Dear Friends, Please allow me to put faces on the Grand’Anse. This disaster and the photos and stories that have been going around are so dehumanizing that I need to share “my Haiti and my Grand’Anse”… These photos are from three years ago. Renold Francois, the younger man in the photo above is a cacao […]
GRAND’ANSE – WE WILL REBUILD!
Dear Friends, The Grand’Anse has been the hardest hit region of Haiti. In 12 hours, Hurricane Matthew wiped out 80% of the region’s housing, 95% of its schools and the majority of its crops and trees. We are all having issues absorbing the magnitude of this loss and devastation. It’s a privilege for me to […]
Hurricane Matthew’s Devastating Impact on The Grand’Anse
Early in October 2016, Hurricane Matthew, the first Category 4 Hurricane to impact Haiti in over 50 years ravaged the Southern Region of Haiti which includes the Grand’Anse. The Grand’Anse, the Pilot Region of ESPWA’s Haiti Community Foundation Initiative was the hardest hit. Over 80% of housing and 95% of the schools were destroyed along […]