Former Redondo Beach residents Susette and Bill Manassero, who founded an orphanage in Haiti eight years ago, will be featured in a CNN documentary to air at 5 p.m. on May 8.
The Manassero's sold their home and moved to the impoverished Carribean country to manage the Lighthouse Orphanage in Port-au-Prince (See article in the Daily Breeze: http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_14202137?IADID=Search-www.dailybreeze.com-www.dailybreeze.com).
After the devastating 7.0 earthquake struck in January, CNN's Soledad O'Brien began chronicling the plight of the country's 380,000 orphans. The documentary, called "Rescued," will focus on two orphans who live at the Manassero's facility: Cendy Jeune, 6, and Marc Kenson, a former child slave.
As part of the country's growing and controversial orphanage network, the Manasseros are also a prominent focus of the documentary. Their Christian facility provides kids with food, shelter, job training, education and technical skills.
Their orphanage sustained serious damage after the earthquake, but the couple and orphans escaped without injury. The documentary also looks at the challenge of rebuilding the country, and what the future may hold for those already in poverty.
For information, visit www.CNN.com/Haiti/.
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