One more horror for Haiti kids

ED PILKINGTON AND RICHARD GOTT | PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI - Jan 22 2010 13:42

There are only three books to be found at the Foyer de Sion orphanage in Port-au-Prince, serving the 18 children cared for here. There's a textbook titled Vive Les Maths!, and another called Histoire d'Haiti.

The third is a children's picture book in English called Prayer for a Child. It's a poem with illustrations, and begins: "Bless this milk and bless this bread; Bless this soft and waiting bed."

The book is lying on a rusty bunk-bed, with a thin, dirty mattress on top. There is no milk or bread. Since the earthquake the organisers of the orphanage have run through their last $100 and are down to emergency rations dished out to the children -- one meal a day.

22.1.10 Deutschland erleichtert Einreise von Adoptivkindern aus Haiti

Deutschland hat die Einreise von Adoptionskindern beschleunigt. Die ersten Jungen und Mädchen könnten bereits in den nächsten Tagen den Flug hierher antreten, sagte eine Sprecherin des Auswärtigen Amts am Donnerstag. Mit dem Einverständnis der haitianischen Regierung will das Ministerium nun "schnell, unbürokratisch und menschlich" helfen. Der beschleunigte Einreiseprozess gilt nach Angaben der Bundeszentralstelle für Auslandsadoption in Bonn allerdings nur für jene Adoptivkinder, bei denen das Vermittlungsverfahren schon vor dem Erdbeben abgeschlossen oder "sehr weit fortgeschritten" war. Nach einer groben Schätzung betreffe das etwa 30 Jungen und Mädchen, sagte ein Spreche

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EU urged to fast-track adoptions from Haiti: Spanish presidency

22 January 2010, 16:27 CET

— filed under: Haiti, quake, children, adoption, Spain

(MADRID) - The Spanish presidency of the European Union will next week urge the bloc to forge a common position on fast-track adoptions from Haiti, Madrid said Friday.

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos "will on Monday propose to the council (of EU foreign ministers) that there could be a joint common response," Spain's Vice-President Maria-Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said.

Haitian girl, 2, still in federal custody

BY JOHN A. TORRES • FLORIDA TODAY • JANUARY 21, 2010

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The 2-year-old Haitian girl detained and taken by immigration officials Saturday night remains in federal custody under mounting pressure to release her for medical care.

Las ONG desaconsejan las adopciones de niños en Haití tras el terremoto

Ampliar foto Varios niños haitianos corren a las afueras de Puerto Príncipe. (Imagen: Logan Abassi / REUTERS)

Tras el terremoto de Haití, se han multiplicado en apenas siete días las solicitudes de adopción en España y en otros países europeos.

Las ONG insisten en que adoptar "no es nada aconsejable".

Preocupa la actuación de las mafias, que aprovechan estas catástrofes para reclutar niños para utilizarles con distintos fines.

Haiti hope all in the family

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January 21, 2010 6:09 AM

By JILL MOON

The Telegraph

Kinder aus Haiti unterwegs nach Luxemburg

Familienministerin Jacobs froh über schnelle Evakuierung der Kinder

Foto: Maurice Fick

Familienministerin Marie-Josée Jacobs (Bildmitte) gab am Donnerstagmorgen die Ankunft der 14 Kinder bekannt.

(hay/FeMo) - Die 14 Kinder aus Haiti sind unterwegs nach Luxemburg. Ihr Flieger ist am Donnerstagnachmittag gegen 16 Uhr in Eindhoven in Holland gelandet, wo sie auch von ihren neuen Luxemburger Eltern empfangen wurden.

Miami Herald reports that Haitian community wants children to be cared for in Haiti

Author: Miami Herald

Date: Thursday, January 21, 2010

US State child welfare administrators had started planning for a possible influx of Haitian children orphaned by the catastrophic quake, but now are being told there will be no such exodus.

``The Haitian civil government is starting to reemerge,'' said Florida Department of Children & Families Secretary George Sheldon, who has been meeting with state, county and federal leaders for several days to coordinate refugee resettlement efforts…The desire of the Haitian people, to the extent that this can be done, is for the children to be cared for in Haiti… That is their preference.''