Parents hoping to adopt orphans of Wayanad landslide may not have their wish granted

Compassionate parents register for adoption of Wayanad landslide orphans, facing long wait and no choice in selection.

Compassionate parents hoping to adopt orphans of Wayanad landslide may not have their wish granted. After registering themselves with the government agencies handling the adoption, they will have to wait in the queue. Even then, they cannot exercise the option of selecting the children from Wayanad and have to pick a baby who comes up for adoption when their turn arrives.

Currently, there are 1,904 registered parents and 116 babies, who are Legally Free for Adoption in the list maintained by the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), Kerala. Last year, 114 children were given in for adoption in the State, which included 99 in-country and 15 inter-country adoptions.

Incidentally, a few parents had contacted various agencies expressing their willingness to adopt the Wayanad children. Currently, it is estimated that the landslide has robbed five children of their parents.

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B. C. Sameer, a native of Padanna, Kasaragod, was one such parent, who expressed his willingness to adopt a girl child.

“We have two boys and want to adopt a girl. My wife and I were hoping to adopt a girl child of age five or six years. I have registered myself with CARA after being told to follow the legal procedures,” Mr. Sameer, who is currently employed in Kuwait, told The Hindu.

Those at the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), Wayanad and the District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) too had received a few similar requests.