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This is a major setback for the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 55% of the population living on less than US$1/day. In the last two years, political instability, food shortages, and tropical storms and hurricanes have made it impossible for Haitians to break the cycle of poverty. More than 50,000 homes were damaged or destroyed in last year’s storms, and no estimate is available yet as to the damages to Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, the heaviest populated area of Haiti. Most Haitian homes are poorly constructed with walls built from poorly made concrete bricks, mud and stones, the roof from scrap wood and metal sheets, and dirt floors, making them unable to withstand a natural disaster of this magnitude. What YOU Can Do to Help You can help by sending in a special donation to Habitat Haiti through Habitat for Humanity International and bring hope to a country in such great need. Habitat’s for Humanity’s Immediate and Long Term Response Basic needs such as health care, food, water and shelter are the most urgent following an event like an earthquake, to try to mitigate harmful after-effects such as spread of disease and insecurity. Habitat for Humanity’s goal is to help low-income families in need of decent housing because of this disaster with an emergency humanitarian response of shelter kits, clean-up and rehabilitation.
• Clean-up and cash-for-work
• Shelter kits The kits will be distributed to families by Habitat employees and partners who have been trained by Habitat in disaster response and construction techniques. Habitat for Humanity has been implementing vocational education programs in Haiti for the past three years and has a cadre of certified masons and carpenters ready to assist with shelter construction in Port-au-Prince.
• Transitional shelters As the situation stabilizes, Habitat Haiti will build permanent homes for families who lost so much. Just as before the earthquake, Habitat Haiti will provide a variety of services to families ranging from new homes, progressive building initiatives like “core homes”, renovations and financial literacy. Habitat for Humanity has been at work in Haiti for 26 years and will use its local expertise and mobilize resources as part of the long-term recovery building efforts.
For more information on Habitat in Haiti
What is Happening
We have finished construction on our two homes in Rosewood Subdivision. Thank you to the State of Qatar and the Baton Rouge area Credit Unions for your support on these builds. The four community builds we had begun in north Baton Rouge are almost done now. We began a new community build on January 16 in north Baton Rouge. The Softwood Lumber home in Port Allen is also complete!!! Thank you to all of our volunteers. We will begin a new community build home on Saturday, February 20. We have lots of mid-week volunteer opportunities still available. The First Presbyterian Home will begin on Saturday, February 26. We will begin our Albemarle Youth build on Sunday Feruary 27!!!
If you have any questions concerning the upcoming build season, or would like to get involved, please contact the office at 225.927.6651 or email Paige Fore. |
Habitat News
Fundraising is well underway for the two homes the LSU sororities and fraternities will build in March. Thus far they have secured $83,007 towards their $150,000 goal. They were awarded $30,000 from Lowes, $5,000 from Campus Crossing Apartments, $10,000 from the Baton Rouge Area Credit Unions, $6,007 grant from Bike & Build and $32,000 from their letter writing campaign. Keep up the good work! ![]()
Saturday, we begin our 5th home in Highland Terrace Subdivision!!!! Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge with the help of Mayor- President Kip Holden, the Metro Council, and the Office of Community Development, was awarded $1 million from HUD for to develop vacant land and build nine homes for low income families in north Baton Rouge. The first four homes are almost complete and the fifth is beginning on Saturday, January 16, 2010.
![]() Mayor- President Holden helped raise this first wall for this new subdivision with four homeowners. |
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