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Madonna may have been denied the possibility of adopting another child from Malawi, but Angelina Jolie wants a child Indus. Where the developing world crime story?

Whenever celebrities like pop star Madonna, Angelina Jolie and the actor decides to adopt a child from a developing country, which amounts to the same debate. Is it right to create a rainbow family and the developing world should be insulted by the suggestion that we can not look after our children?
But far from the spotlights, foreigners have been the adoption of children from the poorest nations for decades. Many of these children gain safe homes and loving families. Illustrate the benefits of cross-country and cross-cultural adoption and revealing none of its dangers.

Adoption abroad has its own logic. Leila Baig, secretary of the Central Delhi based on the Voluntary Adoption Resource Agency (CVARA), said that "reality (the adoption is) that most couples decide on the India because they can not bear children. There is usually a period of trauma prior to this decision and tend to look young, healthy children who fit into their families. "

Healthy children under two years are for approval in the country. India parents tend not to opt for older children and those with medical problems. "It is obvious that parents want the general's youngest children," said Wendy Andrews, Executive, women and children in the Foundation of Hope orphanage in Delhi Ashram. He adds that "the older children the time to host families abroad,"

Countries like India, which have sighed the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (1973) give preference to local adoption. The agreement calls for due consideration to the possibility of an education of the child's ethnic, religious and cultural life before adoption. In fact, criticized the now-Madonna efforts not to take three years-old orphan Mercy James from Malawi, said that she would be better off with relatives.
Baig said, "I do not believe in celebrity adoptions, because these people are often too busy and the child is responsible for babysitters or caregivers. The child should receive the attention of parents, but do not condemn all adoptions international. They have the infrastructure, social security. Experience in raising children and feel they have much in life and I'd like to share that. "

Interestingly, foreigners are the adoptive families to be less selective than the local ones. "There is a desire among most indigenous families to adopt children whose physical characteristics match their own. There are still prejudices against children with dark complexion, or north-eastern tribal characteristics, etc.," says Baig. But the good news is that there is greater social awareness and acceptance of adoption in India as an option for couples who think about adoption only after 15-20 years of a marriage without children. Now, they are coming at much younger ages, "says Saraswati Srinath, one of the founders of Sudatta, adoptive parents, an association of Bangalore.

But this is not borne out by statistics. The number of children adopted by the legal route seems to have fallen in the last decade. According to the central government of the Adoption Resource Agency (CARA), the country in 2533 was the adoption in 2001, in 2007, dropped to 2494. However, these figures do not include domestic adoptions organized by agencies recognized licensed by state governments. Overseas Adoption of indigenous children also fell from 2298 in 2001to 770 in 2007. "That's because there are fewer children available for adoption," says Baig. "It could be several reasons for this - there can be no private adoptions, it is possible that fewer unwanted children are born due to an increased awareness of contraception on the other hand, improved technology can help be more female feticide, "he adds. The situation is such that "there are more than 900 families waiting to adopt children in Delhi now, although only about 250 children are placed with families for years."

The paucity of children is not per se, but "worthy" candidates. There is a long road ahead to provide loving homes for AIDS orphans and disabled children. But Sudatta 'appositive Srinath ending note, "At least more people are accepting that the adoption is another way to raise a family."