CNN —An American nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, according to El Roi Haiti, the Christian humanitarian aid organization she works for. Alix Dorsainvil, wife of El Roi Haiti Director Sandro Dorsainvil, and their child were reportedly abducted Thursday morning, according to a statement on El Roi Haiti’s website. The two were taken while serving in their community ministry on El Roi Haiti’s campus near capital city Port-au-Prince, the post read. “Alix is a deeply compassionate and loving person who considers Haiti her home and the Haitian people her friends and family. Dorsainvil, originally a nurse from New Hampshire, moved to Haiti after her husband invited her to a Haitian school to provide nursing care for the children, Dorsainvil said in a video on the organization’s website.

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Persons: Alix Dorsainvil, El Roi, Sandro Dorsainvil, El, “ Alix, Alix, Jesus, Dorsainvil Organizations: CNN, El Roi Haiti, El Roi Haiti’s, State Department, U.S . Department of State Locations: Haiti, El Roi Haiti, El, El Roi, El Roi Haiti’s, Port, New Hampshire, U.S