New Life for Haiti

Plainfield, IL United States

Religion / Spirituality

Haiti is considered by many to be the poorest country in the world. In the area where we work (beyond the city of Jeremie on the southern peninsula), most families live on less than the equivalent of $300 U.S. dollars per year. These families are the descendants of slaves brought to work France's sugar and coffee plantations in the 1700's, and most have never risen above the poverty line. In most of the villages where we work families live in simple huts with dirt floors, bathe in the river, and walk up to an hour for water. Many children are underfed and malnourished.