• Press release: temporary suspension of adoptions in Haiti is renewed

    On 15 March 2020, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs issued a three-month order suspending international adoptions in Haiti. The suspension was first renewed on 9 June 2020. The …

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  • A Special Flight from Haiti

    The COFA LYON – Œuvre Adoptive Lyonnaise team is happy to announce the arrival of five adopted children from Haiti, on Sunday 21 June 2020, by humanitarian airlift. The flight …

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  • 2020 Picnic Postponed

    As announced in “CONTACT” No. 39 in June 2020, the 2020 edition of our annual picnic, which is usually held in September, was postponed due to the health situation. See you …

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  • Temporary suspension of adoptions in Haiti

    Coronavirus As part of its effort to protect itself as much as possible against coronavirus, the Haitian government has suspended all flights entering its territory. Socialisation visits are currently not …

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  • New premises for Nid d’Espoir

    “Nid d’Espoir,” a children’s home managed by Dally Télémaque Bernard, moved at the beginning of 2019. It is now housed in a spacious villa in the Tabarre neighbourhood. Although several …

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  • Paul’s arrival in France

    Our reunion After a ten-month wait between our two trips, which was at times difficult (and we do realise that this was a reasonable wait, given current circumstances), it was …

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  • 2018 Picnic

    Our annual picnic was held in the sunshine on Saturday, 8 September 2018 in Oullins, in the Rhône region. Over 200 people enjoyed getting together to share their experience of …

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  • A second trip to Haiti for the MOUGEL family, who has returned to France with their son, Cédric

    20 February 2018 We were once again standing in front of the metal door that had closed behind us 15 months before… As the door opened, we tried to spot …

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