Thank you so much for your compassion for Haiti’s children. Their needs are greater than ever. It sounds like you, your husband, and your church are already doing important things to help.

In answer to your question about World Vision’s work with orphans, we and many other organizations are emphasizing a careful and cautious approach to helping children who have lost parents in the quake. World Vision ensures that children are the first to receive food, medical attention, and other aid, and staff are providing safe play areas for children to help them recover from the shock of the disaster. In addition, we’re supporting efforts to identify children with no surviving relatives and provide legal protection for them. During this emergency phase, international adoptions are not advised (my blog this week has more information about this). Meanwhile, World Vision’s care for 51,000 sponsored children in Haiti continues — praise God, all were spared by the quake.

Please continue to pray and do all you’re doing. As the dust settles in Haiti, we will know more about the needs of orphaned children and the ways caring people like you can help.

Still, I have the sense that God may be calling me and my husband to do more. Can you speak to the current situation and needs of orphans in Haiti right now and how someone like me can help? Where can I learn more about ways to help orphans? Does WV have any programs for orphans? Thank you.