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Back International Adoption – Is it possible to find Triumph from Tragedy by Stephen Morgan In the early hours of Dec 26th 2004 the Western world awoke to the unfolding horror that we came to know as the Asian Tsunami. Those of us still recovering from obscenely large amounts of food and drink from the previous day sat transfixed as we watched a horror story of biblical proportions unfold before our very eyes. The United Nations estimated that the Asian Tsunami left more than five million people homeless, including about 1.5 million children most of whom became orphaned. The outpouring of emotion from around the world was of mixed benefit as far as the region was concerned in that yes we all dug deep into our pockets and yes we all lobbied our Politicians to something about it and yes bizarrely this tragedy may have had some knock on effect in the movement to alleviate Third World debt and poverty but the blessings were mixed as far as the people on the ground were concerned. Since the disaster, adoption agencies around the world have been fielding phone calls from well-meaning families wanting to adopt a child from one of the countries hit. Adoption experts say the best thing people can do is to donate money to causes that directly help the children. They say it's wrong to take a traumatized child away from the environment that they have grown up in. Author's Biography: Stephen is the principal advisor for International Adoption Information, an independent advisory organisation in social and child welfare. http://www.internationaladoptioninformation.com,'>http://www.internationaladoptioninformation.com,'>http://www.internationaladoptioninformation.com,'>http://www.internationaladoptioninformation.com, http://www.internationaladoptionusa.info.'>http://www.internationaladoptionusa.info.'>http://www.internationaladoptionusa.info.'>http://www.internationaladoptionusa.info. and http://www.internationaladoptionresourcecentre.com'>http://www.internationaladoptionresourcecentre.com
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