"It took everything off the walls and looks like a hurricane hit."
Contact: Walter Warren, 918-794-6464
MEDIA ADVISORY, Jan. 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- Bobby and Sherry Burnette, the founders and directors of Love A Child Orphanage, are reporting widespread destruction in Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's massive earthquake.
Bobby Burnette spoke with LightQuest Media by satellite phone and Skype last night, and reported on the status in Fond Parisien, approximately 55 miles from the capital city of Port-au-Prince. There were no casualties on the Love A Child campus, which houses over 70 orphans, and the main orphanage building "made it through OK." There is damage to some of the other facilities, and the children slept outside on blankets last night, too afraid to go back inside the building. Bobby is hearing reports of many, many deaths, and of collapsed orphanages elsewhere. Earthquake victims are beginning to arrive at Love A Child's Jesus Healing Center for medical care. A very high death count is expected.
Bobby and Sherry will be posting earthquake news updates and photos on Love A Child's website as available. Donations to the relief effort can also be made on the website at www.LoveAChild.com.
Bobby will be available for limited interviews by phone or Skype. Please contact Walter Warren at LightQuest Media for more information.
Love A Child is a 501(c)(3) non-profit Christian Humanitarian Organization, and also a Private Voluntary Organization (PVO). Love A Child is member of the Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability (ECFA), which has the highest standards of accountability for non-profits. Love A Child also has the Independent Charities of America (ICA) "Best in America" Seal of Approval.
Bobby and Sherry Burnette have worked in Haiti since 1972, and live at the Love A Child Orphanage. Love A Child's outreach programs include 14 Love A Child schools, which educate and feed over 5,000 children each day, and food distribution programs that feed thousands of Haitian families. Love A Child also holds remote medical clinics with trained medical and nursing staff and a mobile ambulance unit.
