One-and-a-half years after he was abandoned in ‘Ammathottil,’ Sathwik has found a new home, in another continent. The child, who had come under the protection of the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare just two days after his birth, was adopted by Ruth Anne O’Connor, an American, on Friday.
A spinster, Ms. Ruth, 44, is a legal complaints manager based in Washington. She had registered for the adoption process through the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA). Steps to hand over the child got under way following the satisfactory completion of the home study undertaken by CARA. Later, the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare was accorded permission to proceed with the adoption formalities.
Ms. Ruth is all set to return to the United States on Saturday with Sathwik.
She has initiated steps to rename Sathwik Luke O’Connor. According to council general secretary S.P. Deepak, seven children had been adopted by foreign nationals since the current administrative council came into power in January 2017. These included the twins Veni and Rani, who were adopted by a couple from New Zealand; Navitha, Chand and Honey, who were adopted by those from the United States; and Riya and Divyendu by families from the United Arab Emirates and Italy respectively.
Steps were currently under way for facilitating the adoption of two children, Sidharth and Niranjan by families from France and South Africa respectively.
