2010 Haiti Quake Will Bring Back 2008 School Collapse Memories and Highlight Hatian Chidren's Plight

The memories of the 2008 Haitian school collapse are flooding our mind. That incident reminds us that many lives were lost due to the lack of equipment and wrong building codes. This earthquake will have caused far more damages. Haiti does not really have a good emergency force. Yes, the peace-keeping troups are still in Haiti. With the destruction of roads and their own equipment, there is not much they can do.

Haitians used their bare hands to rescue their kids and neighbors.









Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, has been struggling to recover from widespread riots over rising food prices, a string of hurricanes and tropical storms that killed nearly 800 people.

Thousands of Haitian menial laborers live in collapse-prone hillside slums around the capital, Port-au-Prince, to be near the mansions of the foreign diplomats, U.N. staff and wealthy elite for whom they work.

Parents said they toiled endlessly throughout the year to afford the school's $1,500 tuition in hopes of empowering their children to someday escape poverty.

Six Haitian Children Have Been Sponsored Through SponsorandFeedaChild: Monthly Sponsors' Checks Pay for School and School Supplies

Six Haitian Children Have Been Sponsored Through SponsorandFeedaChild: Monthly Sponsors' Checks Pay for School and School Supplies

In a country that has the highest illiteracy and child mortality rate in the western hemisphere, any small help counts. That is why we are happy to celebrate our first landmark. Thanks to your generosity and monthly donations, six Haitian children have been sponsored thus far. That means SponsorandFeedaChild has been able to find sponsors for 6 Haitian kids who are able to go to school with the right uniform and supplies.

For those of us who live in Europe, the United States, and Canada, this achievement by a few-months-old program may not mean much, but it means a whole lot for these Haitian children and parents who receive between $20 and $25 monthly for school and school-related expenses. Let us hope that there will be more for them to use on costly food items and health care some day.

How can you join this cause?

There are many ways your agency, your organization, your friends and you can help. The last four hurricanes destroyed schools and limited school supplies. Haitian students are asking for pens, pencils, erasers, glue and other supplies. Some sponsors are sending small boxes of supplies to Haitian students. You too can make your voice heard by organizing a group who will send these materials and supplies to the Caribbean nation of Haiti (I will provide address to you if necessary).

You can decide to contribute only $25 per month to a child whose picture and updated info you will have from time to time. By writing to Sponsorachildemail@gmail.com, you agree to participate in this network-for-good program. You will be right on your way to making the difference in a needy child's life. You agree that education is the best and a guaranteed lifetime investment anyone can make.

Sponsorandfeedachild Program gives you the opportunity to reach out and lift up a needy child. Will you not take this opportunity to do good now?

Once again, thanks to our current sponsors and friends!

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