“Slamming the Door”
The Washington Post reported Sunday that the Guatemalan shutdown that seemed temporary will most likely take a lot longer than expected.
It also seems that our fine State Department has also been behind the shut down and for a reform not necessarily for bringing our children home in an expedited manner like we have always been told.
And, of course, UNICEF, has stuck its foot in there to grab the attention for human rights and as I reported before…to supposedly donate money in order to clean everything up.Unfortunately, for these children the option is adoption or the streets. UNICEF favors foster care systems, or orphanages but we all know how kids turn out in countries with little or no funding. See Romania or Russia?
I think Unicef is rightly concerned about human trafficking and baby buying, but institutions can’t create childhoods or families and shut downs don’t help anyone.
Yes, I think they should be concerned because from what I hear there is some child trafficking going on. However, I don’t like what I hear about how they are doing it. I have heard rumors that they are donating millions to Guat. just to shut their doors and clean up the “mess”, even before all families with referrals have completed the process. You would think that they would want children to find homes. But, it seems that UNICEF is for children staying with culture no matter what the cost, as are many orgs.