| Adopting from Benin
last updated 28 August 2006 Adoption Links United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (minutes from meeting, Jan 2000) – http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/321ad68889756005802568700042643c?Opendocument “On the other hand, the Benign one had many unhappy experiments as regards international adoptions such as they were practiced there are about fifteen years. There were abuses this procedure, explained the delegation. Benign A thus decided to suspend any international adoption until measures are taken in order to ensure effective control.” Charitable Human Solidarity Benin - http://membres.lycos.fr/humansoli/ Terre Des Hommes (assists against the trafficking of children) - http://www.tdh.ch/website/tdhch.nsf/pages/beninF Government Benin Gov’t Webpage - http://www.gouv.bj/ US Embassy Cotonou, Benin – http://cotonou.usembassy.gov/american_info.html Links of Interest Africa Traveling (Benin) - http://www.africatravelling.net/benin/porto_novo/porto_novo_culture.htm Article “Growing Number of AIDS Orphans” (dtd 2002) - http://www.aegis.com/news/ips/2002/IP020824.html Cotonou, Capital of Benin - http://www.villedecotonou.com Culture of Benin (music, art, voodoo, geography, dress, etc) http://www.ibidoun.de/F/ Cultural Info (brief descriptions) - http://sg.travel.yahoo.com/guide/africa/benin/culture.html Monograph of Benin (statistics, socio-economic info, agriculture, religion, demographics, etc) - http://atlasbenin.africa-web.org University of Penn Facts about Benin (pretty inclusive) - http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Country_Specific/benin_EDoc.html Voodoo Day in Benin - http://www.mamiwata.com/Benin1.html Maps Lonely Planet Map - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mapshells/africa/benin/benin.htm University of Texas Library Maps - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/benin.html News All Africa News - http://allafrica.com/benin/ Benin Post - http://www.beninpost.com/ Stanford South of Sahara News Links - http://library.stanford.edu/africa/benin/benin-newspapers-news.html Orphanages – Click here Sponsor an Orphan SOS Children Charity in Benin - http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/sponsor-a-child/africa-child-sponsorship/benin.htm Weather/Time Time and Date Benin - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=203 Weather - http://www.wunderground.com/global/BJ.html Answers to Life's Big Questions? E-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com) |
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