Rescue Children Orphanage (Evacuated to Love a Child Orphanage/Family Refugee Camp)
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- Rescue Children is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization headquartered in Spartanburg, SC in the US and in Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. Rescue Children Orphanage, a project of Rescue Children, is located in the Santo area of Haiti. History - In July of 2005, Rescue Children Orphanage officially opened its doors in Haiti near the capital of Port-au-Prince. We are located in the Santo area within 30 minutes of Toussaint Louverture International Airport and less than 45 minutes from the Dominican Republic. Currently, 17 children are registered with plans to add more children in the future.
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Posted: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 7:09 AM
FOND PARISIEN, Haiti -- After a tense week at their crumbling orphanage in Port-au-Prince, the dozen children protected by Lifechurch volunteers were evacuated on Monday afternoon to a beautiful orphanage 40 minutes away, nearer the Dominican border. Two of the men and two women stayed behind for the night to guard their food, generator and other supplies.
The security situation deteriorated quickly at the Rescue Children orphanage early in the day, with scowling men knocking on the gate demanding food. And looters showed up for the first time in the Santo neighborhood, about a mile northeast of the Port-au-Prince airport.
The men from Lifechurch, in Allentown, Pa., packed a hired truck with two big bottles of water, clothes and the tent that the children had slept in since the quake a week ago. After a hurried lunch of potatoes and carrots, 12 children piled into their SUV and the truck, along with senior pastor Randy Landis, “house father” David Harris and “mama” Regina Benoit.
This was another world entirely. Behind guarded fences, the red tile roofs of Love A Child Mission contain a 20,000-square-foot orphanage, a health clinic, a giant warehouse for food distribution and a Christian radio station. Three horses grazed in the front yard under a sliver of moon. There was even a playground.
The 67 orphans at Love a Child turned out to greet the newcomers, under the command of founders Bobby and Sherry Burnette. Or Sherry's command, anyway. She's the one with the whistle and a belt, and knows how to use both. “Rapid! Rapid!" she yelled, and the younger children all helped unload the truck, even huge bags of clothes and mattresses.
READ THE FULL STORY AT:
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/01/19/2177584.aspx
Mission leader Ramon Crespo says goodbye to Roger, 9, before the children and staff of Rescue Children orphanage evacuate their compound.
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Website appears to be outdated - unsure of contact info as a result?!!?
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Found at:
http://haitiearthquakesurvivors.blogspot.com/
Rescue Children - (Allentown LifeChurch) building was damaged, but children and employees were not injured.
http://www.goupstate.com/article/20100114/ARTICLES/1141053/1083/ARTICLES?Title=Haitian-earthquake-tragedy-hits-home-for-many-in-Upstate
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/01/17/2176364.aspx
http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/all-haiti-hacketstown-011310-cn,0,1863921.story
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/01/15/2175535.aspx
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SEE CAT FACILITY RECORD - LOVE A CHILD ORPHANAGE:
https://ccc.haghy.com/shelters/5057