apr 19, 2009
For children in orphanages without documents, the government should consider giving them at least PR status, she suggests. At the end of the day, they are going to grow up here. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
African orphans sing of poignant lives Apr 14, 2009
An Alsea-based church group hopes to raise money for three African orphanages with music. Worldwide Crusades paid 5,000 so choirs from the Ugandan orphanages could record their songs and, so far, about 200 compact discs of Children of Africa have been sold, said evangelist Bill Smith, who also is the pastor for Alsea Christian Fellowship ... Right now, I think they have about 620 kids in those orphanages. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
The President and Nananom are Partners in Development. Apr 13, 2009
His charity has donated generously to many orphanages. Through his Okyeman Environment Foundation, Nana has been at the forefront of educating folks on environmental issues and campaign for a sustainable environmental development across the country, a project that is close to Nanas heart. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Cambridge women help Kenyans open schools, orphanages Apr 11, 2009
The ladies group has opened a school and orphanages, provided microfinance to local women, and purchased mosquito nets to protect villagers from malaria ... Using $1,000 from a donor on the west coast, and Thompson s personal money, the group opened two orphanages, which housed 40 children ... In addition to establishing the shopping center, orphanages, and school, the American women have purchased mosquito nets in order to prevent malaria, and last Christmas purchased a new outfit for each... (Cambridge Chronicle, MA)
Couple assists orphans Apr 11, 2009
Koforidua, April 10, GNA - A couple based in Canada has presented items including toys, books, and children's clothes worth 2,000 dollars to the Eastern Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) to be distributed to orphanages and needy communities for the Easter season. The couple, Reverend and Mrs Benjamin Owusu who made the presentation on behalf of a philanthropic organization, "Families of Tomorrow," said the items were their gift to children who live in orphanages and in deprived communities ...... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
MCA sets up centre for those with citizenship woes Apr 10, 2009
"It is important to give citizenships to these vulnerable groups because when their husbands leave them, the foreign spouses cannot renew their visas and will be deported and the children sent to orphanages," he said. Goh also advised young people to register their marriages with foreign spouses. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Cutting connections cuts life short Apr 10, 2009
When Romanian orphanages were opened to the world, public health officials found 3-year-olds who did not cry and did not speak. They were in only the third to tenth percentile for physical growth and grossly delayed in motor and mental disabilities. (Anchorage Daily News)
Irish church abuse report 'to shock' Apr 10, 2009
He also set up the commission to report on abuse allegations in institutions such as schools, orphanages, hospitals and children's homes that were funded by the state, but were mainly run by Catholic religious orders. Some of the allegations date back to the 1930s. (BBC News -- Europe)
Click here to read more. Apr 7, 2009
Since then, he has been in and out of foster care and orphanages. He has been homeless. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Madonna appeals rejection Apr 6, 2009
The judge also noted that Chifundo had been placed in one of Malawi's best orphanages, and no longer suffers the grinding poverty endured after her mother died in childbirth. "It should be borne in mind that inter-country adoptions may not be and are not the only solution," the judge added. (The Age, Australia)
China custom fueling abductions of male children Apr 5, 2009
Peng, who started a group for parents of stolen children, said some of the girls were sold to orphanages. They are the lucky ones who often end up in the United States or Europe after their adoptive parents pay the orphanages fees that average $5,000. (Boston Globe)
Malawi divided as Madonna loses bid for orphan Apr 5, 2009
The greatest fear many Malawians expressed yesterday was that the "white singer", as she is known, will turn her back on dozens of initiatives she is supporting here, including funding for schools and orphanages like the one which now cares for Inness and two of her siblings. In the slippery backstreets of Lilongwe's central market, poverty is a matter of life and death. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
