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…
They intend to return to Haiti, and stay there for life.
But first, Jamie and Ali McMutrie will go back to the Caribbean nation as early as Wednesday to continue their push to bring to the United States 11 orphans who remain at BRESMA orphanage in Port-au-Prince. In time, the sisters say they want to buy property with a Haitian partner and build an orphanage to replace the one the Jan. 12 earthquake destroyed.
‘We definitely want to be there forever,’ Jamie McMutrie, 30, said in an interview Monday with the Tribune-Review.
People constantly ask why she’s drawn to Haiti, said her sister Ali, 22.
‘It’s the people, the culture,’ she said. ‘As soon as you get there, you get the Haiti bug. It’s something strange that I’ll never be able to explain…
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Watch the full interview on “Ellen”