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Haiti orphanages overflowing
Assessment team finds needs throughout country
Mar 3, 2010
By STAFF

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CHILDREN Througout Haiti, parents struggle to care for their children and orphanages and hospitals are full to overflowing. FBC photo
CAP HAITEN, Haiti (FBC)–An orphanage in Cap Haitien housing 30 children before Haiti’s earthquake now cares for 107 orphans, young victims exiled from Port-au-Prince to the northern city.

They have overwhelmed the facility and are sleeping on the floor and going without food, reported Craig Culbreth, director of Florida Baptist’s Partnership Missions Department. Few provisions had been made for the children’s long-term care or nourishment.

In the days following the earthquake, Joseph Philas, director of missions for the North Association which surrounds Cap Haitien, purchased rice with Florida Baptist disaster funds and distributed it to the orphanage.

When Culbreth arrived at the northern port city Feb. 16, Philas took him to the orphanage where Culbreth arranged to purchase additional beds and rice for the young earthquake victims.

Along with the orphans, 200 injured refugees were sent to a Cap Haitien hospital for medical treatment in the early days, where many still remain.

Another 8,000 refugees were sent to a city-owned building, where they were helped and then dispersed into the community to cope.

The director of missions distributed rice to both of these locations after the refugees arrived. 

“The refugees are coming back to [hospital and the city-owned building] to see if they can get food or medical help. There is little to spare,” reported Culbreth, who authorized additional food purchases for each site during his visit. 

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