CARA and adoption are number one on my priority list. I

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CENTRAL ADOPTION RESOURCE AUTHORITY

ADOPTION CONNECT

Volume 1, Issue 1 July-September 2015

Under Ministry of Women and Child Development

M i n i s t r y o f W o m e n & C h i l d D e v e l o p m e n t

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d o p t i o n , w h e t h e r d o me s t i c

o r

i n t e r n a t i o n a l ,

s e r v e s

c h i l d r e n ' s i n t e r e s t s b e t t e r t h a n

a n y

f o r m

o f

s t a t e - s p o n s o r e d

c a r e . H o w e v e r i n I n d i a , i t i s

p e r c e i v e d a s a c u mb e r s o me a n d

c o mp l i c a t e d p r o c e d u r e .

A t C A R A , w e a r e p r o a c t i v e l y

w o r ki n g t o w a r d s c h a n g i n g t h i s

p e r c e p t i o n

a n d

i n c r e a s i n g

a w a r e n e s s

a b o u t

a d o p t i o n

t h r o u g h

p r o p o s e d

i n n o v a t i v e

i n i t i a t i v e s :

By amending our Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children w.e.f. 01.08.2015.

Use of IT to make adoption transparent and hassle-free through our upgraded CARINGS.

Recently, we held one Master Training Programme and also other regional meetings.

We have initiated this Newsletter so that

we are more in touch with each other

and

our

readers

have

updated

information on all our activities. Despite

being a small organization we are

striving hard to achieve our objectives in

as transparent manner as possible. We

request the help and co-operation of all

our partners.

”

From the desk of

secretary (cara)

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ARA and adoption are number one on my priority list. I

have zero tolerance for delays in the process of adoption and we

are continuously working towards bringing down the time taken in

the adoption process to four months. Soon, we will have fostering

coming in. We also have revamped CARINGS to make it more

interactive. District Child Protection Units (DCPUs) are going to

play a crucial role in the new system as the supporting agency to

all the adoption agencies.”

Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Hon’ble Minister,

Women & Child Development

Dr. Veerendra Mishra,

Member Secretary, CARA

Smt.

Stuti Kacker, an

Indian Administrative Service

Officer of

the 1978 batch (

Uttar Pradesh

cadre) joins as

Chairperson, CARA.

Love, warmth, protection and care: Adoptionis a

joy to share…

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Hon’ble Minister Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi chairs National Familiarization Programme for

States/UTs on New Adoption Guidelines held on 18

th

August 2015

State Orientation Programmes

The Union Minister for Women & Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi addressing the National Familiarization Programme for States/UTs on New Adoption Guidelines, in New Delhi on August 18, 2015. The Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Shri V. Somasundaran, the Addl. Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development Nutan Guha Biswas, the Chairperson of CARA, Smt. Stuti Kacker, and Secretary CARA Shri Veerendra Mishra are also seen.

LEFT TO RIGHT – 1) Veerendra Mishra, Secretary, CARA addresses State-Orientation Programme in Chandigarh, Haryana; 2) Mr. B. K. Sahu, Deputy Director, Policy, Plan and In-country Adoption (CARA), lights a lamp as he inaugurates a training session for local Adoption Agencies in Kerala; 3) Mrs. C. Saraswathi, Deputy Director, Inter-country Adoption (CARA) with the officials of State Adoption Resource Authority (SARA), Madurai attended a training programme on CARINGS.

EVENTS & TRAININGS

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7 Steps to In-Country Adoption

ADOPTION DIARY

“Adoption gave us a purpose

to Live”

: Bharath C J and Mandakini S B

I

t was first week of January

2012. Baby looked at my wife

with a deep sharp look

without much blinking. She

kept on looking. Tears of joy

filled our eyes. That look

changed our lives forever!

She was nearly a four-month

baby, wrapped from head to

toe, brought in front of us by

a

social

worker

at

the

adoption agency. The first

look of the baby gave us all

the happiness we had ever

longed for. Today she is

growing with us as our

proud daughter Ambhrini.

We wish for nothing more in

this life, from God.

With the blessings of elders

we got married in June 2002.

Both of us are from middle

class South Indian families.

