This project continues our long-time partnership with the U.S.-based What If? Foundation, which works in Haiti through its partner on the ground, Na Rive, to provide life-sustaining nutrition to hungry and malnourished children in the Ti Plas Kazo community of Port-au-Prince. One in five Haitian children under the age of 5 suffers from chronic malnutrition and related health issues, and the situation has worsened dramatically in the wake of the political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that has gripped the country since 2018. Electricity, fuel, water, and food shortages, closed businesses and markets, climbing inflation, and rising violence on the streets have placed further barriers on access to food.
For many children, Na Rive’s Lamanjay food program provides the only substantial meal of the day, and many families walk miles just to receive this meal. Currently the program has three components: a community cafeteria, where up to 800 meals are distributed to local children each afternoon; a school cafeteria, providing lunch to up to 350 students of the Father Jeri School, Lamanjay’s home in Port-au-Prince, each weekday; and a food pantry providing rice and beans to 60 needy families each week. Annually renewable project
This project continues our long-time partnership with the U.S.-based What If? Foundation, which works in Haiti through its partner on the ground, Na Rive, to provide life-sustaining nutrition to hungry and malnourished children in the Ti Plas Kazo community of Port-au-Prince. One in five Haitian children under the age of 5 suffers from chronic malnutrition and related health issues, and the situation has worsened dramatically in the wake of the political, economic, and humanitarian crisis that has gripped the country since 2018. Electricity, fuel, water, and food shortages, closed businesses and markets, climbing inflation, and rising violence on the streets have placed further barriers on access to food.
For many children, Na Rive’s Lamanjay food program provides the only substantial meal of the day, and many families walk miles just to receive this meal. Currently the program has three components: a community cafeteria, where up to 800 meals are distributed to local children each afternoon; a school cafeteria, providing lunch to up to 350 students of the Father Jeri School, Lamanjay’s home in Port-au-Prince, each weekday; and a food pantry providing rice and beans to 60 needy families each week. Annually renewable project
