Orphans of Isle de La Gonave D'Haiti
Phone: 239-265-6109
a 501c3 Charity
A Forgotten Island is Left to Recover on its Own
From PRI, "The World"
In the first 19 days after the 2010 earthquake, 630,000 people fled Port-au-Prince; between 7,500 and 20,000 of them to La Gonave...which would mean the island’s normal population increased by between 15 and 20 percent almost overnight.
To feed and house them all would have required a substantial amount of the $9 billion pledged by international governments for Haiti’s recovery. But little of that aid — or the aid allocated by private donors — reached the people of La Gonave.
Of 180 aid projects worth $239 million tracked by an alliance of US-based NGOs, only three involved any activity on the island whatsoever and only one was implemented exclusively on La Gonave. None of the 71 health-related projects totaling $96 million took place there, nor did any of the 101 projects tracked by the World Bank. Read more.
$1,000 MATCH CHALLENGE
We are so excited! A generous donor has not only contributed $2,000 toward building our new orphanage, but will donate $1,000 more if we can match it.
So, everyone...we are putting the next $1,000 worth of your tax deductible donations toward this match challenge. Please give now!
Anderson Cooper's emotional response to President Trump's January 2018 comment about Haiti
He was there in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake and wishes to tell everyone, "I never met a Haitian who wasn't strong. You have to be to survive in a country whose government has all but abandoned its people...where Mother Nature has punished the people far more than anyone should ever be punished."
Books About Haiti and Books by Haitian Authors
