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21 Jan, 2010

For orphans, safe haven brings new rules

Posted by: admin In: Around Beijing| News

By Bill Dedman, msnbc.com
 

FOND PARIESIEN, Haiti — On their first full day at the pastoral Love a Child orphanage, in the hills outside of Port-au-Prince, the dozen rescued orphans started to settle into a new home with new standards of discipline.
They are safe, clean, well fed and well hugged. They’re also expected to do chores [...]

By Robert Bazell, NBC’s chief science and health correspondent
PORT-AU-PRINCE – The cavalry has arrived in many ways, in terms of the medical care here. More supplies are coming in every day. There are dozens of facilities around Port-au-Prince that are providing medical care, and the hospitals have been functioning more and more.
The biggest problem [...]