In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, perhaps no story was more distressing than the plight of thousands of children orphaned by the quake.
Recently in Haiti's Orphans CategoryIn the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, perhaps no story was more distressing than the plight of thousands of children orphaned by the quake. First lady Chow Mei-ching and her daughter Lesley were warmly welcomed Monday at an orphanage in Haiti, their first stop on their humanitarian trip. Chow and her daughter visited the children at the Solidarite and Fraternite, a local school and orphanage in Port-au-Prince.  Jonathan Smith loves popcorn and drive-in movies, can eat an entire steak himself and ride a tricycle.
 Miss Connecticut, Bristol resident Brittany Decker, is preparing to return to Haiti and continue her aid work. Thursday night, at the New England Carousel Museum, Decker presented a documentary outlining her platform, "One World: Global Awareness for Global Prosperity."  Six months after a dramatic airlift, 12 Haitian orphans brought to Pittsburgh have not been adopted and continue to live at the Holy Family Institute in Emsworth. The children are being well-provided for, but when they will find permanent homes is an open question.
 A Westlake Village-based spinal neurosurgeon has traveled twice to Haiti since it was hit with a magnitude 7 earthquake in January, focusing his volunteer efforts on a dilapidated orphanage in Port-au-Prince, the nation's capital.
 A little orphan from Haiti has secured six more months in the United States as doctors in Minnesota try to treat a potentially deadly heart condition.
 "Haitian Orphans Have Little but One Another" (front page, July 6) was a profoundly troubling article that revealed one of the critical problems plaguing the international response to the Haitian earthquake.
 Six months after a devastating earthquake flattened Haiti's capital city, little has changed for Ernst Leo and his 7-year-old daughter, Therissa.
 "The kids are doing well," said Sister Linda Yankoski, president of Holy Family Institute. "We feel like they're being fortified for the next step. They're living in a very nurturing environment." The next step, however, remains unscheduled and uncertain, according to Yankoski, who said the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement and the Haitian government will determine whether the children will be adopted in the United States or returned to Haiti. "I understand that communication in Haiti is still very challenging," she said.  Six months after the earthquake, Haiti is filled with donated food from all over the world. But in some cases, kids are going without. That's because, while it's easy to donate food, there often aren't proper distribution mechanisms to deliver it to the people who need it.
More than five months after the earthquake that killed her single mother, Daphne Joseph, 14, lost her bearings a second time when she was forced to leave the makeshift orphanage where she had felt at home.
 She still has the same broken front teeth and those innocently-wide eyes. Her home is still a filthy orphanage on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, where you won't find a single toy and where the children sleep, up to eight to a room, on rusty bunk beds. But Wideleine Fils Amie no longer counts a red tartan dress as her only worldly possession: a couple of months ago, she also acquired a yellow school uniform.
 The Angel Foundation is based here in San Antonio and has been helping orphans since Hurricane Katrina. Sixty-five medical professionals are currently involved in the program to assist orphans in Haiti.
 American actress Angelina Jolie's top priority is to protect the orphaned children in Haiti, it has been revealed. Jolie returned to the SOS Village in Santo, Haiti, outside of Port-au-Prince to evaluate the progress made since she last visited the village more than six months ago. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in January 2010. |
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