poverty

How a trip to Haiti opens your eyes to see extreme poverty and hopeless existence

You visit orphanages, clinics, housing projects, schools and soup kitchens.  It’s good to see some people getting help because you’ll also see a sampling of the hundreds of thousands who receive no help. You see adults working like oxen, pulling large carts loaded with heavy material, and you’re told they probably earn just a few dollars, enough to provide a little food for their families for one more day.  read more »

Introducing Haiti

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.  The overwhelming majority are desperately poor.  About 85% of the people are trying to eke out a living on less than a dollar per day.  There is staggering child mortality, unemployment and starvation. And it keeps getting worse each year.  read more »