Yesterday Joanne Heyman and I attended a Clinton Global Initiative forum on Haiti. It was very informative and gave us the opportunity to connect with other organizations and foundations working on the ground in Haiti. There was much discussion on how everyone can work more cooperatively to facilitate progress which all acknowledged has been moving slowly.
At one point Yele Haiti, Executive Director Hugh Locke gave a presentation on Yele’s efforts in Haiti, during part of the presentation he showed the slides attached below and stated that all of the tents in the images were provided through the Hope Help & Relief Haiti. This was only a quarter of the tents we sent Yele Haiti which are being distributed in various camps through out Haiti, and are located in the tent camp of La Riviere Grise Diaboule in Croix-des-Bouqets. Which coincidently has been one of the towns discussed as a potential area for Hope Help and Relief Haiti to help rebuild a community since the campaign began. I was filled with hope and optimism to see such a tangible result of our combined efforts.
Partners In Health have received their initial 200 which were distributed in part to a large 40,000 person camp known as Parc Jean Marie Vincent. The tents here were scattered throughout the camp and were not concentrated in one particular area. They stated that many of these were given to families so that they could leave the camp and return to their property with adequate shelter. The additional 156 for them are currently in Port Au Prince and they are being distributed; giving priority to women and children and those in medical need, most recently we received images of some of these families which have been shared with our web builder to add on the site.
I also received an updates from ShelterBox who recently visited with both projects and reported while he was there that both projects are going well. You can view tent distribution locations on our Map of Hope located on the Urban Zen website which will updates as we continue to receive locations.
Attached is a one sheet on which provides an update on the Hope Help & Relief Haiti Tents Today Home Tomorrow campaign. Please feel free to contact me directly via email or at 646.621.6365 for additional information on our ongoing efforts.
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- Map of Hope
- Update from Haiti
- Update from Haiti
- Urban Zen Well-Being Initiative Program
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