I expected devastation, unending poverty and desolation. Instead, I saw progress and hope. Haiti is still the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Most people still don’t have running water and electricity. Many people are still living in tents in Port-au-Prince after the earthquake. But – as we drove down the paved highway (which was...
What’s your charitable-personality type? This profile tool was developed based on data shared among several of us, that was verified by others of us, and validated by all of us, over several beers.Are you…1. The primary guilt ridden type (aka the weight of the world carrier)? – This charitable personality type feels guilty about most...
In a fishing village in Haiti, Haitians travel out to the lake twice a day to feed the fish they have in these cages. The fish are raised and then sold at market, creating a self-sustaining village. Although happy, the disparity between the girls and the boys in this village still remains. Haitian kids can...
Sheryl McCalla The children of Vialet. The boys have shoes, and can go to school. This teenage girl has only flip flops. Yet, their childlike happiness still radiates from their faces. Ed Buckley This villagers visit their fish in the cages to feed them.
The children at this school have running water and a well because of the work done by Water Life Hope and Food for the Poor. Food for the Poor also built this school, allowing this happy kids to spend their day educating themselves. This well was contributed by Water Life Hope to Haiti. This child...