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Netherlands temporarily halts adoptions from Haiti
From newKerala.com: Dutch State Secretary for Public Safety and Justice Fred Teeven on Monday announced his decision to temporarily halt all adoptions from disaster-struck Haiti. Haiti is still trying to recover from a powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake which struck close to Port-au-Prince on January 12, killing more than 230,000 people. Additionally, large parts of Haiti are [...]
House passes the Help HAITI Act
From the Office of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer released the following statement today after the House passed the Help HAITI Act: “Today, the House passed the Help HAITI Act, an important piece of humanitarian legislation that continues America’s constructive response to the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti early this [...]
Adoption allowed for 12 Haitian children wrongfully airlifted after quake
From The Washington Post: After months of uncertainty, the way has been cleared for U.S. families to adopt 12 Haitian children who’ve been living at a Roman Catholic institution near Pittsburgh since a chaotic airlift that followed the devastating earthquake in January. The Haitian government had sent a letter formally approving the adoptions, State Department [...]
U.S. Department of State Briefing on International Adoption-Related Issues – November 1, 2010
From the U.S. Department of State: Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs Washington, DC November 1, 2010 MR. TONER: Good afternoon. Welcome to the State Department. Happy Monday. I hope you all had a good Halloween. We’re very fortunate to have today with us the Special Advisor for Children’s Issues Ambassador Susan Jacobs. [...]
Haiti relief workers reflect on the “business” of adoption
From the Aspen Daily News: By the time the quake hit Haiti, the Krabachers’ mission already had a well-established reputation there, forged by a decade-and-a-half of service on the island, as well as a working, yet sometimes-rocky relationship with the government’s jumbled social services administration and ties to the impoverished communities where they run nutrition [...]
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