Jamie, left, and Ali McMutrie wait in the chill of an open Corporate Air hangar at Allegheny County Airport as the plane that will take them to Haiti is loaded with supplies for their BRESMA orphanage.
Two Ben Avon sisters left for Haiti Monday — their mission, to bring home 12 stranded children from a Port-au-Prince orphanage or stay behind to watch them as their country continues to dig out from a deadly earthquake.
The orphanage, known as BRESMA, was the center of a dramatic mission led by Gov. Ed Rendell last month in the aftermath of the quake that has already created countless new orphans in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation. Fifty-four children from the damaged orphanage who had been living in precarious conditions were flown to the United States Jan. 18
Jamie and Ali McMutrie, along with Leslie McCombs and her son, Herbie, boarded a private jet Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Allegheny County Airport, bound for Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after a stopover in Opa-locka, Fla. At 4:20, Ms. McCombs, a senior consultant for government affairs at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, reported back: “Just wanted to let you know we arrived safely.”…
Two local sisters returned to Haiti to help more orphans recovering from a devastating earthquake.Jamie and Ali McMutrie brought 54 orphans in January after the earthquake. On Monday, the sisters flew back to Haiti on a small donated plane.They are taking food and supplies to the 28 children remaining at the BRESMA orphanage. 16 of those kids are supposed to be adopted by French families. Another 12 do not currently have a country that will take them in…
The McMutrie Sisters are saying “thank you” to the City of Pittsburgh.
Jamie and Ali McMutrie first gained attention when they flew 53 orphans into Pittsburgh after a January earthquake destroyed the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
The sisters, who have volunteered in Haiti since 2002, returned to Haiti after finding homes for the orphans in their care. They are visiting Pittsburgh this week to raise money for their non-profit, Haitian Orphan Rescue, with the goal of building a new orphanage, school, clinic, and farm in Port-au-Prince.
The sisters have a $4 million fundraising goal, but that is not all tomorrow’s event is about.
”We’re kind of calling it a big party — a thank you from us to this whole city because even though it’s 10 months later, we never really got a chance to express how seriously appreciative we were of the people that just poured out help to us, so it’s affordable, and hopefully a way that everyone can come out and have a good time and help support our efforts,” Ali said…
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