No one is selling children

Let's be very clear. The Haitian people are not selling their children. This is illegal, immoral and highly appalling! The in-country fees that must be paid are legitimate expenses. Part of the fees are to cover the legal costs of adoption, such as courts, lawyers, birthparents’ travel to court and paper processing. The packet we send to Haiti will contain almost 200 pages of info., most of it repeated and translated, but it must still be read and analyzed. The rest of the fees are to cover some of the care and medical expenses for the children. Most of Haiti has no clean drinking water, therefore the orphanage must have a way of providing its own clean water. Also, the orphanage provides medical care to the children. Most of the kids who enter the orphanage were born at home and have never seen a medical professional before. Also, most of their parents have never had medical care.

In Haiti, like here, parent's love their children. They want to raise them, but often due to very poor conditions, parents can not provide enough for their kids to keep them alive. This is why we are on this journey!

For an eye opening glimpse into they real lives of Haitian farmers, check out this video.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7807530395118316902