Reports: Haitian Director of IBESR Fired; Children May Be Missing from Son of God Orphanage
We covered the Son of God orphanage story on October 18, 2011. A petition was set up and the orphanage closed shortly thereafter.
Now Evangelical sites are reporting that the director of the Institut du BienEtre Social et de Recherches (IBESR), the adoption authority in Haiti, Madam Jeanne Bernard Pierre, was fired on Friday October 28, 2011.
Sources: Seth Barnes blog and Haiti Update: Head of Haiti’s IBESR fired today [BeliefNet blog 10/28/11]
A new petition to investigate IBESR and to help find the 46 children that are possibly missing from Son of God orphanage when it was raided was set up by Seth Barnes. Find it here.
Georgia TV station WSBTV covered the story of the missing children yesterday Mission group uncovers fraud, child trafficking after Haiti quake [WSBTV 10/28/11 by Manuel Bojorquez]
Specifics on the children were discussed on Seth Barnes blog entry 46 Haiti SOG orphans disappear [10/27/11]:
“Just got off the phone with our Haiti staff guy. Here’s his report:
Megan from Respire Haiti reported on her blog October 25 that “Although 39 children were removed from Son of God orphanage last Friday, we were missing 40 children. With amazing, relentless warriors working together we are now only missing 34 children.” She tweeted within the last day that “over 30” are still “missing.”
Whether the children have been taken for medical care, other organizations have re-settled them or they are actually missing, this points to the continuing lack of record-keeping in Haiti. Yet, adoptions are flourishing there.
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