Feeding Program Sponsorship

Until their political and economical situations improve dramatically, we won’t see a vast improvement in the health of many of their children. Where malnutrition is, poor education always follows (compounding the issues of Haiti’s future). It’s a well known fact that children cannot thrive in many areas of life without proper nutrition, but they especially cannot focus in school. Many Haitian teachers basically say, “We have to send many of them home. They’re in a daze the entire day without being able to focus at all”. There is just no reason people should have to live this way. Until their agriculture situation improves, so many children (especially in the more remote areas of Haiti) are wasting away, literally. Our meals provide a quick nutritious fix for these children. Our goal is to continually add more local grown Haitian vegetables into these meals as well as use some other in-country resources of nutrition.

One child or community at a time, we can help make a difference.

• One quarter of all Haitian children are malnourished (this doesn’t even count the high percentages of children with stunted growth/development or anemia).
• Less than 50% of all of Haiti’s population has access to clean water.
• Between “years of bad political moves and decisions” and Haitian farming/agriculture being unable to get ahead due to extreme weather situations (of too little rain followed by too much)…the malnutrition problem in Haiti is not a quick fix.
• 80% of Haiti’s rice and and almost 50% of all of it’s food is now imported. As so many now rely on imported food, the meals are becoming less affordable, & the Haitian dollar has depreciated in value against the US dollar.
• Haiti’s minimum wage is 200 Gourdes/day (this is equivalent to around $4 US dollars).