and we do have to all take that into serious consideration for these children. what s the big picture? how can we help before the earthquake, there were some 380,000 orphans living in horrible conditions. there are many more now. we don t know who is an orphan. i met women in the dominican republic can t hospitals that were saying they haven t spoken to their children or have no cell phones or no way to tell their children they are live and can t find them yet. there s that the most important thing that we can do is protect everybody and give them aid. start to register them. and try to help them with reunification and then we can discuss ways to help them beyond that. and we all need to be here which is the other discussion we have to help these children and this country for a very long time. and on that note, i do want to explore that long-term help beyond the emergency and beyond the band-aid phase. we are going to go for a break now. stand by. we will be back in just a mome
how can we help before the earthquake, there were some 380,000 orphans living in horrible conditions. there are many more now, but we don t know who is an orphan. i ve met women in the dominican republic in hospitals who are saying they haven t spoken to their children, they have no cell phones, they have no way to tell their children they re alive. they can t find them get. so that s the most important thing that we can do, just protect everybody. give them aid, start to register them, and try to help them with reunification, and then we can discuss ways to help them beyond that. and we all need to be here, which is the other discussion, we have to help these children and this country for a very long time. on that note, i really do want to explore that, long-term help beyond the sort of emergency, beyond the band-aid phase. we re going to go for a break right now, but stand by. we ll be back in just a moment after a break.