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Goyavier:
10-mile hike up mountains to expansive community of 10,000
people.
What we are doing:
• Operating a medical clinic, supplying medicine.
• Providing school supplies and sending money for teachers'
salaries so 500 kids can go to school.
2. 87th Place:
1 hour by car or 5 hours by foot from nearest town
(Montrouis). 300 people
live in this remote community.
What we are doing:
• Buying and delivering large bags of
rice and beans, cooking oil, soap, and barrels of water.
Additionally,
we are sponsoring students
at schools in Montrouis and Port-Au-Prince.
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NEWS *
• Herald Tribune Newspaper: "Local
woman's visit spurs help for Haiti
• Mission Trip newsletter:
Nov. 2005
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Facts
about Haiti (from www.cia.gov):
• Poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
(80% live in abject poverty)
• Population: 8.1 million (U.S.=296 million)
• Median Age:
18 years (U.S.=36 years)
• Life Expectancy: 52 years (U.S.=77 years)
• Infant Mortality: 73 deaths/1,000 live births
(U.S.=6.5 deaths/1,000 live births)
• Literacy/those over 15 who can read and write:
53% (U.S.=97%) |
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