A Prayer on the Wind: Yay! Another day closer ... I guess

Friday, December 3, 2010

Yay! Another day closer ... I guess

Bina and Pukar drag racing

Cute or what???

Well it was just another day in Kathmandu. Rushing to the Lawyer's Office, spending over an hour scanning documents, finding a pharmacy that carries children's liquid Vitamin D with Calcium (another 30 minutes), dropping off a poo sample at the Clinic, locating a tailor to alter my fuzzy pajama bottoms (brrr cold at night!), grocery shopping, feeding the kids, making sure Pukar gets his favorite banana lassi, and even a little time for Fantastic Mr. Fox and a little book reading before bed. Does all this mean I am one day closer to home? It must ... cause it can't be one day farther. Am I going to make it by Christmas? Only if it's time for me to cash in on a Miracle. I'll take one, if it's my turn!

This would be the way, seriously. Gotta love DeeDee in this shot!

Bina and her boots

Snacks anyone?

The extreme juxtaposition

Where everyday is laundry day... must be for a hotel???

And here's the next load.

The craziest mode of transport

Transporting the craziest loads of ???


Rickshaw moving van?


And then there is the dog issue...some not so nice


And others just chillin in the middle of traffic on a busy street corner

Nepal

In addition to UNICEF there is another person, EJ Graff who is anti-international adoption and who is sniffing around for information. Stay away from answering any questions to this person and be very wary of her. Speak out against her if you can. She is out to make trouble for us.

TEXT OF HER EMAIL BELOW:

Can anyone tell me the status of the adoptive families in Nepal? Last I heard, there were several -- not sure how many -- who had adopted under Nepalese law and were waiting for USCIS to investigate their I-800 applications. I'm not sure if these were RFE or NOID notices. Does anyone know how many are still there waiting, and if so, which families?

Thank you!
E.J. Graff

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THE US GOVT WAS WRONG TO SHUT DOWN ADOPTIONS. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?

There were 55 families stuck in the Nepal Pipeline because the US Government had 'suspicions' of 'fraud' and 'serious irregularites' based on a poorly conducted 82-day investigation of 62 orphan cases. That's 1 1/2 days per case. Their findings are rampant with errors, cultural insensitivities and blatant incompetence.

IN THE END, EVERY CHILD WAS ABLE TO GO HOME WITH THEIR FAMILY BECAUSE NOT A SINGLE SHRED OF FRAUD WAS FOUND. NOTHING. ZERO.

THE US WAS WRONG.

Children spent an average of 200 extra days languishing in orphanages, and cost families an average of 25K extra dollars for no good reason.

Both Ends Burning, a non-profit international adoption advocacy group has published an investigative report based on a the findings in an extensive review of the 55 investigations US parents were forced to make to prove the orphan status of their children. They studied over 3,000 pages that were compiled by lawyers and private investigators. Their discoveries are shocking. See the full report by cutting a pasting this link: https://bothendsburning.org/help-out/current-initiatives/re-open-nepal/

On June 6, 2014 we travelled to Washington DC along with many other families and Both Ends Burning to meet with our Senators and Congressman and women. Help us keep the momentum by signing our petition: http://www.petition2congress.com/15574/lift-suspension-adoptions-from-nepal/

We are asking our Senators and Representatives to follow-up with these actions:

1. Sponsor a Congressional Resolution to open re-open Nepal for international adoptions

2. Call for a Congressional Hearing to Investigate the closure of Nepal

3. Enter a floor speech on behalf of us and our children to correct the record

Read the blog notes dated June 13, 2014 to see all the videos, news coverage and links to the report. There is also links to the news below in "Jenni in the News".

ABOUT NEPAL:

The status of women is low in the Nepali society, contributing to frequent abuse and abandonment of wives and children. More complicated reasons for abandonment of children include being unwed, the caste system, poverty, the lack of a social system, unequal access to education, and religion. There are no social services and the per capita income of the average household is less than $350 a year.

With adoptions halted, and orphanages either closed or full to capacity, there is nowhere for these abandoned children to go. Some live on the street, many others die.

I have travelled extensively all over the world but never been to a country where the need is so great. With a total population of 28 million people, Nepal is home to approximately one million orphans.