tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668995971145288694.post6518950951057234095..comments2024-03-11T14:44:28.150-05:00Comments on Pretre's Adoption Blog: UNICEFalitisAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00325586248965829415noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668995971145288694.post-83218660999725629572008-04-09T23:13:00.000-05:002008-04-09T23:13:00.000-05:00Perhaps I was giving too much credit to the Ukrain...Perhaps I was giving too much credit to the Ukrainian gov't when I said UNintended consequence. If the lack of IA is INtended, that is doubly scandalous.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325586248965829415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668995971145288694.post-46463367007271317442008-04-09T18:58:00.000-05:002008-04-09T18:58:00.000-05:00UNICEF money is having a devastating effect in Ukr...UNICEF money is having a devastating effect in Ukraine because it is earmarked to the number of institutionalized orphans in the country. On the surface this seems like a fair way to divide the dollars, so available money goes where it is needed most. But tragically, the practical effect of the UNICEF policy is that it incentivizes Ukraine to increase the number of institutionalized orphans so that they can maximize the dollars they receive from UNICEF.<BR/><BR/>In this context, slowing down and shutting down international adoptions makes more sense. You don’t want to lose a warm body when UNICEF is paying you for it. The tragedy is that the child, if it is an older child, will never benefit from the money, and will miss the only chance they will ever have of having a family. It is more than a tragic.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing on this topic. Very few know about what UNICEF does. They are too powerful to be so unaccountable.<BR/><BR/>Love your blog.<BR/><BR/>DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668995971145288694.post-38237619476998156962008-04-05T14:35:00.000-05:002008-04-05T14:35:00.000-05:00Thanks, I have a weird sense of humor sometimes.I ...Thanks, I have a weird sense of humor sometimes.<BR/><BR/>I am no expert in IA by any means, but when I read about the negative affects the UN policy has on the kids of the world it frustrates me. If the reader comments in the Newsweek article are representative, it looks like that is a universal reaction.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325586248965829415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6668995971145288694.post-85171294252587370142008-04-05T12:19:00.000-05:002008-04-05T12:19:00.000-05:00I love your title--and when I told my husband abou...I love your title--and when I told my husband about it, he said to tell you he loves it too!<BR/><BR/>You're right that a foster care system would take time to implement. We are continuing to lift up Ukraine and its orphans in prayer. We want to adopt from Ukraine someday soon; we know God is leading us there! I am off to read the article.Debora Hoffmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09947148491137183181noreply@blogger.com