Today I visited a small orphanage in Port-au-Prince to meet Sophna and Sophinia, sisters who are being adopted by Donna and Jim Varda in the United States. The orphanage is currently full but even with the sped up adoption process (from 2 years down to ~1 year) it will be a while before they can accept more children. As you can imagine, it is hard on the staff to have to turn away babies. Here, the children are taught in English to prepare them for adoption into American homes. We washed our hands with a bleach solution before meeting any children as to not bring in sickness.
I don't know the names of most of these babies. Samy is peering at us through his crib. Sophna and Sophinia are standing and smiling in the last picture. They are 18 month old twins. Sophna is the taller one with a big belly.
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ReplyDeleteI love the pictues. The children are beautiful.
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