I was reading the Wikipedia... yes, it's pathetic. BUT I came across something to blog about so it's not that bad, huh? Well, it's called Operation Baby Lift, a mass evacuation of South Vietnam's children during the last day of the Vietnam War. It placed thousands of Vietnamese kids in homes around the world. If you are looking for media presentations of this event, here are three that you can probably get on DVD:
This was the case of an impressive maneuver of government and nonprofit organizations' efforts in case of great disaster. The newest comparable case would be the Haitian's orphan rescue by the New Life Children's Refuge of Idaho. If the children were taken out of a disaster stricken country, without proper paperwork, put up for adoption, chances are those kids still have living relatives that would like to take them back. This is where the pros and cons of swift actions versus correct paperwork come into play. Is it better to place the child in a stable environment ASAP or to wait for the UN-recommended 2 years waiting period? Or in the case of Kyrgyzstan's investigation that I blogged about earlier, dragging its proverbial feet and making the families waited needlessly?
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