Ok...I'm a little nervous about doing this since I've never done anything like it before. Last year my youngest daughter, Anne-Marie was going to Haiti for spring break to help with an organization called Hand to Hand. I was worried about her safety and started looking up information on Haiti and the political situation at the time since they would be holding national elections during her stay there. I followed several links and came across a picture of an adorable little girl named Irina on a website called www.positivelyorphaned.org The article said she is HIV positive and has cerebal palsy. She is also an orphan. For more information about children with HIV and HIV in general go to www.projecthopeful.org The article also said that she had been transferred to a mental institution. I still didn't fully grasp the significance of what that really meant. After doing some research, I found that children in most Eastern European countries with disablilities like cerebral palsy, Downs syndrome etc... are routinely sent to mental institutions at around age six. When children in the US are preparing for kindergarten, kids in EE are being sent to institutions where they literally sit and rock all day. Nearly 90% die within the first year. Irina is still alive and very much in need of a family. Go to www.reecesrainbow.org to see more children available for adoption. More tomorrow....