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Storms batter the Caribbean, displacing thousands
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Caribbean storms displace hundreds of thousands of children and their families
10 September 2008
Hurricane Ike has made its unwelcome presence felt in the Caribbean this week, leaving a path of destruction across many smaller islands before slamming into eastern Cuba, which had already borne the brunt of Hurricanes Gustav and Hanna.
Meanwhile in Haiti, an estimated 800,000 people, including 300,000 children, are struggling to recover from massive flooding caused by the back-to-back storm systems. The government has officially requested international assistance. Large quantities of humanitarian supplies were pre-positioned prior to hurricane season in the Caribbean, but the number of storms that have developed this year was unexpected.
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Storm-struck Haiti: From misery to the abyss
After four storms in less than a month, the little that many Haitians had has turned to nothing at all. Their homes are under water, forcing them onto the roofs. School is canceled. Hunger is intense.
In Devastated Haitian City, A Body as Envoy of Peace (By Joshua Partlow, The Washington Post)
Meager Living of Haitians Is Wiped Out by Storms By MARC LACEYThe resolve of the people of Gonaïves, Haiti, is being tested by a string of tropical storms and hurricanes.
Facts about Haiti (from http://www.cia.gov/):
• Poorest country in the Western Hemisphere(80% live in abject poverty)
• Population: 8.1 million (U.S.=296 million)
• Median Age: 18 years (U.S.=36 years)
• Life Expectancy: 52 years (U.S.=77 years)
• Infant Mortality: 73 deaths/1,000 live births (U.S.=6.5 deaths/1,000 live births)
• Literacy/those over 15 who can read and write: 53% (U.S.=97%)
Online donations are now available (Click here or on Contact & Donations).
Help Haiti Now is a non-profit 501c3 organization which provides food, water, medicine, and educational support to the poor in Haiti. Our missions currently assist two remote communities:
1. Goyavier: 10-mile hike up mountains to expansive community of 10,000 people. What we are doing:• Operating a medical clinic, supplying medicine.• Providing school supplies and sending money for teachers' salaries so 500 kids can go to school. 2. 87th Place: 1 hour by car or 5 hours by foot from nearest town (Montrouis). 300 people live in this remote community.What we are doing:• Buying and delivering large bags of rice and beans, cooking oil, soap, and barrels of water.Additionally, we are sponsoring students at schools in Montrouis and Port-Au-Prince.
1. Goyavier: 10-mile hike up mountains to expansive community of 10,000 people. What we are doing:• Operating a medical clinic, supplying medicine.• Providing school supplies and sending money for teachers' salaries so 500 kids can go to school. 2. 87th Place: 1 hour by car or 5 hours by foot from nearest town (Montrouis). 300 people live in this remote community.What we are doing:• Buying and delivering large bags of rice and beans, cooking oil, soap, and barrels of water.Additionally, we are sponsoring students at schools in Montrouis and Port-Au-Prince.
* NEWS *• Herald Tribune Newspaper: "Local woman's visit spurs help for Haiti•
Mission Trip newsletter: Nov. 2005 (PDF)
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