After few years of marriage,

when my wife did not

conceive, we consulted few

fertility

experts

in

Bangalore.

We

spent

a

fortune

on

procedures,

which resulted in nothing

but pain, suffering, huge

body

changes

due

to

artificial

injections

of

hormones and financial loss.

Thanks to the support from

our

elders,

family

and

friends we decided to adopt

a baby. We registered for

adoption with an agency in

Bangalore. We were very

anxious as there was no

child to match with us. We

were suggested to look for

availability of baby from

other agencies.

When

we

contacted

another agency, we got

positive

vibes.

The

Authorities asked us to

send documents and within

next few months we got

information that a legally

free baby was available for

adoption. Our Home Study

was done by a Bangalore

based adoption agency. On

completing

the

documentation

part,

we

were asked to come and

visit agency to take a look

at the baby.

We reached there in the

first week of 2012. The

team was very supportive

and

helped

us

to

go

through

Medical

Examination,

Court

procedures and rest of the

formalities. In third week

of January, we were given

our dream, our baby on

foster

care

and

we

travelled

back

to

Bangalore with all the

happiness in the world. In

April

2012,

we

again

travelled

to

complete

adoption

registration.

Ambhrini

is

a

very

intelligent, sensitive and

wonderful baby. She is

very quick to learn and is

very playful twenty four

hours a day.

We

sincerely

thank

CARA and its entire

team from the bottom of

our hearts for giving us a

purpose to live!

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- INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION

(Left to Right: 1). Tara shows-off her trophy and medal; 2). Tara with Mr. Simon Coveney Hon. Minister of Agriculture, Marine and Defence., Ireland.

T

ara was adopted from

India at the age of 3.5 years

under CARA’s inter-country

adoption programme. She

arrived in Ireland on the

memorable Valentines’ Day

ten years ago. Since then she

has brought immense joy to

her parents. Tara recently

made all of us proud with

her stunning feat as she

stood first in all Girls

Youth at the Ocean to

City

River Rowing Race, a

friendly race held as part of

the Cork Harbour Festival,

Ireland.

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Invitees for The (TOT) on Adoption Training of Trainers CARINGS at CARA

S. No Name Designation Organization Address Phone/ Fax/ Email Mobile No Andhra Pradesh

1 Ms. Sreedevi Programme Officer, SARA

SARA, Andhra Pradesh 2nd Floor, Swarnajayanthi Complex, Ameerpet, Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh

Ph:040-23730520 Fax Email [email protected] 9553868877 2 Mr. Vijay Kumar

DCPO DCPO, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh

# 40-9/1-31, Swetcha Plaza, 1st_{Floor, , near Benz}

Circle, Vijaywada- 520010 Ph:0866- 2493197 Fax Email: [email protected] 9441400525 Assam 3 Ms. Archana Shanti Verma Programme Manager, Sara

SARA, Assam O/o. State Child Protection Society 1st_Floor,

House No. 46, Survey Bus Stop, Beltola, Guwahati-781028 Assam Ph:0361-2229275 Fax Email:[email protected], [email protected] 9864483226

4. Mr. SavioLakra Programme Manger Training

SCPS, Assam #46, State, Child Protection society, Beltola, Bus stop, survey, Beltola Guwahati- 28

Ph: Fax Email: [email protected] 09085854879 5 Ms. Anamika Das

Coordinator Indian Council for Child Welfare, Assam State

Branch, Assam GNB Road, Ambari, Pin Code 781001 Assam Ph: 0361-2543277 Fax Email: [email protected] 09864156663, 080110095, 03612543277, 0361-2543277 Bihar 6. Mr. Brajesh Kumar

Program Manager SARA, Bihar 2 Floor, ApanaGharBhawan, Punaichak,

Bailey Road, Patna-800023, Bihar

Ph:91-612-2545033 Fax Email: [email protected]; [email protected] 9955404688 Chattisgarh 7.

