Baptists Say They Were Trying to Help Haitian Kids
Deseret News (Salt Lake City) › February 01, 2010
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Ten U.S. Baptists arrested trying to take 33 children out of earthquake-shattered Haiti say they were just trying to do the right thing, applying Christian principles to save Haitian children.
Prime Minister Max Bellerive told The Associated Press Sunday he was outraged by the group's "illegal trafficking of children" in a country long afflicted by the scourge and by foreign meddling.See the full content of this document
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Baptists Say They Were Trying to Help Haitian Kids
But the hard reality on the ground in this desperately poor country -- especially after the catastrophic Jan. 12 quake -- is that some parents openly attest to their willingness to part with their children if it will mean a better life.
It was a sentiment expressed by all but one of some 20 Haitian parents interviewed at a tent camp Sunday that teemed with children ...See the full content of this document
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