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We are considering adopting through an orphanage in Haiti, called Precious in his sight. This being our first time adopting , we don't know what questions to ask. We thought it was strange for them to ask for $4,500 up front. Is this a normal up front fee? Has anyone adopted through this organization? What advise do you have for someone adopting for the first time? How can we ensure that someone will not walk off with our money?
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I have very good friends who adopted 2 beautiful children through Precious. Unfortunately, their process was not an easy one and many, many months went by before they could bring their children home and they had to fight to do so. I know that they would HIGHLY recommend anyone to adopt from Haiti, just NOT with Precious.
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Apparently Precious In His Sight was closed at the end of October due to fraud. I don't know the particulars but I've heard that there is a lot of missing money. I would be really interested in hearing from any family that was in the process of adopting when it was abruptly shut down. I hope that someone is trying to help them as I heard they are in complete limbo and the director of PIHS is not trying to help them. I went to that site constantly and used to consider using them in the future.
Please let me know what you find out. I heard this from someone who had previously adopted two kids from PIHS and is in contact with people who were in the process when it went sour. However, I do not know his contact info or I would try and get more specifics from him. If you visit their site at [url]http://precious.org/haiti/[/url] you can see that there is obviously a problem. Also they changed their "Our Orphange in Ethiopia" to "Our Adventure in Ethiopia." I am not sure what that means. I would really like to know what is going on only because I was hoping to use them in my next adoption... like everyone else I just fell in love with those internet babies.
Christy
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My friend at work and his wife are trying to adopt a 15-year-old-boy from Haiti. They were using PIHS. There IS a problem, it is NOT a rumor. My friend doesn't know if they will be able to recover any of their money. They are trying to complete the adoption without PIHS. The real tragedy in their case is that this boy is 15. If the adoption is not complete before he is 16, he stays in Haiti.
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Hi all,
Sorry to keep posting on this. It is with a saddened heart that I have to say the rumors are true. It breaks my heart. All of us can fall and make poor choices...so I will not heap on kicking someone while they are down.
But here is a link explaining the issues. Written by one of the board of directors at PIHS. It also has email links to all the board of directors, who are still trying to salvage what they can. It is a sad and tragic story. :(
[url]http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Haitianadopt/message/3741[/url]
With sadness..
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