Sh. Asim Dutta PM(CNP) Officer In-Charge in the Department of WCD, Government of Chattisgarh SCPS Ph: Fax Email : [email protected] 07771222006

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8 RamsharanCho uksey

Program Officer DWCD Department Of Women & child IInd floor, IndrawatiBawan,Raipur( C.G) Ph: 0771-2220006 Fax Email: [email protected] 9827977752,758776230 7 Chandigarh 9. Ms. Bisman Ahuja

Program Manager SARA UT Child Protection Society, sector 19-B, 1048 Chandigarh Ph: 8146844121/0172254800 Fax Email: [email protected] [email protected]@gmail.com 08146844121 Delhi 10 Ms. Lakshmi Mehandiratta Programme Manager

SARA o/o Dept. of W&CD Govt. of NCT of delhi, 1, canning lane, Kasturba Gandhi Marg,

New Delhi- 110001 Ph: 23073416 Fax Email: [email protected] 09873772311 11 SeemaKhandelk ar

Executive Director Children Of World ( RIPA)

Plot No-5 PSP Pocket, Sec-8, Dwarka, New Delhi-1100075

Ph: 011-25364467 Fax

Email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] 9810821703, 8744855034 12 Shivani Chauhan

Program Officer SARA- Delhi, Deptt. Of Women & Child

Development.

Deptt of WCD, Govt of NCT Of Delhi, 1 Canning lane,

K.G May, New Delhi- 110001

Ph:011-23073416 Fax

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

9968702709

Gujarat

13 Mr. Yugnesh Patel

Programmer Officer SARA Gujarat Gujarat

Gujarat State Child Protection Society, Block 19/3rd floor ,Dr. JivrajMehta Bhavan

Sector : 10/A Gandhinagar-382010, Gujarat Ph:079-2323422 Fax Email: [email protected] No:9428606084 14. Mr. Sandeep Parmar

Superintendent Mathru Chaya, Nadiad,Gujarat, SAA

Matrichhaya Orphanage, vaishali Road, Nadiad- 387002 Ph: 0268-2558193 Fax Email:[email protected] 09898011622 Haryana 15 Ms. Shelly Mittal

Program Manager SARA SARA, Haryana, Sugar Fed Building, Bays no. 49-52, 2nd_{floor, sector-2, Panchkula, Haryana}

Ph: Fax Email: [email protected] 09592104500 16 Mr. Sudhir Kant Sharma

Project Officer Haryana State Council for child Welfare,

Haryana

Directorate of Woman & Child Development, Himachal Pradesh, Shimla- 171001

Ph: 0177-2629731 Fax

Email: [email protected]

09416326751,

Himachal Pradesh

16. H.S Dhatwalia Program Manager SARA O/o. Directorate of Women & Child Development

Ph:0177-2629731 Fax

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Cedar House, Near Himachal Pradesh l, Shimla -171001, Email: [email protected] Jharkhand 17 Ms. BabitaHambram

Programme Manger SARA Jharkhand Dept. of Social Welfare Women & Child Development O/o. Jharkhand State Child Protection

Society

Engineer’s Hostel, 2nd Floor, Sector-3, Dhurwa, Ranchi-4

Ph: Fax

9905340627

18. Md. Altaf Khan Manger Sahyog Village, Jharkhand

At- Dugdugia, Hutar, PU- Khunti- 835210, Dist- Khunti ( Jharkhand)

Ph: 0652-82528291720 Fax Email: [email protected] 9801117854 Karnataka 19. Smt.M.CShylaj a Programme Manager SARA,ICPS DWCD, Govt. Of Karnataka

O/o Directorate of Women Child Development Deptt. Govt. of Karnataka Ist Floor, M.S. Building, Dr. Ambedkar`, Veedhi

Karnataka-560001, Bangalore Ph: 080-22879382 Fax Email: [email protected] 9986474749, 9945045558 20 Mrs. Malathi Mohan

Social Worker Canara Bank Relief Welfare Society, 27th

cross, Banashankali, IInd stage, Bangalore-70,

karnataka

Canara Bank Relief and Welfare Society Sevakshetra Hospital Rd. 27th Cross

Banashankari II Stage Bangalore - 560 070 Karnataka, Ph: 08026713421, Fax08026713421 Email: [email protected] 9342069638 Kerala 21. Mr. Nijo Sebastian

Program Manager SARA Manager, Kerala Rajagiri College of Social Sciences Rajagiri P.O., ErrakulamKalamassery -683104 Kerala Ph: 0484- 2540727 Fax Email: [email protected] 09747499612, 22 Ms. DivyaChandran. P

