Child Protection Haiti Project #6235

Provide a safe home for Haitian Orphans

by International Disaster Volunteers (IDV)

Project Report | Nov 29, 2021
A permanent home for some, but not for all

By Andy Chaggar | IDV Chief Executive

Twelve year old Chedline is thankful for you

A huge thank you to everyone who’s donated to the HTDC Oprhanage since our last project report. Because of you we’ve been able to raise almost $10,500 (£7,870) in the last 3 months.

Your donations have been doubly critical as the security situation in Haiti has continued to deteriorate after the asassination of the President in July. Gangs now rule in large areas and around 800 kidnappings have been reported so far this year. Fuel supplies have come under attack and scared truck drivers have refused to work, paralysing a country reliant on generators for electricity.

Businesses, banks and phone towers have been forced to shut down, and hospitals have teetered on the brink. The crises are hurting everyone, especially the poor as prices rise and access to basic essentials gets harder all the time. It’s only because of your generosity that we’ve been able to help HTDC orphanage meet its running costs.

With no sign of the situation improving your continued support is vital, but the orphanage has found some breathing space recently. After months of delays due to Covid a number of adoption cases have been completed and several children are now scheduled to leave the orphanage for loving, permanent homes.

These children include five year old Matialdo who we posted a microproject for in August of this year. At the time of posting that project we weren’t aware Matialdo would be leaving, and we want to apologise if this has caused any confusion. Donations that were received to that microproject will still be spent on children at the orphanage, including Matialdo until his final departure.

The departure of Matialdo and the other adopted children will lower the orphanage’s overall running costs, but around 12 children will remain at HTDC and they still need your support.

If you can please consider making a donation today to support children like eleven year old Chedline. Chedline came to the HTDC orphanage with her twin brother in 2019 after their dad died. Their mum is still alive but is desperately poor and made the heartbreaking decision to leave the twins at HTDC.

The HTDC Orphanage does its very best for Chedline and all the children in its care, but the situation in Haiti remains incredibly challenging.

If you have any questions about the orphanage and how we use your donation then please don’t hesitate to email Andy@IDVolunteers.org. I’d be delighted to hear from you.

Eleven year old Kenson still needs your help

The orphanage is home to ten year old Bervalie

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Aug 17, 2021
Unhurt by the quake but in need of your support

By Andy Chaggar | IDV Chief Executive

Fritz is safe but insecurity is ever present

In many ways the current situation in Haiti is about as bleak as we’ve ever seen it.

On Aug 14 a 7.2 earthquake, more powerful than the devastating 2010 quake, struck the south-west of the country. At least two cities have suffered major damage and almost 1,300 are already confirmed killed as buildings collapsed on top of them.

The situation would have been chaotic enough already, but the country was also still reeling from the assasination of President Moise in July. A leadership tussle followed with two competing prime ministers vying for power. While Ariel Henry was eventually sworn in, the political situation was still volatile and Haiti was sadly ill-equipped to deal with a major catastrophe.

Our thoughts go out to the people of Jeremie and Les Cayes, which have already reported major devastation, and to everyone else affected.

We obviously checked in with the HTDC Orphanage as soon as we heard about the earthquake. Thankfully, while the earthquake was felt in Port-au-Prince the orphanage and all the children are safe. However, their situation is still very precarious and they’re in urgent need of your support right now.

The President’s assasination followed years of political unrest, which had contributed to rising prices for essential goods, including food and fuel. The impact of Covid-19 on the global economy also means that donations to the orphanage have dropped dramatically.

Thanks to your generosity we’re currently still able to help HTDC meet its monthly running costs, but we’re spending almost twice as much as we’re raising right now and this isn’t sustainable. At this rate we’re in danger of running out of funds to help.

So, if you can please consider making a donation today to support children like Ruth. Ruth and her sister have both lived at the HTDC Orphanage since 2017. Their mum sadly died giving birth to their younger sibling, who also didn't make it. Despite this tragedy Ruth stays positive, is very close with her sister and is doing well in school.

Four year old Matialdo also needs your support. Matialdo's mum is still alive but she left Matialdo at the orphanage after his dad was killed in a hurricane. Matialdo's a quiet boy, but he loves his food and playing with other children his age. HTDC hopes to reunite the family in future, but for now they're looking after him and they need your help to continue.

The HTDC Orphanage does its very best for Ruth, Matialdo and all the children in its care, but the situation in Haiti is as tough as it’s ever been.

If you have any questions about the orphanage and how we use your donations, or if you think you could help with donations and clothes and more in Florida, then please don’t hesitate to email Andy@IDVolunteers.org. I’d be delighted to hear from you.

Seven year old Ruth needs you now

Four year Matialdo is staying at HTDC

Bervalie and her brother need your help

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Apr 22, 2021
Tensions boiling over on the streets of Haiti

By Andy Chaggar | IDV Chief Executive

The children are all safe thanks to you!

Thanks so much for your support of the HTDC Orphanage. With much of the world’s attention focused on Covid-19, the worsening political situation in Haiti may not be getting much airtime, and your amazing generosity is one of the only things keeping the storm outside the orphanage’s gates right now.

Political unrest has been simmering away for well over a year, but it’s taken a dramatic turn for the worse recently due to plans to hold a referendum in June on strengthening the President’s powers. With presidential elections already overdue since 2019 many in Haiti fear a return to the days of dictatorship.

Thousands of people have flooded the streets to angrily protest and demand the President’s resignation. The President’s own supporters have responded in kind, making travel across the capital dangerous due to running conflicts between opposing factions. Kidnappings and crime have also become commonplace, and schools and businesses have been forced to close.

As mentioned in a project report last summer this situation has placed extreme pressure on the HTDC Orphanage because basic essentials, including food and fuel, are hard to find and this has driven up costs. At the same time the impacts of Covid-19 on the global economy has meant that funding from the orphanage’s other international supporters has fallen dramatically.

In response to this we’ve increased our own monthly contributions towards the orphanage’s running costs, and this has only been possible because of your incredible support. Thanks to you the children are still receiving healthy meals, including chicken and rice on Good Friday and rice, beans, macaroni salad and fried fish on Easter Sunday.

The orphanage’s property is of course the foundation on which everything else is built, and the annual rent will be due again in June. Happily, thanks to your previous donations, we have enough in hand to cover this for the next year, meaning that for now at least the children will all continue to have a safe home. Thank you so much!

The situation in Haiti is still very fragile however, and at the moment there is no clear path to resolving the political tensions which have once again boiled over into violence. So, your continued support will be essential to ensuring the continued security of the children in the orphanage’s care.

Enjoying an Easter meal

Yummy!

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