Adoption Under One Roof - Comments for "Intercountry Adoption and AIDS Orphans "

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Couldn't they work hard

Couldn't they work hard doing something else?
Something useful?
Something that will really help these kids?
How is making things difficult for these children supposed to help them?
Man, i do not like UNICEF. They are on my hate list along with Autism Speaks and the MDA. The whole world will say, "How can you hate them? They do so much good?"
And I'll tell them why too...

Hi Dee, Rumor has it that

Hi Dee,

Rumor has it that UNICEF is working hard to close adoption in Ethiopia. IMHO we have to lobby as much as possible to keep adoption open. Other than that there are probably some worthwhile organizations that do things there but I personally can't recommend any. The situation is so tragic.

Good Lord

I knew the situation was bad, but 15 MILLION?! Dear God. I have a close friend who cannot adopt from Ethiopia because she is single and the country frowns on it and threatens to close to singles - may already be closed, I'm not sure. She is a professional woman with a good job who could give a child a good life, despite being single. It's such a shame there is a bias against single mothers there.

Is there anything at all we can do to help the situation in Africa?!
Dee

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Yeah, it would be nice if

Yeah, it would be nice if they were to do something useful like... I don't know, do something about the adoption corruption like you said instead of literally throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

UNICEF does give money to

UNICEF does give money to various projects but does not have enough for all the needy orphans and people around the world, and the economic situation being what it is, wealthier countries are giving less. Hence my criticism of the anti-adoption stance.Corruption can be reduced drastically if organizations like UNICEF put effort into that as well instead of closing adoption programs.

How ridiculous UNICEF is. I

How ridiculous UNICEF is. I can't stand them.
Is there some sort of conspiracy out there to annoy me or something?
If they can't allow these children to have homes outside of their countries, could they at least, I don't know, give them large amounts of money and help?