http://www.aacasa.org.au/ Mon, 25 Jun 2012 03:00:02 Australian African Childrens Aid & Support Assoc (AACASA) Articles http://www.aacasa.org.au/articles/Adopting-from-Africa:-good-or-bad-for-kids?-.html http://www.aacasa.org.au/articles/Adopting-from-Africa:-good-or-bad-for-kids?-.html JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Reports that Madonna may have adopted a Malawian child have focused attention on foreign adoptions in Africa — and raised questions about whether it’s in an African child’s best interest to be spirited away to the wealthy West. “Are celebrities doing it for the right reasons and not to make a statement?” asked Pam Wilson of the Johannesburg Child Welfare Society.... http://www.aacasa.org.au/articles/Adopt,-but-don't-turn-Ming-into-a-Kylie.html http://www.aacasa.org.au/articles/Adopt,-but-don't-turn-Ming-into-a-Kylie.html A Supreme Court judge has warned prospective parents of adoptive children that they no longer have the unfettered right to change their children's first names. The warning this week came in the case of a couple who wanted to give their Korean-born son, now aged two, a new first name, that of a famous Catholic saint. The NSW Department of Community Services opposed them. While Justice John Bryson allowed the name change in this case, he...