Adopting orphans is ‘premature’

IRELAND is to send a second shipment of supplies to Haiti where shelter for thousands of homeless is now a major problem.

But people thinking of fostering or adopting one of the many children left orphaned by the earthquake should hold off just yet, EU development ministers advised.

The 40 tonnes of Irish humanitarian supplies was announced by Overseas Development Minister Peter Power in Brussels following yesterday’s meeting, in addition to the 80 tonnes sent last week.