Street Kids Interview

It is 4:30 in the afternoon and two of Haiti’s thousands of homeless children recline against a broken car, likely their shelter for the night. This is an account of the conversation between the boys and the director of our orphanage.

Why are you by the street?
My mom cannot afford to take care of me. I am here to take care of myself in working or begging.

Where do you sleep?
We sleep in allies, in broken cars and in gas stations.

How do you eat?
We clean cars and they pay us. We spend that money for food. It costs us $2 US to have a plate. Sometimes we beg to get the money.

How much money do you earn everyday?
It is not stable. The biggest amount is $10 US.

Where do you go to the bathroom.
We just go to the river because it is free.

Do wrong things happen to you in the street?
Oh yes, the policemen used to beat us. They think we are robbers and we are helping the kidnappers. The other thing, the bigger boys can come and get our money in fighting with us.

Do you get hurt in fighting?
Sometimes. When we do we go to the"Sans frontieres Hospital". They give us care for free. We used to get shot too.

Do you want to spend all your life here?
No, we wish we could find someone to help us. I want to go to school. I want to be someone tomorrow. We need help. The street is not good for us. Sometimes we have impression people don’t love us because they refer bad things to us. We are human beings too.


This is not all these children go through. December is a month of sacrifice in Haiti. Children are abducted from the streets. Children separated accidentally from their parents and children that have been orphaned are also at great risk. When a voodoo worshiper wants to sacrifice to the 
devil, they will kidnap children and offer them to their adversary. Children are sacrificed in December because it's the last month of 
the year, the same as paying your tax, according to a native Haitian. Sometimes they sacrifice beef, money, food, etc. In 
voodoo, when there is blood to sacrifice, you have the highest sacrifice: The more precious the blood, the more important the 
sacrifice. 

 Voudou is very real and very present in the every day lives of the people of Haiti.

The following is a story is one of our adopted children’s sisters who Christ saved from the clutches of Satan. Grace's sister is 7 years old. Her dad sold her to a voodoo priest so that he could get money from the devil. The voodoo priest was performing the ceremony to kill her and five snakes wrapped around her neck. She cried out the Blood of Jesus! the Blood of Jesus! The snakes fell off of her neck and the devil told the priest to get her out because they cannot kill her. She does not belong to them. The priest was scared so he went to the police to turn her dad in. What an amazing faith this little girl has! We are proud to have her for our daughter !