Sunday, January 31, 2010

A New Home for Haitian Orphans

Soch Mel

Croatian citizens are adopting orphans from Haiti.

Because of the dire situation resulting from the earthquake, parents in Croatia are looking to adopt children affected by the earthquake. Some other Croats are willing to open their homes and act as caretakers.

UNICEF states taht Haiti had 380,000 orphans before the earthquake, the number now is still unknown. UNICEF is cautious about finding new homess for the orphans in case the real biological parents are found.

It's good to see that other countries want to help out as much as they can. At the same time, is this gesture out of pity since helping Haiti now in whatever
or form is popular? Is this a good long term solution? Can these Haitian orphans adapt to Croatian/European life?

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