disturbing

I follow the Christian Alliance for Orphans blog, which is called Orphan's Matchbox. Their latest post on the Haitian ongoings was quite disturbing. Here is a short snippet from the brief article.

The nine year-old orphan had been raped by multiple men.

After taking her to the hospital, Esperandieu was told by the nurse that the rape of a child, especially an orphan, is now a “common event” that she sees daily…

This kind of thing, though perhaps some may consider 'common' after such happenings in a country, is to me, so unbelievably heart-wrenching. It is seemingly impossible to reach a solution; it seems to be an ongoing debate.

And as the article reflects on both sides of the issue, their key point (to me anyways) is so true:

It is time for the U.N. to stop presenting inter-country adoption and reunification as mutually exclusive activities.

And in the meantime I can only pray for all of Haiti.

YES!

From the updates I read on Facebook (really reliable source, I know!), sounds like the adopted kids in Haiti get to come home. Woot! Woot!

even closer...

Such good news! From The Globe and Mail:

The Canadian government says it will try to ease the process for future adoptions of Haitian orphans in the face of public pressure to help children left parentless by last week's earthquake.

I think those letters made a difference!

I do appreciate however, that steps are being taken to prevent child trafficing and smuggling from Haiti. As reported in this article from Canada.com, no new dossiers will be opened in Quebec. I'm guessing the other provinces may follow suit.

getting closer...

woot! woot!

Westjet has offered to bring home adopted children...just awesome. :)

Canadians Wait for Word on Adoption
Now just waiting for the governments to get on board.

worth reading

An article about a friend of mine: Duncan familiy's Haitian adoptees safe, but family awaits reunion. I'm hoping that maybe some media coverage may draw some attention to this issue...and maybe bring a solution(s).

Please consider writing to Jason Kenney and any other related government to encourage them to consider issuing humanitarian visas to bring waiting children home to their adoptive forever families. It is so important!

heartbreaking...

Although this article is American, it still pertains to all the other countries trying to adopt from Haiti. My heart breaks for the children in the orphanages and the families trying to get them home. Apparantly dossiers have been buried in the rubble...what will this mean?

Please remember them in your prayers...and consider pressuring the government to issue visas right away so the kids can come home!!