Presentation designed for young audiences, showing rural Haitian children's everyday lives, to enhance Zanmi La Santé Paris' crowdfunding campaign to finance school meals. “50 000 schoolmeals for Haiti” https://rally.org/schoolmealsforhaiti Zanmi La Santé Paris http://www.zanmiparis.org/en/

1. *MORNES are volcanic hills and mountains
covering most of Haiti.
Haiti means « mountainous island »
HOMES, VILLAGES & CHILDRENHOMES, VILLAGES & CHILDREN
OF THE « MORNES* »OF THE « MORNES* »
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2. It takes an hour and a
half to fly from Miami to
Haiti.
11 million people live there, in a
country the size of West Virginia
(population: less than 2 million.)
Haiti is a former French colony
where slaves brought from Africa
worked rich sugar and coffee
plantations.
In 1804, Haitian slaves revolted
and gained their independence and
their freedom
Today, 50% of Haitian children
don’t have enough to eat or don’t
eat adequate food.
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4. MOST VILLAGES IN THE MORNES ARE VERY POOR.MOST VILLAGES IN THE MORNES ARE VERY POOR.
TOO MANY PEOPLE LIVE ON SMALL LOTS WHICHTOO MANY PEOPLE LIVE ON SMALL LOTS WHICH
ARE OVER-CULTIVATED.ARE OVER-CULTIVATED.
• Palmary: 39 Families,
160 children
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5. VILLAGE OF EPINVILLAGE OF EPIN
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• 150 Families, 679 Children

6. “When we travel we take
a ‘tap-tap’ like this. Our
Moms don’t have a
kitchen but they are good
cooks. There are not
many stores and they
look like this.”
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7. “Every day we must go to fetch water for the family.
Sometimes we must walk very far to find water, especially
when it does not rain.”
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8. “Most of us live in houses like these. Even schools and
churches often are like this.”
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9. One of our projects has been to build decent houses for the
poorest families. Here is one of our houses next to the house
where a large family lived.
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11. This old house was
replaced by a solid
wooden house.
(Housing program
Zanmi Lasanté PARIS)
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12. Our houses stand in the middle of vegetable
and fruit gardens, called « Lakou » which help
feed our families.

13. ““WE CELEBRATE IN OUR CHAPELS ANDWE CELEBRATE IN OUR CHAPELS AND
CHURCHESCHURCHES””
• Catholicism is Haiti’s official religion.
• But many Haitians are Baptists, Evangelicals and
Episcopalians
• Voodoo, a religion that brings together practices brought
from Africa by the former slaves and Christian beliefs, is
also widely followed.
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14. HAITIAN PEOPLE WORK HARD TO MAINTAINHAITIAN PEOPLE WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN
THEIR CHURCHES AND CHAPELSTHEIR CHURCHES AND CHAPELS
Children preparing
the grounds of
their new chapel,
St. Rose of Lima
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15. Entrance to the new chapel, St. Rose of Lima, built
with the help of St. Teresa of Avila
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16. “Our new chapel is ready to be blessed by our
Bishop”
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17. Inauguration Day for Ste Rose of Lima, April 14, 2013
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18. OFFERTORY PROCESSION ON INAUGURATION DAYOFFERTORY PROCESSION ON INAUGURATION DAY
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19. Inauguration was also First Communion Day
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20. CHURCHES AND CHAPELS ALSO SERVE ASCHURCHES AND CHAPELS ALSO SERVE AS
SCHOOLS. SOME ARE POORLY EQUIPPED.(SCHOOLS. SOME ARE POORLY EQUIPPED.(ST. ROSEST. ROSE
OF LIMA OLD SCHOOL)OF LIMA OLD SCHOOL)
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21. “Here we are in our
new school building.”
(spring of 2013)
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22. In most Haitian schools, the day starts by saluting the flag.
(Pléiade School)
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23. “We are proud to wear our
uniforms in school.
Sometimes, families work very
hard to buy uniforms for their
children.”
(La Péiade, Kindergarden and High
school students)
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24. OFTEN, CHILDREN COME HUNGRY TO SCHOOL.OFTEN, CHILDREN COME HUNGRY TO SCHOOL.
FEEDING THEM IS KEY TO EDUCATION IN HAITI.FEEDING THEM IS KEY TO EDUCATION IN HAITI.
La Pléiade, kindergarten, elementary and high school students
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25. “These are our homes and our villages.
What are yours like?”
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26. OUR HOMES, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,OUR HOMES, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
OUR TOWN:OUR TOWN:
PICTURES FOR HAITIPICTURES FOR HAITI
Zanmi Lasanté Haiti has been helping Haitians
nourish and educate their children for over 20 years.
Today, we are organizing a project here in Chicago
for children and young people who want to share
images of their city, their neighborhood and their
homes. We are looking for drawings or even good
photos, for example, taken with your camera phone.
The best ones will be framed, shown in an exhibit
and auctioned to raise money to provide school
lunches for children in Haiti. You can work as a
group, with a friend or by yourself.
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27. Here is an example
of what some
Haitian and French
children did a few
years ago.
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28. Would you like to participate?
Perhaps you could do
something like this?
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29. Zanmi Lasanté-PARIS
zanmiparis@mac.com
To participate, you can talk with
your teacher or contact us
directly:
Ali: aschlere@sbcglobal.net
Amy: aappleman@learncharter.org
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