some of them have been hit in the head with side-view mirrors. these kids are 6 and 7 years old. they get pretty badly beaten up just walking and working the street here. this is what i do for school. reporter: you started with all boys? all boys, 12. and we just saw a slow but amazing transformation go on in their lives. when did you start the girls orphanage? december of 2006. reporter: where most orphanages aim to get haitian children adevelopment add broad, they choose to raise the children in their homeland. i don t believe the answer is to take everybody s children and these countries and ship them off. what is the answer? every person has to do their part. for us, it to stay here and to try to raise these kids up in a way that they can give back to their nation. reporter: this was one of the first boys at cendy s orphanage. his story gives hope for a little girl like cendy. maccenson was born in a rural village with wrenching poverty. life was so desperate
village with wrenching poverty. life was so desperate there that his father sold mcenson and his sister to a stranger. they became child slaves. literally, the creole words for stay with. were you a restovik, a child slave? translator: and your sister? translator: the same. reporter: he was 9. his sister was 6. and estimated 300,000 haitian children live legally as slaves. how much money did the woman who paid your parents how much did she pay for you? me and my sister? $120.
high foot, high foot, low foot. i don t believe the answer is to take everybody s children in these countries and ship them off. reporter: what is the answer? every person has to do their part. you know, for us it s to stay here and to try to raise these kids up in a way that they can give back to their nation. reporter: marc kenson olibris was one of the first boys at cendy s orphanages. his story gives hope for a little girl like cendy. marc kenson was born in a rural village with wrenching poverty. life was so desperate there that his father sold marc kenson and his sister to a stranger. they became child slaves, restavecs, literally the creole words for stay with. were you a restavec? resta reporter: a restavec, a child save. oui.
and we just saw a slow, but amazing, transformation go on in their lives. reporter: when did you start the girls orphanage? that started december 2006. reporter: where most orphanages aim to get haitian children adopted abroad, the manasseros choose to raise the children in their homeland. high foot, high foot, low foot. i don t believe the answer is to take everybody s children in these countries and ship them off. reporter: what is the answer? every person has to do their part. you know, for us it s to stay here and to try to raise these kids up in a way that they can give back to their nation. reporter: marc kenson olibris was one of the first boys at cendy s orphanages. his story gives hope for a little girl like cendy. marc kenson was born in a rural village with wrenching poverty. life was so desperate there that
gun rights applied in federal jurisdictions. also, senator robert carlisle byrd, a man of modest beginnings, who championed all things west virginia. the 92-year-old senator by the way, the longest-serving member of congress, died early this morning. a statement from president obama reads in part, here it is. senator byrd s story was uniquely american. he was born into wrenching poverty, but educated himself to become an authoritative scholar, respected leader, and unparalleled champion of our constitution. end quote. colleagues, as you can imagine, both sides of the aisle, are calling senator byrd irreplaceable. throughout his 51 years, the longest tenure of any member in congress of this united states, robert c. byrd was a tough, compassionate and outspoken leader and dedicated above all else to making life better for the people of the mountain