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Re: time frames -- Director of ICBF -- the real story

The director of ICBF, Dra. Beatría Elena Guzmán,is not new. She is

starting her second term. She was appointed by Uribe after his

first election. She is a VERY honorable woman. (I had the pleasure

of speaking with her yesterday morning about our adoption.)

She has been concerned that the adoption houses do not follow

established govt laws. For example, the age range, allowing those

over 40 to adopt infants. It disturbs her that if you are willing

to pay an extra $10,000 you can get an infant even if you do not

meet established guidleines. She, and many others in Colombia, feel

that this is baby selling. In effect, if you can afford it, you can

get an infant.

It is also concerning to her that the children have been placed in

foreign families at such young ages (2-4 months old) when there are

Colombian families that want the youngest possible child and they

are rejected by the private adoption houses because they cannot pay

the requested donations. THis is also disturbing to her, because

in COlombia, money if not allowed to exchange hands in an adoption.

The private adoption houses have been able to get around this by

saying that it is merely a DONATION and not a requirement. HOwever,

everyone on this list knows that it IS a requirement. If you were

to tell your agency, I am not going to pay the $10,000 donation, you

would not receive a baby.

Dra. Guzmán has been enforcing the rules and making the adoption

houses place their children in Colombian families first. She now

requires that a member of ICBF sit on the adoption commitee to

ensure that Colombian families (in Colombia or abroad) receive

priority assignements. This is in complete agreement with

established Hague guidelines. Adoption agencies abroad have been

giving her a lot of flack because this cuts into their bottom line,

and time frames.

She is also requiring that the private adoption houses help house

infants taken from their families because of abuse and neglect and

either place them for adoption or provide for them while foster

families can be found.

I really hate to see negative talk about a woman, who is NOT WILLING

to take bribes to allow the status quo. She has done more to ensure

that Colombian children are well cared for and placed in loving

homes than any previous director of ICBF. She is NOT slowing down

the process in the courts -- she does not want that, nor does she

have that much power.

She has, however, slowed down the process in the adoption houses, to

allow for Colombian families to receive the priorty the deserve

under international law and to ensure that those same families are

not required to DONATE large sums of money. If your agency begins

to speak negatively about Dra, Guzmán and her reforms, please

realize that that talk is counter productive to the entire system of

adoptions in Colombia.

The adoption houses have paid a lot of money in a negative campaign

against her. If you read Spanish, you can see many of the atricles

in El Tiempo. She feels very embattled, but continues in her war of

words with the adoption houses.

While it is true that adoption houses provide a wonderful service

and must do so through donations, as they receive NO govt

assistance, it is also true that is does not cost $10,000 to pay for

medical care, hositializations, and post-birth care for an infant in

Colombia.

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Dette var da forstemmende lesning. Vi har to barn fra privat barnehjem i Colombia, og har aldri gitt noen donasjon i forbindelse med våre adopsjoner.Vi har også en "ICBF`er" og hadde "like" prosesser alle gangene. Vi fikk strenge beskjeder om at det ikke skulle utveksles penger, og fikk heller aldri noen spørsmål om dette. Hvis dette er et rykte så er det jo sterkt beklagelig, og hvis utviklingen har blitt slik at man må "donere" penger så er det enda mere beklagelig. Det er 8 år siden vi sist var på et privat barnehjem, til dere som er nyere i gamet. har det endret seg? Fikk dere spørsmål om penger???

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Dette var da forstemmende lesning. Vi har to barn fra privat barnehjem i Colombia, og har aldri gitt noen donasjon i forbindelse med våre adopsjoner.Vi har også en "ICBF`er" og hadde "like" prosesser alle gangene. Vi fikk strenge beskjeder om at det ikke skulle utveksles penger, og fikk heller aldri noen spørsmål om dette. Hvis dette er et rykte så er det jo sterkt beklagelig, og hvis utviklingen har blitt slik at man må "donere" penger så er det enda mere beklagelig. Det er 8 år siden vi sist var på et privat barnehjem, til dere som er nyere i gamet. har det endret seg? Fikk dere spørsmål om penger???

Uten at jeg kjenner de eksakte beløpene osv, så tror jeg nok du kan gå ut fra AF har betalt donasjon til barnehjemmet på deres vegne. De norske organisasjonene (iallefall de 2 store) tar alle utgiftene ifm adopsjon og fordeler likt på alle som adopterer, dermed merker ikke den enkelte adoptant at det faktisk kan være ganske store forskjeller i hva adopsjonen koster fra land til land.

MVH