Awareness Raising
Atmaja feels that social awareness regarding
adoption and issues relating to adoption need to be improved. Thus, Atmaja has actively kept in touch with both print and
electronic media in order to highlight adoption. Many articles on
adoption and Atmaja’s activites
have appeared in the Kolkata press. Atmaja
members have also participated in television programmes.
A two part documentary on Adoption which was screened on DD7 during Adoption
Week in November 2003 was made by the EMRC with active input from Atmaja. Atmaja also
regularly writes Letters to the Editors of newspapers and magazines on issues
related to adoption.
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Atmaja tries to inform doctors about the
option of adoption so that they may advise patients about the possibility of
adoption.
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Atmaja has spoken to some schools about the
issue. For example, some schools insist on the nursing home certificate,
rather than the Municipal Corporation Birth Certificate, as proof of age for
children during admission. Atmaja has ensured
that in such cases, the deed of adoption be accepted by them.