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orphanage founder Michael Geilenfeld falsely accused of abuse
Here is a picture of orphanage founder Michael Geilenfeld who was falsely accused of abusing children in his care.
In the late 2011, Paul Kendrick, a Maine activist for sexual abuse victims, led an email and blog campaign accusing Michael Geilenfeld, the founder of St. Joseph's Home for Boys and North Carolina-based 'Hearts with Haiti' in allegation of child abuse. He accused Geilenfeld as a serial pedophile and 'Hearts with Haiti' of refusing to do anything about him. On his claim, the Department of Homeland Security had launched an exhaustive investigation and found them to be baseless. It was found that Kendrick had never visited any of the three children's homes for disabled and disadvantaged children in Haiti run by the defendants and the jury has awarded $7 million in damages to Michael Geilenfeld and $7.5 million to the Hearts with Haiti. The false allegation had kept Geilenfeld behind the bars for 237 days and cost 'Hearts with Haiti' several million dollars in donations.
No Place Like Home Orphanage, Clercine Port-au-Prince
The family that prays together stays together. They also build their lives together in faith and open an orphanage to offer shelter and love to needy children--at least this family did. Jacques and Marie Alexandre both graduated in 1988 from Arlington Baptist College. They would soon found their Baptist church and minister to nearly 900 people on a weekly basis after a humble beginning from the confines of their living room. Their conversion number grew from 31, when still just a home-run project, to now nearly 5000 conversions and baptisms from 1989 to the last count in 2010.
The couple did work in the early part of the new millennium to educate and feed nearly 100 children on the island. 2010 and the January earthquake that killed so many was a pivotal year for the couple and their ministry. Both survivors, they added more Feeding Centers and schools near Petion-Ville and in Leogane. It was during this period that they opened the orphanage in the country's capital called No Place Like Home.
Just 10 minutes away from the Port-au-Prince International Airport, the orphanage currently takes care of nearly 30 children and finds itself in need of assistance to grow its number and remain sustainable. The couple currently use funds meant for construction to keep the facility operational, and count on the kindness of sponsors to keep them running. Donating to the facility attracts no administrative fees, allowing all the money given to go towards the operational costs of running the orphanage.
Address:
Clercine 14-A Impasse, Obama # 4 - Port-au-Prince
1-800-429-3369 ext. 186
All God’s Children International
All God's Children International was started in 1991 to give care to orphans who deserve to be loved and cherished. The non-profit organization operates under an Orphan Care Program, which gives help to partner homes where children are cared for all day, an Orphan Prevention Program that seeks to help vulnerable women, widows, and children at risk to reunite and stabilize their families, and an Adoption Program which places orphans with loving families. One may contact them at 404 e. 15th, suite 14, Vancouver, WA 98663, call at 503-282-7652, or visit allgodschildren.org/
CCCWA Adoption Services
Adopting a child from the EAC adoption agency can be a more seamless matter if one knows the criteria. Children up for adoption are over 3 months old, and they may be adopted by natives or foreigners who are either legal relatives (evidence of which must be shown), or at least nine years older than the child. Relatives over 50 may also adopt, and the families may have in their home any number of children, biological or adopted, already. You may find the EAC at 12608 Alameda Drive, Strongsville, OH 44149 or at adopt@eaci.com
The CCAI Adoption agency
The CCAI Adoption agency was instrumental in providing care for abandoned or orphaned children throughout the years, but especially following the events of the earthquake in 2010. With international adoption services and other humanitarian aid, the agency has earned its 2013 accreditation with Haiti's main international adoption authority, IBESR as an OAA, or an Organization Approved for Adoption--a first for the country. The agency may be reached at:
Address: 6920 South Holly Circle, Centennial, Colorado 80112
Phone: 303-850-9998
Fax: 303-850-9997
Email: mail@ccaifamily.org
haitiadoption.org
Same Sex Couples are adopting Haitian Children in great numbers
With the 2010 earthquake disaster in Haiti, many Haitian children became homeless. In addition, children are left without parents. This has been a golden opportunity for gay or same sex couple to adopt children from Haiti. In many States in the United States, gay peoples are prohibited from adopting children. They can not get married and. However, since 2010, the percentage of adoption by same sex couple has increased from 8 percent to 19 percent in 2011.
Does Haiti earthquake or Haitian children have anything to do with that? or should I say When one lose, another wins