2023 Snapshot

- 130 families received goats (80 in 2022)

- 16 elderly were given a small monthly stipend (about $20 U.S.)

- 80 families given seed (85 in 2022)

- 235 families given emergency food (140 in 2022)

Amazingly, our Haitian partners, KPA, accomplished all this despite a failed government and widespread gang activity! Working directly with Haitians who bought food locally was the only way we could have helped this many people and not drained resources trying to get into and around the country safely.

Highlights from 2023

- Added an additional 1st grade teacher and classroom at St. Rose Elementary School: enrollment is now 108 students!

- Equipped classroom teachers with tables and chairs. (Previously, they had to stand or walk around the classroom.)

- Built 10 toilets in the town of Luciere, which will serve about 30 families – at least 150 people. The 2021earthquake had destroyed the town's public toilets, and few private ones. This is a huge gain in combating cholera and other diseases.

- Miss Rosemite, who TVI supported through nursing school, now travels the countryside to see patients, check the health of shut-ins, and deliver medicine, including COVID-19 medication. She helped 124 people in 4th quarter alone! This year we began paying her a small stipend and giving her money for medicines.

- One water cistern was repaired, completing a two-year project of 26 cisterns repaired or completely rebuilt after the massive earthquake of August, 2021. Communities share the water collected, greatly expanding the impact.

The Impact of the Numbers

- 130 families received goats. This is essential to a family’s security. A goat is part bank account and part food source. Yvrose, age 62, said “(Having a) goat is helpful for me. I wanted to cover my small house (with a roof), so I sold a goat and I bought sheet metal.” Families receive a goat and agree to give a young goat to another family and perpetuate the gift.

- 16 elderly people were given a small monthly stipend (about $20 U.S.). The elderly are some of the most vulnerable, having no way to earn a living.

- 80 families were given seed (85 in 2022). At a time when the roads to markets in Port-au-Prince are gang-ridden, growing and selling crops locally becomes life-saving.

- 235 families were given emergency food, representing about 1180 people. The increase was due to a sharp rise in food insecurity and starvation in Pestel. Many people moved to Pestel from Port-au-Prince because of rampant gang activities, straining the dangerously-limited resources. Gangs force some to leave their homes. Phenicq, one of our Haitian partners, writes, “We are worried by the situation. Many people come to us every day in order to get assistance from KPA, but we cannot help all the people.”

The photos below are from the October 2023 Food Distribution. 235 families received food in 2023 consisting of rice, oil, and protein, usually beans or peanuts.