Serving Haiti’s Rural Poor in Jesus’ Name
2021 Snapshot
Area and people we serve: Pestel, Haiti, a rural region with about 36,000 people.
Level of poverty: Average daily income is $1. One in eight children are not expected to live past age 5.
TVI’s Haitian Partners: “Christians Progress Together” (Kretyen Pwogrè Ansanm in Creole, or KPA), a community development network of 35-40 people.
2021 Summary
-Work began on rebuilding or repairing 25 community water cisterns in 18 villages
-2,550 tarp-shelters distributed for temporary shelter post-earthquake
-Emergency rice and oil distributed to 770 families who hadn’t received aid - representing at least 3,800 people
-83 children resumed school - the building wasn’t damaged in the earthquake!
-127 of the poorest families received crop seeds
-65 families received goats
-14 elderly (often the poorest of the poor) received a small monthly stipend
Pestel Public School Students get filtered water
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