FTIA.org Advises Relief Needed First & Foremost for Tsunami
Orphans
Released on = January 6, 2005, 6:58 pm
Press Release Author = Allison Moore
Industry = Non Profit
Press Release Summary = Families Thru International Adoption (www.ftia.org) Advises
Relief Needed First and Foremost for Tsunami Orphans
Press Release Body = ( EMAILWIRE.COM, January 06, 2005 ) Evansville, IN -- With
thousands of newly orphaned children from the tsunami disaster in the hearts and
minds of many Americans willing to adopt, international adoption agencies are being
deluged with inquiries on how to help. Families Thru International Adoption,
headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, is no exception, logging dozens of inquiries
since the disaster hit South Asia on December 26.
The agency adopts children from six international countries including China, India,
Brazil, and Guatemala, but Executive Director Keith Wallace says adopting these
children is premature and is instead directing inquiries to disaster relief
agencies. “We are giving people a list of several agencies we know personally that
do good work for children because the immediate need is for food, medicine, shelter,
and efforts to reunite families and extended families,” Wallace says. All our
inquiries are being directed to agencies such as: Christian Children’s Fund, Oxfam,
Save the Children, and Doctors Without Borders.
Wallace anticipates within the next twelve months the different governments of these
ravaged regions are going to have a clearer idea of the number of truly orphaned
children which Wallace believes will be in the thousands. “I expect that any
responsible government is going to first look at opportunities for domestic
adoption, but with so much devastation, there will be a great need for permanent
homes far beyond the means of the individual countries and the families in those
countries,” he says. When the time is appropriate FTIA hopes to serve these orphaned
children by finding permanent homes for every child in need.
Wallace also serves as a board member of the Joint Council on International
Children’s Services (JCICS). JCICS is the largest organization of international
adoption agencies committed to permanency for all children.
For more information on FTIA and relief agencies, log onto: www.ftia.org.
For an interview with Keith Wallace, contact: Allison Moore via email at:
moore.pr@gmail.com
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Web Site = http://www.ftia.org
Contact Details = Allison Moore via email at: moore.pr@gmail.com
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