Social Worker St.Joseph Foundling Home

c/o St. Vincent, Home Convent road, Kozhikode-1

Ph: Fax Email: [email protected]/[email protected] 94797896168 Madhya Pradesh 23. Mr. Sourabh Mishra Programme Manager

Women & Child Development M.P, 2nd

block, 4th_floor,

paryrvasbhawan, Arera hill, Bhopal

O/o. Directorate of Women Empowerment , JawaharBhawan , jawahar Bal Bhawan Campus , 2 nd

Stop , Tulsi Nagar , Bhopal, Madhya

Pradesh-462001

Ph: 0755-2551531 Fax : 0755-2577122

Email: [email protected] [email protected]

7509302004,

24 Mr.

DeweshShrivast ava

Social Worker MatrachhayaSevabharati , Jabalpur

Atit Tiwari Ph: 0761-4054673

Fax

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Maharashtra

25 Mr. Sunil Arora Executive Director Bal Asha Trust, Mumbai Bala Asha Trust, AnandNiketan, Dr. E. Mozes road

Mahalaxmi Road , Mumbai-11

Ph: 24926526 Fax

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

9821212651,

26. Ms. Betty Mathai

Senior Coordinator Children of the World, Mumbai

Children of the world (I) Trust, Bombay, Vishwabalak , Kendra, Sector-12, plot no.9 & 10, Nerul,

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra

Ph:022-27720765 Fax Email: [email protected]@mtnl.net.in 9167209764, 27 Ms. Maina Shetty

Deputy Director BhartiyaSamajSeva Kendra, Pune

BSSK, Berthavarada, North Main Road, 6th_{Lane, Plot No 373,}

Koregaon Park,Pune-411001 Ph:022-26155332, 26158002 Fax: 020-26155716 Email: [email protected] 09822748825 28. Ms. MedhaPandlik

Social Worker MatruSeva Sang Foundling , Nagpur

North Ambazari Rd. Sitabuldi, Nagpur Maharashtra Ph: 0712-2523596, 2522393 Fax: 07122523596 Email : [email protected] [email protected] 9970169148 29. Neville Bilimuria Sr. Admin Officer Adoption

MSW Asha Sadan Asha Sadan Mumbai-9 Ph: 23715477

Fax Email: 9820918591 30. Nitin Gaikwad Program Manager(CP)

MSCPS, Pune, Maharasthra State, Child Protection Society) Arjun Building, Bunb Garden Rd. Koregaon Park, Pune

Ph: Fax Email:[email protected] 97625575012 Meghalaya 31. Ms. Virginia Malngiang Programme Manager SARA

SARA, Meghalaya Department of Social Welfare, Government of Meghalaya, Lower lanchumiere, Hopkinson road, Shillong– 793001

Ph: 03642501268 Fax Email: [email protected] 09856925885, Mizoram 32. Ms. LalmuanpuiiCh hakchhuak Programme Manager

SARA, Mizoram Lalchhuma Building

Near Directorate of Social Welfare Department, Laipuitlang, Aizawal, Mizoram – 796012

Ph: 03892396957 Fax Email: [email protected] 9436190895 Nagaland 33 Ms. RenchumiImiti Programme Manager- SARA

SARA, Nagaland O/o. State Child Protection Society Officers’ Hill, Near S.P. Office, Aier’s

Building Kohima, Nagaland-797001

Ph: Fax Email: [email protected], [email protected] 9436282856 Odisha

34. Ms. Sucheta Das Programme officer, SARA

SARA, Odisha Image Campus, Siripur Square , Siripur

, Unit -8 , Bhubaneswar , Odisha - 751003

Ph: 0674-2561522/2562349 Fax

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35. Mr. ManojTripathi Prog. Manager, I/C, SARA - Odhisha

SGPS, Odhisa SARAo/o- Oscps, Image Campus, Siripur, Bhubaneshwar-751003 Ph: 06142562349 Fax: 06142561522 Email: [email protected] Punjab 36. Mahinga Singh Kang

Program Manager Social Security Women A Child Development Department , Punjab, Sco-102-103, Sector 34- A, Chandigarh Ph: 0172-2602294, 89684-28387 Fax Email:[email protected] 9464114731 37. Ramanjot Kaur Grew Al Adoption Coordinator Swami Ganga NandBhuri Wale DhamTalwandiKhundLudhaina Ph: Fax Ph: 01624-2456666 Email: [email protected] 09417472223 Rajasthan 38. Mr. GovindBeniwal

Special Officer Dept of Child Rights State Govt. Rajasthan

31A, Vijay Nagar ,NewSanganer Road, Near VT Road, Mansarovar, Jaipur.

