Friday, January 15, 2010

Haiti's children

In the last few days we have all seen the heartbreaking footage of Haitians fighting for survival. Today I watched reports of various adoptive families who were waiting to complete their adoption in Haiti, some just weeks away from becoming a "forever family". I couldn't even imagine what they are going through...feeling so helpless and worried. These are their children, their family, could you even imagine? Working in international adoption, and now being a prospective parent, the usual frustration is paperwork...having to wait for your paperwork to be processed. For these families this paperwork, their dossier, is completely lost not just delayed. How will they (the government) move forward? I can only hope that both governments recognize the need and bypass the bureaucracy. My heart and prayers go out to all the Haitians and adoptive families!

1 comment:

  1. I was so happy to see the governments work together to expedite this process so that these children could get home safely!

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