Kenya Bans Inter Country Adoptions
The Kenya cabinet has indefinitely banned inter-country adoptions as per the report below quoted from the press statement of cabinet meeting held on the 27th of November 2014. Cabinet approved “An indefinite Moratorium on Inter-Country Adoption of Kenyan Children by foreigners”, and also revoked all licences to conduct inter-country adoptions in Kenya with immediate effect.…
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Adoption in our current society is a topic that needs to be demystified and distigmatised. Thoughts and misconceptions override all the whys and hows that are the perception needed in understanding adoptive family life. Adoption in our current society is a topic that needs to be demystified and distigmatised. Thoughts and misconceptions override all the whys and hows that are the perception needed in understanding adoptive family life.
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Though you may long for the experience of birthing a child, the real experience of fulfillment lies in pouring yourself into their little lives and seeing what your care produces. Michelle Mckinney Hammond – Foster Mother of Nicole and Elsie. You may be in the category that finds adoption as good as fiction. Locally, we…
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To many people, cerebral palsy is ‘the other person’s disease! It rarely crosses many a mother-to-be that the baby they are carrying may end up a victim. Purity Makori did not see it coming. Her pregnancy went without a hitch. But things were to go wrong at the end. ‘I had a prolonged labour. I…
Read MoreThe facts on Down’s Syndrome
Many a mother’s joy has been shattered when they discover that their new born is not ‘normal’, but has got Down’s syndrome. Here we unravel what this condition is all about. Down’s syndrome is a genetic condition in which a person has 47 chromosomes instead of the usual 46. It is also known as Trisomy…
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