Mercy & Sharing’s philosophy is not to remove children from their home country and send them out for adoptions. This is consistent with the Haitian Government policy, as well as organizations such as UNICEF. We have been approached by a number of organizations asking for children, or seeking to move children to our orphanages without permission of the Government of Haiti. This is strictly prohibited, and as evidenced by the leaders of the group from Idaho who are still in jail in Haiti for child trafficking.
We are completely thrilled that a Haitian social service, also known as IBESR, has placed 11 new orphans with Mercy & Sharing at our Williamson campus. When they arrived they were dehydrated and under nourished. They are already thriving in the new Williamson environment.
On another front, the Government of Haiti has started shutting down private schools. The official statement was that they did not believe it was fair for the children in the public schools (which are not open) to have private schools operating. While Government policies seem to change on almost a daily basis, Mercy & Sharing cannot risk its licenses and hence will be complying with the Government policy until further notice.
We are continuing our feeding programs while the resolution of the school issues remain outstanding. Attached are some photographs showing the Canadians who are part of the UN team in helping the orphans and students as well as the neighborhood children at the John Branchizio School in Port-au-Prince.
We also pleased to announce that through the generous donations Sun Electronics in Miami, Florida we have received a donation of a Solar System for the Williamson Campus. This will be incredible blessing as a large cost of operating Williamson is to run the diesel generators in order to create a electric power.
Thank you for all of your donations and prayers, they are making a huge difference in the lives of these children.
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