8 barrels with in kind donation from Niyama Yoga members were delivered to the children in Jacmel
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The beautiful town of Mont Fleuri was devastated when a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti. Numerous boys and girls lost their parents and had nowhere to turn.
Following the crippling earthquake of January, 2010 this small town near the Haitian city of Jacmel found itself with the need to care for children that had either lost both parents, or one parent, leaving the surviving parent unable to provide for the entire family.
Overnight, the community had to respond.
Resources were scarce. Two camping tents were secured to house the children. It was to be a temporary solution, but to this day, the tents are the only home for fifty boys and girls.
They have no change of clothes.
They have no bathrooms.
They sleep on the ground, rocks tearing at their skin.
Only twice a day, they eat; often just a handful of beans and rice cooked over an open fire.
Without money, most cannot go to school.
Yet, the tents are their only home, and those within are their only family.
This is no way for a child to live.
Following the crippling earthquake of January, 2010 this small town near the Haitian city of Jacmel found itself with the need to care for children that had either lost both parents, or one parent, leaving the surviving parent unable to provide for the entire family.
Overnight, the community had to respond.
Resources were scarce. Two camping tents were secured to house the children. It was to be a temporary solution, but to this day, the tents are the only home for fifty boys and girls.
They have no change of clothes.
They have no bathrooms.
They sleep on the ground, rocks tearing at their skin.
Only twice a day, they eat; often just a handful of beans and rice cooked over an open fire.
Without money, most cannot go to school.
Yet, the tents are their only home, and those within are their only family.
This is no way for a child to live.
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The Pan-African Association has been on the scene, providing emergency provisions. Caring volunteers from the community offer protection. Yet much more is required. An orphanage must be built. Clothing must be provided. Children must be enabled to go to school.
And they must be equipped with sanitation lest they fall prey to Haiti’s crippling cholera epidemic. Your help is desperately needed. The monthly cost of feeding all fifty children can be estimated at $800, for an annual cost of just $9,600. One child can be fed for an entire year for just $192. It takes only $50,000 to build an orphanage, which will include safe dormitories, a play room, a kitchen, fully equipped bathrooms, and offices for care-takers. In-kind donations would also be warmly welcomed. Children are in need of clothing, shoes, notebooks, coloring books, crayons, any games and activities to prevent them from the tedium offered by life in the tents. |
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To donate items, drop off or mail your contribution to: Pan-African Association, 6163 North Broadway, Chicago, IL 60660.
All donors will receive regular updates as to the orphanage’s progress. With your help, miracles can come true for some very deserving children. |