EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE RELIEF

On January 13, 2010, one day after the earthquake HPSP cofounders Pierre and Terry Leroy began working round the clock to coordinate emergency relief to several hundred children. 5 orphanages, which HPSP supports, were either in or within a few miles of the quake's epicenter. For months international aid was bottled up in the Port-au-Prince airport. Our first shipment reached the children on January 23rd. Using our longstanding ties to the Dominican Republic, our brave Haitian university who are studying in the DR crossed the border into Haiti. Traveling under treacherous conditions in large buses packed with life sustaining food, water, medicine and tents, they reached all of our 400 children. The effort was coordinated between three countries - the United States (thanks to all our supporters), the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Despite every obstacle, our buses arrived within three hours of each anticipated arrival time - no small feat. Bravo, to our university students for their leadership and determination.

 

News From Haiti From BBC News - Haiti: Cholera could affect 650,000, says UN The United Nations has warned that the cholera epidemic in Haiti could affect many more people than previously believed. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that health officials now estimated that 650,000 people could become infected over the next six months....more CONTAINING CHOLERA IN OUR PROJECTS A CALL FOR HELP HPSP needs to ship about 100 filtering tanks @ 200 US$ each and we have to replenish our supplies of antibacterial products at each orphanage and school we have been supporting throughout the country. HPSP is confident that the current challenges of this cholera epidemic will be overcome with your support. 15,000 gal Jerrycan - $199 Please donate generously, on our website or at our PO Box address, so that the children in our projects have potable drinking water to get us through the cholera epidemic without any loss of lives. Thank you. Your donations are accepted with much gratitude   A Message From Pierre A few times in our lives we remember exactly what we were doing when a terrible tragedy happens. January 12, 2010 will always be etched in my mind as a time of shock and heartbreak. The world's greatest natural disaster struck my homeland Haiti with a vengeance, killing by some estimates up to 300,000 people and leveling southern Haiti. The response from our supporters, people young and old, from all walks of life, was uplifting. We were able to do much with comparatively little. Unfortunately as of now, it has been extremely disappointing that so little has been done in the country as a whole. Billions of pledged dollars have not yet been released and many of the large donors continue to withhold monies until they have the so-called perfect plan. This is unacceptable. After the earthquake 1,000,000 Haitians were in tents in and around Port-au-Prince. Today that number has reached 1,600,000. This is deplorable. The Haitian People's Support Project is working to get Haitians out of tents and into homes. We believe Haiti's future lies in sustainable living projects springing up throughout the country with people in charge of their lives. Decentralization, education, farming, local industry and cooperatives offer the potential for dignity and change. Please lend a hand, Mete Main, as we help people to help themselves. In friendship, Pierre Leroy, President & Cofounder

 

Haiti in the News timesunion.com: Haiti officials to re-count disputed election...more Truthout.org: Haitian Farmers Commit to Burning Monsanto Hybrid Seeds...more NYTimes: Despair Grows on Devastated Street in Haiti...more

 

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