"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Has anyone seen anything about the need to adopt any of the children
made parentless or familyless by the tsunami? With all the dead, there
have to be lots of kids who will need a home.


There's already talk of at least 5000 immigrants coming to Canada from that
area. I haven't heard if they will key on widows or orphaned children.

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
...

Has anyone seen anything about the need to adopt any of the children made
parentless or familyless by the tsunami? With all the dead, there have to
be lots of kids who will need a home.


Instead of talking about it why don't you set the example and adopt a few
yourself!

On 31 Dec 2004 19:25:55 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:

Has anyone seen anything about the need to adopt any of the children
made parentless or familyless by the tsunami? With all the dead, there
have to be lots of kids who will need a home.


Send money.

Very few infants would have survived conditions that killed both parents.
Pulling older kids out of their cultural environment is a questionable practice
at best. It may be better to create and fund a support structure for the older
kids within their home countries, rather than subject them to the additional
emotional and psychological trauma of losing contact with friends, locale,
lanuguage, customs, and culture. As heartfelt and humane a gesture as adoption
might be, not everybody wants to be, nor should become
Western.


Super idea. Catholic Relief Services in the US is receiving money at
the rate of over $100,000 per hour (per an official from CRS on
yesterday's news). Here is their site:

http://www.kintera.org/htmlcontent.asp?cid=41794

Of course, some folks are very anti-religious organizations, which is
a shame. Here is another case where they are doing some real good.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
Rene Descartes

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
Has anyone seen anything about the need to adopt any of the children
made parentless or familyless by the tsunami? With all the dead, there
have to be lots of kids who will need a home.


Send money.

Very few infants would have survived conditions that killed both parents.
Pulling older kids out of their cultural environment is a questionable
practice
at best. It may be better to create and fund a support structure for the
older
kids within their home countries, rather than subject them to the
additional
emotional and psychological trauma of losing contact with friends, locale,
lanuguage, customs, and culture. As heartfelt and humane a gesture as
adoption
might be, not everybody wants to be, nor should become
Western.



Very true Chuck. Well said.