A 15-year-old Haitian teenager was legally adopted last February by the founder of a Cobb County born non-profit organization.
Crawford Hitt accepted Handel Estivene into his family this past February after the devastating earthquake in Haiti almost a year ago. Hitt is the founder of a Christian-based non-profit organization that donates school supplies to children across the world whose families are unable to provide the necessities their children need. Hitt was corresponding with Estivene's father, a pastor in Haiti, after the earthquake and both agreed it would be highly beneficial for Estivene to move to the U.S. in order to finish his education due to the poor condition of post-earthquake Haitian schools.
Estivene is a legal citizen and says that due to the fact that it would be difficult for his parents to obtain long-term Visas he will return to Haiti to be with his family after he finishes his education. Estivene says that being adopted by the Hitts has changed his life dramatically and allowed him the opportunity that many may never be able to have.
"The Hitts have had to show me what living in America is like. It is very different than my life in Haiti. Everything in Haiti is a party, here there are a lot more rules and structure. School is also much easier here and less strict," Estivene said.
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