Let's Talk Adoption and Helping Haiti

Okay, I know that much of my blog is nothing but adoption talk, but let's talk about it a little bit more.

Haiti has been on the minds and hearts of many of us and will be for a long time to come. For those of us in the adoption community, we tend to be drawn even more to what is happening with the Haitian orphans and some people now want to find out how to go about adopting from Haiti. Dawn Davenport from Creating a Family and the author of "The Complete Book of International Adoption" did a radio show today on adoption from Haiti. She had representatives from USCIS, the State Dept and agencies on the show discussing the current situation and answering questions.

Considering the fact that I've now heard of two people being asked if they are going to adopt from Haiti now and am just waiting for someone to ask us the same question, I'm glad I listened to the program today because I have some good educated answers to that question now.

For those families who are interested in doing something to help the crisis in Haiti while also getting the chance to win a vacation in Destin, FL, go visit my friend Megan's blog.

Another friend, Maria, has started a campaign to help find adoptive families for children with special needs. Because of the way the system is set up in the Eastern European countries, these children are in danger of being institutionalized for life. If anyone is interested in more information or knows of a family that might be interested in obtaining additional information please visit Reece's Rainbow.