Haiti13 Project: Monday July 25th, New Skills Found in Haiti (David Johnston)

Monday, July 25, 2011

Monday July 25th, New Skills Found in Haiti (David Johnston)

Today was the first day of actually getting our hands dirty. I signed up for the all-day construction crew and enjoyed a full day of sun at the new warehouse building site. They are constructing a huge metal warehouse to be able to increase the feeding program that feeds 50,000 children in Haiti.

Five of us from the team did a variety of tasks like carrying heavy steel beams, bolting brackets in various places, built some saw horses, and tried not to get in the way. Loads of fun.

David

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AnonymousJuly 25, 2011 at 11:53 PM
So glad you are getting to participate this year. I love reading all the posts from the team. Keep them coming.

Lesa Franklin
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About Haiti

Haiti is in desperate need of economic improvement. The lack of market activity has led to tremendous unemployment, food scarcity and poor education.

- Haiti is ranked 149th out of 177 on the 2009 United Nations Human Development Index.

- Port-au-Prince is ranked 213th out of 221 on the 2010 Mercer world cities livability index.

- The World Food Program reports that food supply covers only 55% of the population.

- Haiti ranks among the worst three countries in the world in daily caloric intake per person.

- 42% of children less than five years of age suffer from stunting of growth.

- Literacy rates in Haiti for the general population were 45% in 2010.

- Unemployment is now 90% in Haiti and 80% of Haiti’s people live in abject poverty.

- There are over 400,000 children without parents in Haiti.

- There are still over 17,000 children in Mission of Hope’s surrounding area that will never go to school, due jointly to lack of money and lack of schools.

- 1 out of 5 children will die before the age of five.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Monday July 25th, New Skills Found in Haiti (David Johnston)

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