Within a few days over 10,000 signatures came in signing a petition to get the international media involved in helping to rescue children from Son of God Orphanage. The media did and thanks to some excellent people we work with the children are now safe. Read Seth Barnes’ post below and click on the links to the news articles.
Today, the Associated
Press, ABC
News, Washington
Post, and other news organizations released an
article announcing the closure of the Son of God Orphanage in
Carrefour, Haiti. The children were removed by UNICEF and taken to new
homes.
All of this happened, because you raised your voices.
This kind of action is a rare occurrence in the developing world,
and the timing of it is nothing short of miraculous. In recent years,
only one other orphanage has been shut down by the Haitian government.
and the timing of it is nothing short of miraculous. In recent years,
only one other orphanage has been shut down by the Haitian government.
The director of the orphanage was arrested in June on charges of
trafficking after he was caught trying to sell a child to an aid worker.
His wife has been running the orphanage ever since. She denies charges
of neglect, while malnourished children wander the premises. Along with
several other organizations, we began investigating this case a year ago
when first suspecting foul play. And today we have people in Haiti
helping ensure that the orphans continued to be cared for.
trafficking after he was caught trying to sell a child to an aid worker.
His wife has been running the orphanage ever since. She denies charges
of neglect, while malnourished children wander the premises. Along with
several other organizations, we began investigating this case a year ago
when first suspecting foul play. And today we have people in Haiti
helping ensure that the orphans continued to be cared for.
And today, justice is served. Thank you for your prayers, blogs,
petitions, and all the other ways you got the word out.
petitions, and all the other ways you got the word out.
Everyone we talk to says this shouldn’t have happened. Not in a
week. Not even in month. Five days and twelve thousand signatures later,
the lives of 46 innocent children are saved. I am in awe of our God.
week. Not even in month. Five days and twelve thousand signatures later,
the lives of 46 innocent children are saved. I am in awe of our God.
