What can we do for their future?

WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THEIR FUTURE?
The children are the hope and future of a country. They are whom should be the priority of a nation.
Every one in five children in Haiti does not have access to drinking water and end up living in the streets without ever stepping foot in a school. While living in the streets, they are obligated to depend on kindness from abroad. They often take to the streets to beg, and this public presentation of need makes them extremely vulnerable. The traffickers and the gangs then know exactly who to target. This is how our youth begin working as slaves, obtaining firearms, and committing sordid crimes - because they’re so vulnerable.
For the children living in densely populated urban slums, their lives are full of danger and difficulty. The children are defenseless to the gang culture, they have very little to eat, and they often have no possibility of ever learning to read or write. There are also few safe places where they can play with their friends in such a dense and hazardous neighborhood.
It is very common for parents to actually give up their children, because they don’t have the means to take care of them. This was the case for me. The luckiest kids are the ones who find a NGO (National Government Organization) to take care of them. Second best would be the ones taken in by an orphanage - hopefully one with some funds. Even the lives of the exploited are often better than living on the streets. They usually get fed, and a select few even gain the privilege to attend school! However, they pay for it in child labor or many times physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. The problem is, children have no option to speak out against the crimes against them. If they leave their abusers, they leave their only option for food and shelter.
The future of Haiti is dark because the children that survive in these instances will soon become the adult population. Then add in the hatred, the abandonment, instinct of survival, etc. The emotional wellbeing of our future will also be broken. When our future members of society are treated as and labeled an “animal,” how will they act as adults? How will they put their mark on Haiti? I can only anticipate that it won’t be a positive mark. Something has to be done to change this current track, or we’ll continue to cope with the product of our society.

preventive health strategies in haiti today..

PHS is committed to partnering with the people of haiti to rebuilt their lives and to help enact sustainable solutions for the future of their children, families and communities.
Preventive Health Strategies operates other programs that benefit communities in Haiti.
highlights include:

• Improving children's learning environment in primary schools.
• focusing on increasing parent involvement, educating teachers, and providing teachers and children with supplies.
• providing health care for children and parents.
• siminar on how to keep safe from diseases and disaster.

 

 

 

the commitment of PHS with donors help provide children with love, hope, and apportunities for a healthy, productive future. may God bless our donors as they make a lasting difference in the life of a child. 

Preventive Health Strategies, inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. all donations are tax deductiblein full or in part,

Lunch: One  reason to stay in school

 

patrick is 5yrs old. His mother, marguerite, has no money for food, medicine, or clothes.
“If we are lucky, we eat. If we are not lucky, we go to bed hungry,” marguerite explains.

‘I can worry about less mouths to feed’

marguerite’s despair turned to relief when some of her children began receiving lunch through a school feeding project, supported by Preventive Health Strategies.
“It helps that my children get rice school; then I can worry about less mouths to feed. Also, I know that they will not starve,” she says.
patrick doesn’t miss a day of school at leveque, where he attends. “I love the rice, because it gives me the energy to stay and study in class,” he says. “When I eat at school, even if there is no food back home, I can last until the next day.”

 

School: More than a learning center

Many children are flocking to these schools in order to get their only meal of the day: beans and  rice.
“School is more than just a learning center — it is a feeding center,” explains pastor batol, pricinpal of Elementary School.
“If they did not have this…they would not have the energy to stay in class and learn,” he says. “If we stopped feeding the children with this nutritious rice, you will not find them in school.”

For Patrick and his cousin, school is food and a future. “I come to school to learn so that one day I can become a teacher,” he says.

Why are so many children out of school?

Children who live in extreme poverty face so many barriers to education, including:

• Armed conflict or natural disasters
• Child labor or having to work at home and care for siblings
• Illness from preventable causes like malaria or waterborne disease
• Weakness from malnourishment
• Inability to afford school fees or supplies

 

Education

• Assisted students with scholarships and provided tutoring to help them stay in school.

• Trained school directors in child psychology, helping them create a peaceful learning environment for children after the stress of the earthquake of 2010

67 million primary-school-age children are not enrolled in school. These children are at greater risk for exploitation, early marriage, and lower income-earning potential. We address barriers to education and work with communities and local governments to improve the quality of education children receive.

Preventive Health Strategies, inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. all donations are tax deductible in full or in part

What we do

Education

• Assisted students with scholarships and provided tutoring to help them stay in school.
• Trained school directors in child psychology, helping them create a peaceful learning environment for children after the stress of the 2010 earthquake

Haiti

The Republic of Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Hispaniola is the second largest island in the Caribbean, sitting in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October.

• Population
  9,350,500
• Land mass
  10,724
• Life Expectancy
  60 years

• Literacy Rate
  49%
• Access to Safe Water
  62%
• Under Age 5 Mortality Rate
  165/1000

• School Enrollment
  50%
• 650Average Annual Income (GNI)

 

Preventive health strategies, inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. all donations are tax deductible in full or in part...

we fed around 120 kids that where really in need for food..

serving 120 kids a hot meal