Help for the Children

08/30/2017

This is a wonderful story about how a recycled soap program is fighting Cholera and helping woman make a living.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/soap-recycling-is-fighting-cholera-in-haiti-and-empowering-women-1035011651974

Laure Bottinelli opened a soap recycling business in Haiti that helps elevate women out of poverty while at the same time provides soaps for people in cholera prone areas of Haiti.

08/07/2017

Haiti ranks among the world's most undernourished populations on the planet. Check out this map: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/12149887/World-hunger-What-are-the-most-undernourished-countries.html

The world is still blighted by hunger, with some countries having almost half their population unable to get enough food on a daily basis

06/28/2017

Good news: Infant and maternal mortality were halved in Haiti between 1990 and 2015.
Not so good: More than half of total health expenditure goes toward curative rather than preventive health care.
Read http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21363-haiti-politics-world-bank-calls-for-increased-health-budget.html

Tuesday, according to a new report issued by the World Bank reveals that the health sector needs more public investments and better allocation of resources to improve access to health care for all Haitians...

06/07/2017

Can the high tech community help lift Haiti out of poverty? http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article154723829.html

More than 400 people, including representatives of Google, Facebook, Uber and other tech-based companies are in Haiti for the first ever Haiti Tech Summit.

05/23/2017

Haitians in the US in the news.

The Trump administration said Monday it will extend until January a humanitarian program that has allowed roughly 58,000 Haitians to live in the United States, but it is hinting that further extensions are unlikely.

05/10/2017

Charlier, Haiti was scheduled to get electricity over two years ago, but it still has not happened yet. Read how the dearth of reliable energy is impacting Haiti's progress. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/powering-haitis-future_us_58eb53b3e4b06f8c18beeda5?utm_hp_ref=haiti

Electricity reaches less than one-quarter of Haiti. This is an obstacle to economic and social development. Today, the biggest obstacles to the ...

03/01/2017

NUMBER TWO: Haiti has the largest population in the Caribbean after Cuba. As of March 1, 2017 there are 10,983,274 people living in Haiti. Also the island of Hispaniola is 29,529 square miles making it the second largest island after Cuba. Plaisir fè!

02/15/2017

Please consider making a donation to Help for the Children Haiti.

We are sorry to tell you that tragedy has struck Help for the Children's Executive Director, Ginette Thomas and our family.

One of the children who has been supported in Haiti by Ginette and the organization, 2-year-old Hannah, stopped breathing and died late last week. Ginette is in Atlanta while the children were under the care of several trusted house parents.

At the moment, Ginette is trying to raise funds to get a quick trip back to Port-au-Prince and for Hannah's funeral. We are looking for support to help us get Ginette back to Haiti and to cover the costs of giving Hannah the funeral she deserves.

If you can support this effort, we ask that you make a contribution right away through our PayPal site - https://www.paypal.me/hftc

No child deserves to die so young in life and we grieve for Ginette, Hannah's house parents and the other children being supported by Help for the Children. Thanks, in advance, for your support--once again.

02/13/2017

The latest political news from Haiti - The Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles has resigned, which enables newly elected President Moise to appoint his successor.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Prime Minister Enex Jean-Charles has submitted his letter of resignation to President, Jovenel Moise allowing the new head of state to enter into discussions with the presidents of both Houses of Parliament for hi ...

01/16/2017

We are sorry to tell you that tragedy has struck Help for the Children's Executive Director, Ginette Thomas and our family.

One of the children who has been supported in Haiti by Ginette and the organization, 2-year-old Hannah, stopped breathing and died late last week. Ginette is in Atlanta while the children were under the care of several trusted house parents.

At the moment, Ginette is trying to raise funds to get a quick trip back to Port-au-Prince and for Hannah's funeral. We are looking for support to help us get Ginette back to Haiti and to cover the costs of giving Hannah the funeral she deserves.

If you can support this effort, we ask that you make a contribution right away through our PayPal site - https://www.paypal.me/hftc

No child deserves to die so young in life and we grieve for Ginette, Hannah's house parents and the other children being supported by Help for the Children. Thanks, in advance, for your support--once again.

01/04/2017

FINALLY! Jovenel Moïse becomes the 58th President of the Republic of Haiti. After nearly a year of uncertainty Haiti has a new president. http://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19698-haiti-presidential-2016-final-results-jovenel-moise-58th-president.html

Final results for the presidential election : Jovenel Moïse, « Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale » (PHTK) - 590,927 votes 55.60% ; Jude Célestin, « Ligue Alternative pour le Progrès et l’Émancipation Haïtienne » (LAPEH)...

12/30/2016

Friends—2016 has been a tough year for so many. We can't forget that Hurricane Matthew devastated the town that we support and that YOUR generous dollars showed the community that they were not forgotten.

As we take our plans to the next stage to build a permanent facility in Charlier, we need your help once again. Please consider a generous end-of-year donation to help the children of Charlier: https://www.paypal.me/hftc

Watch this quick video to hear from our founder, Ginette Thomas, and see a bit of the great work that we are doing.

Thanks for your support.