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AMURT & DESPRI results in Haiti in the fields of social entrepreneurship, education, health, and the environment. This video presents the key achievements of AMURT-Haiti and DESPRI in Haiti over the last 15 years in terms of community strengthening, environmental progress, fighting malnutrition, and solving iodine deficiency.

Americas Haiti

Haiti – Earthquake Response 2010-2011

AMURT in partnership with Kinder Not Hilfe and Catholic Relief Services run ten Child-Friendly Spaces in Port-au-Prince for 4,000 children. The purpose of the centers is to help children affected by the earthquake restore normalcy and improve overall well-being in their lives with psychosocial and educational support. Besides psychosocial, educational, and creative activities children in the Child-Friendly Spaces program receive nutritional biscuits in addition to a hot meal of rice, beans and vegetables.

Haiti

Haiti Quake August 2021

Officials in Haiti have confirmed at least 1,297 people are dead after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation on Saturday. Rescuers are picking through rubble in a desperate search for any survivors. The southwest of Haiti appears to have suffered the worst of the damage, especially around the city of Les Cayes.AMURT & AMURTEL have teams on the ground and donations are welcome to support the relief efforts.

Puerto Rico

Hurricane Fiona – Puerto Rico

With over a million people left without power or clean drinking water, Puerto Rico is reeling from the fury of Hurricane Fiona. Just 5 years since Hurricane Maria devastated the island, families were finally getting back on their feet. And now Fiona has taken out the power grid and caused massive flooding, leaving devastation in its wake. Please help us send solar lanterns and supplies to help bring some hope during this challenging time.To donate, please visit www.amurtel.org

Americas Haiti

Haiti – Cash for Work and a Green Future

Paul Ziade is AMURT’s Rural Programs Coordinator, and runs the Cash-for-Work (CFW) program. Initiated by AMURT and joint-funded by the UN’s Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, it is primarily a response to economic desperation exacerbated by the influx of displaced persons into two of Haiti's most impoverished communes.