Haiti
The Country Of Haiti
Haiti is described by the U.N. as one of the most degraded countries in the world.Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere, with a life expectancy of 49 years, unemployment 70%. Less than 1% of Haitians has a post secondary education, and the literacy rate is 35%. They need our help now.
Haiti ranks last in the UN’s Water Poverty Index. 80% of all disease in Haiti is water-borne. Almost 1/3 of Haitians have no access to safe drinking water, resulting in disease and a high death rate for children. The best preventative health measure is to provide potable water.
Water in Haiti: The Problem and Solution
A little girl stands in polluted water, holding a bucket to carry the water back home for her family. In Haiti, contaminated water is the leading cause of infant mortality and illness in children.
Germs for hepatitis, cholera, and chronic diarrhea are carried in water used for cooking and drinking. Nearly every water source in Haiti has become contaminated with human waste because of the absence of a sewage sanitation system.
Haiti now has the highest infant mortality rate in the western hemisphere. The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) reported that more than half of all deaths in Haiti were due to water-borne gastro-intestinal diseases.
In 1990, The US Army Corps of Engineers said of Port-au-Prince, "Epidemics including malaria, typhoid, chronic diarrhea, and intestinal infections are caused by water contaminated by rubbish and fecal matter."
Haiti remains the poorest country in the western hemisphere, with an staggering unemployment rate above 70% and approximately 75% living in poverty.
You can stop deadly typhoid, cholera, and chronic diarrhea by working with us to install a drilled well in Grand Goave.
Goats For Families
The vision is that we will provide healthy breeding stock-goats suited to the climate of Haiti. We will also design and build pens, a milking stand, and a small cheese making facility. The goats will then provide milk for the families.
The first offspring of that goat will be given to another local family. Their firstborn kids will then be given to another family, and so on.
Additionally, local people will be able to bring their own milk to have processed into cheese for their own families.
The first step is to build an enclosure for the goats and this will be one part of this year’s trip.
