If you’ve never had the chance to see what we’ve been able to accomplish in post-earthquake Haiti, take a moment to watch the film we premiered in 2011, ‘Hope in Haiti’. At about the 7 minute mark, you are introduced to Manuella, a woman who typifies the situation of young mothers in the developing world: fearful and depressed, constantly labouring to keep her many children alive and well.
Just a few weeks ago, we met with Manuella to see how life has changed for her since she received help through our 2011 campaign on behalf of Haitian families.
HOPE International Development Agency's Director of International Relations, Clifferd Dick, reports that...
‘Real positive change is beginning to happen in her life! The new tarps that [we] were able to get her continue to provide her and her family significant temporary shelter. Manuella is also now a member of the local Chinchiron cooperative! She participates in all the training and education services that [we provide] to farm families…Manuella and her husband have been able to access improved seed and participate in agricultural training as they work to improve their farm yield. Finally, the water situation is about to change for Manuella! A part of the storage silo structure that is just beginning to be built is a large water cistern. This will gather and hold for community use water that runs off from the roof of this building. The cistern will hold tens of thousands of litres of water, reducing greatly the time and effort required by Manuella's family to collect water.’
It is gratifying to revisit the struggles depicted so candidly on film, and then to consider the changes that have taken place since. Now she is epitomizing the flip-side of the typical developing world mother’s situation: a success story who was just waiting for a small investment of tools and training.
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