302020 Ph: 0141-2399335 Fax Email: [email protected] [email protected] 09983888866, 09414441395 Tamilnadu 39.. Mr. Radhakrishnan

Program Manager SARA/SCPS Commissioner Of Social Welfare Thiru-Vi-KA Industrial Estate, Old Building Sidco, Guindy ,

Chennai Ph: 044-45511666 Fax Email: [email protected] 9894186755 40. Fr. D. MakizchiManna m CMF

Director Claretion Mercy Home, Madurai, Tamil Nadu

Azhgusirai, Ponnamangalam- TK, Madurai-625706, Tamil nadu

Ph: 04549294901 Fax

8098672866

41. Mr. R. Chezian Director Life Line Trust, 3rd_cross

street, chadran Garden.

Life Line Trust, 3rd_{cross street, chadran Garden,}

ChinnaTirupathi, Salem-7 TamilNadu

Ph: Fax Email : [email protected] 9443237008 Telangana 42. Mr. M. Vinod Raj Programme Manager( I/C) Telangana, Women Development& Child Welfare Dept

C/o. Directorate of Women Adoption Development,

and Child Welfare Department Dept. , IInd Floor, Swarnajayanti Complex, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, Telangana

Ph: 040-23733848 Fax Email:[email protected] 9849411107, 9440814403 43. Mr. P.RajeshPasum uri

Data Entry Operator ShishuVihar, Telengana, SAA, Hyd

H. No: 8 , 3-222, ShishuVihar, Hyderabad, State Home, Behind Saradhi, Studios, vengalraonagar,

Ameerpret, Hyderabad, Telangana

Ph: 040-23738179 Fax Email: [email protected]

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[email protected] Uttar Pradesh 44. Vipin Kumar Yadav Program Assistant SARA(ICPS) U.P SARA U.P, NidesshalaymahilaKalya n

HazratGanj, Ashok Marg, JawaharBhawan, U.P Ph:0522-2286701 Fax

[email protected]

9936621302

Uttarkhand

46. Arshid Ali Junior Clark/ Computer Operator

Womens Welfare Uttarkhand

C.P.O Office, Nageswati Hospital/1st_floor

Haridwar Road Dehradun

Ph: 0135- 2669857 Fax: 0135- 2669857 Email [email protected] 9152525454 West Bengal 47 Mr. Supriya Sarkar

Asstt Director, Directorate Of Child Rights, & Trafficking

SARA, West Bengal

O/o. ICMARD Building(9th Floor), Block-14/2 CI

T Scheme,Ultadanga, Kolkata-700067

DIRECTOR

C/o Directorate of Social Welfare Juvenile Court Buildings, Sector-1,

Salt Lake City Kolkata-700064 West Bengal Ph: 033-23560351 Fax: 033-2349950 Email: [email protected] 801789489 48 Ms. Sumedha Medora

Adoption In charge, Society for Indian Children Welfare, West

Bengal

INDIAN SOCIETY FOR SPONSORSHIP AND ADOPTION, 1, Palace Court, 1, KYD

Street, Kolkata - 700 016, West Bengal, Ph: 22170341 Fax: Email: [email protected], [email protected] 09330305997 49 Ms. Sandhya Chetri

Program officer, SARA, West Bengal O/o. ICMARD Building(9th Floor), Block-

14/2 CIT Scheme,Ultadanga, Kolkata- 700067

DIRECTOR

C/o Directorate of Social Welfare Juvenile Court Buildings, Sector-1, Salt Lake City

Kolkata-700064 West Bengal Ph: Fax: Email: [email protected] [email protected] 8906475742