Merry Christmas and Joy and Hope of Haiti Update

I am sharing on my blog a Joy and Hope of Haiti Update written by Cathy Zavitz: 

Because of your support, be it financial, volunteering your time, prayer or all three, Joy and Hope of Haiti has been moving along at quite a pace this year.  It is ONLY because of working together that we can continue helping in Haiti.

Some highlights and some pictures:

·         There are more school construction projects than ever on our waiting list. 

·         A decision has been made to expand the help in each school area to ensure that there is a proper water well drilled and/or biosand water filtration systems at each school location for potable water. 

·         As a result of the cholera concerns, we have also committed to constructing proper “dry” toilet facilities at each school location by:   www.oursoil.org. 

·         We have committed to construct secure food depots at each school location which will enable the schools to enroll in a food programme offered by the World Food Program to feed lunch to the children in these schools.  This is key to addressing malnutrition and the ability to learn while in school.

·         Additionally, the  Haitian government has decided that elementary schools must now go to grade 9 so we’ve expanded the size of schools we are helping to build. 

A lot has been accomplished in 2011:

Plaine du Nord School Building (8 rooms, food depot and sol soil toilets)

Water well provided in partnership with Lifewater

Plaine du Nord School Sol Soil Toilet Structure

Flavil School Building Under Construction (8 rooms, food depot and sol soil toilets)

 

Bas Limbe Normande Addition to be completed (windows will be changed to shuttered

for cooler and better air flow

OTHER PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 2011

·         Funded construction of two sol soil toilet structures at two school locations ($3,000.00 U.S. per structure)

·         Provided $5,000.00 U.S. in funding for teacher training conference held in summer, 2011

WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE FUTURE

We are continuing to make plans to transform a number of school structures that currently look like this:

….into 8 room schoolhouses with food depots, sol soil technology toilets and clean, potable water.

AND

NONE OF IT CAN HAPPEN WITHOUT ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER!

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR CONTINUED HELP AND SUPPORT YEAR AFTER YEAR!

MAY WE COUNT ON YOU TO HELP NEXT YEAR?

We guarantee it will be worth it!



MERRY CHRISTMAS!