Adopted by French Families, Haitian Children Arrive in Their New Home

Haiti's Loss
A Haitian mother cries after her son's adoption. Some of the children adopted were not orphans, though it is not uncommon for parents in Haiti give up their children to orphanages. Even before the earthquake, according to UNICEF, some 400,000 children, or about 1 out of every 10 Haitian kids, lived in some type of orphanage. Of those, only a few thousand were actually orphans. The rest were relinquished by parents who feared they wouldn't be able to feed and clothe their children at home.

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