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December 05, 2012

Campaign in Haiti to Close Orphanages - NYTimes.com

The Haitian government has started a campaign to try to keep parents from sending their children away simply because they cannot afford to support them.

In the courtyard of one, Chris Savini, a missionary from Illinois, rocked a 10-month-old boy to sleep. The infant’s mother had died, and his father, Luxe Étienne, overwhelmed with eight children, turned over six of them to orphanages.

“He knew it was his son’s best shot,” said Mr. Savini, who arranged with the father for an American couple to adopt the baby from Mission Une Seule Famille en Jésus Christ, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince.

via www.nytimes.com

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That was really so tragic and adopting is on other side is one of the best piece of humanity.

Posted by: Mother Toddler | February 05, 2013 at 09:54 PM

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