haitianinternet.com: Food For The Poor building houses in Haiti

For the millions of desperate made-homeless-by-the-earthquake people in Haiti, there is some good news: Food For The Poor is making progress in building more and more houses in Haiti. The charity organization is aiming to build 400 to 500 houses per month in Haiti and they are already in the building process.
There is a Haitian saying "Yo baw kabann, epi-w mande dra." It simply means that, many times, we forget to say "thank you" for the little things that people do for us. Instead we criticize them for not doing more.
Right now, the focus is on getting the earthquake victims in Haiti off the streets and into a safe dry place for the long term.

http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newsroom/in-the-news/ffp-building-houses.html

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Rebuilding Haiti.mov

A post earthquake look at the situation in Haiti after the disaster, and Food For The Poor's efforts to help rebuild housing for suffering Haitians.

http://www.youtube.com/user/FoodForThePoorInc#p/u/2/b3r8-OGEKx0

Four Months After Haiti Earthquake: Need Continues

More than a million people remain homeless from the January earthquake as hurricane season looms over the Caribbean country of Haiti. The homeless, the hungry, those struggling to survive myriad challenges make up the images of the picture of Haiti four months after the earthquake. The need is everywhere – if an area was not directly hit, it has been affected by the migration of those looking for food, for water, for more than a tarp over their heads and dirt under their backs when they finally lay down at night.
"If there is one thing that everyone should know about the efforts to help the people in Haiti, it is that the need is ever-present, and we will be doing this work for a long time," said Robin Mahfood, President/CEO of Food For The Poor. "The people are struggling day-to-day, and we are their only hope. While we are working hard to meet their needs, we have to do more and make it happen more quickly for them. We need everyone’s help."
http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newsroom/news/four-months-after-quake.html

South Florida Medical Director Strikes the Right Note for Haiti

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (May 17, 2010) - VITAS Innovative Hospice Care is presenting a benefit concert in Coconut Grove for Food For The Poor's Haiti relief efforts. The concert, on Friday, May 21 from 6 to 9 p.m., will be at Flavour, an old church that has been converted into a lounge and nightclub

http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newsroom/news/south-florida-medical.html

Hope Takes Root in Haiti

To celebrate Haiti’s Labor Day, more than 1,500 people planted more than 25,000 trees high up in the mountains of Mahotière, which is just south of Port-au-Prince. Now Mahotière, the farm community where the trees were planted, has a strong head start to combat the heavy deforestation, soil erosion and hunger that have become the area’s reality. Food For The Poor donated the trees, and staff oversaw the well-choreographed tree planting by the community on the mountain slopes.
http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newsroom/news/hope-takes-root-in-haiti.html