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homes outside of the country (Moran). The missionaries intended to take the children to
an orphanage being built in the Dominican Republic, but with no documentation, there
was no proof that the group had any rights to leave Haiti with those children. Like many
faith-based trips abroad, the heart of a rescue mission after a disaster such as this one is
understandable, but confusion ensued after further details were uncovered. The mission
group leader initially told officials that the 33 children were orphans or were handed over
by distant relatives, when in fact the majority of them had one or two parents in Haiti
who willingly handed them over to the missionaries in hopes of education and healthcare
they could not afford.
The earthquake in Haiti and the resulting scandal was another keen example of
the complexity of international adoption. As the pastor of the missionary group
lamented, unlike some developing countries, the majority of children in Haitian
orphanages were not abandoned but voluntarily left there by family members who could
not afford to care for them (Associated Press, 2010). Placing children in an institution
had become a way to survive. Some children left in the orphanages end up involved in
prostitution or as domestic slaves. While it is true that unauthorized removal of the
Haitian children from their homeland was illegal, the life the missionaries were hoping to
provide them was much better than the death and sickness that surrounded the children in
the wake of the devastating earthquake.
Object Description
| Title | Babies without borders: exploring perceptions of international adoption |
| Author | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Author email | n.roberts@ymail.com; simplynicolemarie@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lynch, Brenda Thorson, Kjerstin |
| Abstract | International adoption is an incredibly complex and hotly debated issue. In an effort to understand the roots of the system, the author delves deep into the history of adoption and the transition to international adoption in the United States while examining the perceptions of the system today.; Using public relations techniques, the author offers communication-based recommendations that will help mitigate any stigma so that international adoptions continue without the negative undertones that are often associated with the idea of adopting from another country. |
| Keyword | adoption; international adoption |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Greece; Korea; Vietnam; Guatemala; Romania; USSR; China |
| Coverage date | 1939/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3877 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Roberts-4524 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Roberts-4524.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 60 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 48 homes outside of the country (Moran). The missionaries intended to take the children to an orphanage being built in the Dominican Republic, but with no documentation, there was no proof that the group had any rights to leave Haiti with those children. Like many faith-based trips abroad, the heart of a rescue mission after a disaster such as this one is understandable, but confusion ensued after further details were uncovered. The mission group leader initially told officials that the 33 children were orphans or were handed over by distant relatives, when in fact the majority of them had one or two parents in Haiti who willingly handed them over to the missionaries in hopes of education and healthcare they could not afford. The earthquake in Haiti and the resulting scandal was another keen example of the complexity of international adoption. As the pastor of the missionary group lamented, unlike some developing countries, the majority of children in Haitian orphanages were not abandoned but voluntarily left there by family members who could not afford to care for them (Associated Press, 2010). Placing children in an institution had become a way to survive. Some children left in the orphanages end up involved in prostitution or as domestic slaves. While it is true that unauthorized removal of the Haitian children from their homeland was illegal, the life the missionaries were hoping to provide them was much better than the death and sickness that surrounded the children in the wake of the devastating earthquake. |
