Following the devastating earthquake, a group of 33 Haitian children who have been adopted by French families left a school where they had sought shelter and headed to the Port-au-Prince airport.
Aged between one and six years old, they boarded a bus for the airport, each with their hands set on the shoulders of the child in front of them, singing "the little train."
Poor Hygiene, Lack of Water Heightens Haiti Misery
The stench at Place Saint-Pierre, perceptible from 100 meters away, overpowers the senses inside the makeshift camp where thousands of Haitians live in appalling conditions.
The stench at Place Saint-Pierre, perceptible from 100 meters away, overpowers the senses inside the makeshift camp where thousands of Haitians live in appalling conditions.
All but one of them were good health, each child had a Haitian passport with the family name of their adoptive family but also their birth family's surname.
"It's very important that a child knows where he came from," one nurse said.
For Thousands, Haiti Healing Pivots on an Amputation
Jacques Lorblanches will never forget the ghastly conditions, and has lost count of the number of amputations he has performed in the past 48 hours in Haiti, but he will never forget them.
Jacques Lorblanches will never forget the ghastly conditions, and has lost count of the number of amputations he has performed in the past 48 hours in Haiti, but he will never forget them.
Several of the children had been living in a nursery that was severely damaged in last week's devastating earthquake, but "not a single child was injured and not a single adoption file was lost," Gueguan said.
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Haiti Corpses Unlikely to Pose Health Risk: Experts
Decomposing bodies in Haiti are unlikely to pose a major threat to health, although leaving the dead untended or dumping them in mass graves risks intensifying grief and sparking resentment,
Decomposing bodies in Haiti are unlikely to pose a major threat to health, although leaving the dead untended or dumping them in mass graves risks intensifying grief and sparking resentment,
In the days since the January 12 quake, families around the world in the process of adopting Haitian children have pressured their governments to speed up the adoption process.
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