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California had relocated permanently. >> some people would say, now, how did a bunch of groawn-ups follow an 8-year-old to haiti? >> wasn't my plan, i'll tell you. we wanted to encourage her. we thought it was wonderful, this little 9-year-old girl had this dream to build an orphanage, a school, a church and all these things in haiti. i never thought i'd be here with her. >> reporter: bill and suzette founded the lighthouse orphanage. you started with all boys. >> all boys. 12. >> reporter: when did you start the girls' orphanage. >> december 2006. >> reporter: they were consumed by a desire t...

Money in a jar, planning on going to haiti. that jar got so full and my dad started putting little coins in it and i started putting more, like, dollars in it. >> reporter: in 2004, she and her parents bill and suzette visited haiti. one year later, this family from california had relocated permanently. some people would say how did a bunch of grown-ups follow an 8-year-old to haiti. >> wasn't my plan, i'll tell you. i was -- we wanted to encourage her and thought it was wonderful, this little 9-year-old girl had this dream to, you know, to build an orphanage, a school, a church in haiti. i ne...

And my dad started putting coins in it and i started putting dollars in it. >> in 2004, ar and i her parents bill and suzette visited haiti. ♪ ♪ >> one year later, this family from california had re-located permanently. >> some people would say now how did a bunch of grown ups follow an 8-year-old to haiti? >> it wasn't my plan, i'll tell you that, we wanted to encourage her and we thought it was wonderful this little 9-year-old girl had this dream to build an orphana orphanage, a school and church in haiti. i never thought i would be here with her. >> go back and they there, right? >> bil...

From their parents have been brought -- a boy that we brought just a couple of days ago, he was very you subdued and sad, dt want to talk too much. i saw him again this morning. he was happy, he told me he had new friends. he was in an education activity. he was playing soccer in the field. he was getting some psychosocial activities. so there's hope. and we're not going to stop working until every hatian child is taken care of. >> larry: as we go to break, here's a look at one orphanage in haiti, the lighthouse orphanage, both before and after the earthquake. watch. ♪ a,b,c,d,e,f,g >> we st...

He was in an education activity. he was playing soccer in the field. he was getting some psychosocial activities. so there's hope. and we're not going to stop working until every hatian child is taken care of. >> larry: as we go to break, here's a look at one orphanage in haiti, the lighthouse orphanage, both before and after the earthquake. watch. ♪ a,b,c,d,e,f,g >> we started off with 12 boys in our orphanage. we're up to 54 kids right now. ♪ >> on the street, they just had to grow up so quickly, and now just seeing them at the orphanage, being kids and playing, it's so cool to see. i kn...