http://www.guatadopt.com/ GUATADOPT.COM News about Guatemalan Adoptions: for parents, professionals and adoption advocates. "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." ~Anonymous en-us 2010-02-09T14:49:00-05:00 2010-03-12T15:09:33-05:00 Posted on behalf of FTGA FTGA is again organizing an order of personalized pens made by the weavers of MayaWorks (www.mayaworks.org). The cost of a pen is $2.50. Half of the cost goes to the women who weave the pens... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001080.html A story ran in the Prensa Libre on Friday about adoptions (and how illegal ones still exist). Within the story, PGN says that as a result of aprocess with the CNA aimed at verifying the validity of documents, the in-process,... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001079.html Last Wednesday the CNA held a meeting for hogar directors in Guatemala. While not an adoption-specific meeting, I think we all realize the stake and concern we have for the systems being developed in the wake of the adoption law,... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001078.html I just had the extreme pleasure of having checks cut to support five organizations in Guatemala providing direct aid to children. These organizations were chosen for their services and not their religious affiliation or adoption philosophy. In the end, we're... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001077.html A UN based investigation has found that Rodrigo Rosenberg commissioned his own killing, filming the video to try to place blame on President Colom. For the sake of the country, if for noother reason, I am happy this was the... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001076.html Posted on behalf of PEAR: Derived from the gaps identified from PEAR’s POSitive study and the recommendations from PEAR’s Mental Health Resource and Therapist Resource surveys, PEAR has created State Directories of Adoption Resources. These directories are designed for prospective... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001075.html Here's a few items of interest: 1.) In case you missed it, there was a wonderful Guatemalan band in the Rose Bowl http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7167453 2.) Pres. Colom raised the minimum wage in Guatemala. Kudos for that move!!! http://www.prensalibre.com/pl/2009/diciembre/30/365599.html 3.) The Children's... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001074.html If you're a Guatadopt reader, please find the time to read this tirade in its entirety by clicking on more…... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001073.html For starters, there are no new adoptions being started from Guatemala! So my posting this thread is only because "you never know" who might be researching ICA, trying to adopt from another Central American country, etc. As always, if somehow... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001072.html Just wanted to say how happy I am about this story. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091218/ap_on_re_us/us_asylum_domestic_abuse... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001071.html So.. Now there is a move to try to drive my name through the mud. The Pound Pup Legacy site has an anonymous comment from some ignorant moron trying to tie me to all sorts of implied impropriety. http://poundpuplegacy.org/node/41474 By... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001070.html As always, I apologize if my legal definition of "charged" is incorrect. What i know is that Susana was "arrested" yetserday on a few charges and was later released on bail. From my read, the specific allegations raised by the... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001069.html UPDATE MON 12/14 - Most, if not all, calenars went out today. At least I received an e-mail this afternoon saying that it looked really good that all would be going out today. Sitting beside me right now two of... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001068.html This is not the first CNA has requested this but they are again... CNA is again requesting that all children in public or private care be registered with the CNA. The notice is addressed to the hogares, not APs and... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001067.html Reuter's has a story running about how Sobrevivientes is pushing for US help in obtaining DNA tests for the children we're read so much about. My opinion is that I support the US trying to help out how it can,... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001065.html