http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniola
Demographics
Haiti has 9 million inhabitants, the Dominican Republic, 9.6 million. Life expectancy is 61 years in Haiti, 73.7 years in the Dominican Republic. Literacy rate (over 15 years old) is 52.9% in Haiti, 87% in the Dominican Republic.
Economics
Personal income
Annual per ca pita income is $1,300 in Haiti, $8,200 in the Dominican Republic.[7]
Looks like these orphans were not really orphans and the Baptist were scamming. Maybe those Baptist should dance more and drink more liquor instead of lying.
They weren’t lying. Normally, the Dominican Republic works hard to keep out Haitian illegal immigrants, but DR has actually taken in a number of Haitian refugees in this disaster, and housing the children there would not have been unusual.