Why
HAITI?
WHY indeed.
Did you know?
That while you enjoy a luxury vacation in the beautiful and
tropical Dominican Republic, Haiti,
the POOREST NATION in the hemisphere and third
poorest in the world with less
than 1% of its forest remaining, occupies
the western third of that same island?
Did you know?
While you brush your teeth each morning, the people of Haiti
have less access to clean water and sanitation than the residents
of Ethiopia or Sierra Leone?
Did you know?
Children in Haiti would have never seen a big yellow school
bus; in fact, school enrollment is only around 65% with almost
90% of schools being privately operated.
Why HAITI?
WHY indeed.
Consider …
The next time you are staring blindly into your refrigerator
trying to decide what to eat, OVER HALF of Haiti's population
are suffering from chronic malnutrition and, will eat
"cakes" made of clay
and water to stave off their
hunger pangs.
Consider …
If you need to call a doctor you just pick up your phone but
imagine what you might do in Haiti where for every 100 people,
there are approximately two telephones.
Although, if you were in Haiti you would never actually need
to call a doctor, you have to go find one, as there is only
one doctor to every 10,000 persons.
Why
HAITI?
WHY indeed.
When you are thankful…
for hospitals and birthing centers to care for you, your daughters
and granddaughters, cry that the maternal mortality rate in
Haiti is comparable to that of 75
years ago in the United States.
When you are thankful…
that your preschool child has recovered from a respiratory infection
or diarrhea, anguish for the Haitian families who each year
bury at least 51,000 children, under age five, who perish due
to those very same treatable ailments.
