Amidst the chaos that is currently in Haiti, had you followed the story of this boy rescued after eight days, his smile and open arms will forever be in your memory. As a number of people have commented to us that we should adopt a child from Haiti, I post the below message from our agency.
Haiti has always been an international adoption option from when we started in 2007; we did not look into this country at the beginning of our journey because of the high-risk travel posted by our government.
At this point, we are not planning on changing direction. We continue to be excited about our agency and the domestic situations that continue to show themselves every few months.
As time passes by and the Haitian situation works itself out, we will continue to do our research. As some know, there is also a little orphanage over in Taiwan that our hearts are still very much attached too. We close no doors, and are always are seeking situations that might be correct for us (we also know that all situations are not correct for us).
Finally, I would like to write to all that the decision to become a multi-racial family is not to be taken lightly. We have researched and thought much about this and we have embraced that diversity may be a part of our family...not all make this decision. Please respect the decision of race that is made of all adoptive families; one has to look within their own situation and decide what is going to be best for the child.
January 20, 2010
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake which hit Haiti last week, The Cradle has been receiving numerous calls from families wanting to help by adopting Haitian children. This is certainly a heart-warming reflection of our community's desire to help children in need.
From an adoption standpoint, the priority being given by the US State Department is to those Haitian children who were already in the process of being adopted by parents in the USA prior to the disaster. These children have begun to leave Haiti and our understanding is that their evacuation and unification with waiting adoptive parents will continue to receive high priority. To follow the news on this as it develops, check the State Department's website.
There are more children who were in Haitian orphanages prior to the earthquake but who were not in the adoption process. It is also likely that many children have been orphaned by this disaster and will begin entering orphanages. Adoption may be an answer for many of these children. However, it is very difficult to predict how long it will take to determine which children are truly orphans, versus those who have extended family members who survived.
At this time, The Cradle is identifying agency partners who have well-established programs in Haiti so that when the international community is called upon to provide homes for Haitian orphans, we will be ready.
Thank you for your concern.
Julie S. Tye, president
The Cradle
Haiti has always been an international adoption option from when we started in 2007; we did not look into this country at the beginning of our journey because of the high-risk travel posted by our government.
At this point, we are not planning on changing direction. We continue to be excited about our agency and the domestic situations that continue to show themselves every few months.
As time passes by and the Haitian situation works itself out, we will continue to do our research. As some know, there is also a little orphanage over in Taiwan that our hearts are still very much attached too. We close no doors, and are always are seeking situations that might be correct for us (we also know that all situations are not correct for us).
Finally, I would like to write to all that the decision to become a multi-racial family is not to be taken lightly. We have researched and thought much about this and we have embraced that diversity may be a part of our family...not all make this decision. Please respect the decision of race that is made of all adoptive families; one has to look within their own situation and decide what is going to be best for the child.
January 20, 2010
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake which hit Haiti last week, The Cradle has been receiving numerous calls from families wanting to help by adopting Haitian children. This is certainly a heart-warming reflection of our community's desire to help children in need.
From an adoption standpoint, the priority being given by the US State Department is to those Haitian children who were already in the process of being adopted by parents in the USA prior to the disaster. These children have begun to leave Haiti and our understanding is that their evacuation and unification with waiting adoptive parents will continue to receive high priority. To follow the news on this as it develops, check the State Department's website.
There are more children who were in Haitian orphanages prior to the earthquake but who were not in the adoption process. It is also likely that many children have been orphaned by this disaster and will begin entering orphanages. Adoption may be an answer for many of these children. However, it is very difficult to predict how long it will take to determine which children are truly orphans, versus those who have extended family members who survived.
At this time, The Cradle is identifying agency partners who have well-established programs in Haiti so that when the international community is called upon to provide homes for Haitian orphans, we will be ready.
Thank you for your concern.
Julie S. Tye, president
The Cradle
2 comments:
Thanks for posting this Katie.
Great post. I agree that the image of the boy being rescued will be forever engrained in my memory. Amazing.
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