Haiti's Orphans, What are we going to do about it?

Hundreds of Haitian orphans in the process of being adopted but we have hundreds of thousands of orphans in Haiti. What are we going to do about it?

Haiti Orphans

One big issue that has been dominating the news lately has been about Haiti's orphans. There were lots of them before the earthquake, now Haiti has even more orphans.

What are we going to do about this new generation of homeless Haitian children without a mother or father to take care of them.

We can't just sit there and cross our arms, like the government seems to be doing, and wait for "The International Community" to solve all our problems.

We should at least discuss a plan...

We should at least think about a possible solution...

Before the earthquake, Haiti had a big problem with restavecs, If you are Haitian, I don't think I need to explain to you what that means.

If we take into account the number of Haitian kids who were in the streets already that the government was unable to take care of, can you imagine what is about to happen to all the hundreds of thousands of Haitian kids whose parents died in the earthquake.

Collectively, we can make a difference, we don't have a choice, we have to make a difference.

But where do we start?

How do we go about it?

If you've been watching the news, you've probably been hearing a lot about adoptions but they are talking about "HUNDREDS" of kids being adopted.

Let me ask you a question:

Do you really think that the rest of the world will just fly to Haiti and take all these Haitian kids into new homes somewhere outside of Haiti so they can live happily ever after?

The orphan children of Haiti are Haiti's problem and now is the time to start talking about how we're going to deal with it.

This is our country, these are our kids...

What are we going to do about it?

What do you suggest we do with these kids to make sure to do not become the new reason we fear going to Haiti?

I would love to hear your opinion about this topic.

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Ariana says...

The Haitian government make it almost impossible to adopt in Haiti. I would gladly take a little girl as my baby to nurture to love and to give more »

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Sonia R Registre says...

rIGHT NOW A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE IN PROCESS TO START A HOME FOR OUR CHILDREN IN LAVALLEE jACMEL I HAVE A BUILDING UNFINISHED COSMETIC WORK more »

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Josy says...

Haitians are all over the world, and the majority of us are doing great financially. We should start adopting those kids, and save their more »

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Bernadette says...

Hey Yvette, From what I gathered, there are many "Haitian Community Centers" in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens but none in the Bronx. It seems more »

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Yvette Duverge says...

Hi friend L just read your response. As I understand your letter you have an organization in Haiti. I would like to know more about it. Please more »