IBESR Update...

Unfortunately, I have some "not so good news" about what is going on in IBESR right now.

Apparently, a Haitian Pastor from Carrfou (spelling?) had some sort of an adoption scam. Somehow, he got 40 or 50 adoption files through IBESR and then submitted 40 or 50 adoption files, all at once, to Parquet/2nd Legal. At that point, there were questions raised about the files because it is too unusual for any one organization to submit 40 or 50 adoption files all at once. They did some research and now UNICEF is going to audit IBESR because the files had made it through their ministry. In the meantime, no files that were ready to come out IBESR (including mine that I had hoped would come out last week or this week) can come out of IBESR until after the UNICEF audit is completed. Keeping in mind that UNICEF is really not in favor of adoption, it concerns me in terms of how long this audit will take.

I had read reports of a scam orphanage in Port au Prince on CNN news and somebody had emailed the article as well. However, because it did not mention the name of the orphanage in the newsreport, I had not give it much attention and dismissed it as anti-adoption propaganda. However, it turns out that it was that orphanage and that pastor who tried to process these sham adoptions.