Haiti
We work with local and national government authorities in Haiti to improve the overall health, shelter, water, and education in the country. We empower the families who have lost everything and their children.
At A Glance
- Haiti has made significant progress in trying to rebuild the country. The Brimsol Foundation looks to aid and help in any way possible
- We work with the Haitian government to help solve health issues, nutrition, housing problem, clean water issues and sanitation
- We support efforts to help educate, assist, and help farmers, business owners and others to make their businesses more sustainable
- We also support the government’s efforts to rebuild power lines, energy grids, create new housing, and improve the local economy
Overview
The Brimsol Foundation works hard to safeguard and house displaced families, offer them life-saving relief, and aid their healing by providing solutions for housing, clean water sources, education, nutrition, and a constant food source for each family that we assist. Through our Brimsol Global Children Initiative we look to impact the lives of each and person that we help in the region.
Extreme Deprivation
More than 1.5 million people who survived the event were made homeless out of more than 2 million survivors. Land ownership issues remain the most significant obstacle to Haiti’s recovery. Long-term housing reconstruction and redevelopment can only be accomplished through using unambiguous land transfer procedures that are unambiguous and open to public scrutiny.
Overview Of The Situation
Children in Haiti have paid a disproportionately high price for the devastation caused by the powerful earthquake
Children in Haiti have paid a disproportionately high price for the devastation caused by the devastating earthquake, which had a magnitude of seven and left more than three million people in Port-au-Prince, Léogane, Petit Goave, Jacmel, and the surrounding areas in desperate need. They have lost members of their family as well as friends, possessions, and the environment that was once familiar to them. They are more susceptible to illness, injury, abuse, and exploitation when they are in an environment with a lot of debris and people moving around. In the meantime, their opportunities for the future are also in jeopardy as a result of the crumbling state of Haiti’s educational system. The scale of this disaster in Haiti has never been seen before, and the available resources and capacity for logistics are not nearly enough to meet the requirements of the country’s children and families. It is estimated that 200,000 families, or one million people, currently lack homes. Most of them live in informal settlements that are overcrowded and have poor sanitation; as a result, they are unable to access the basic necessities on their own, including food, water, shelter, and health services. Others have taken refuge in rural areas, making the already difficult situation for communities in rural areas even worse.
Homeless
Displaced
Affected by Flooding
Homes Destroyed
THE BRIMSOL FOUNDATION
Our Response To The Problem
"We are intentional about positively impacting the generation of tomorrow by providing for and equipping them to thrive in all they do."
We began implementing our multi-year community action plan to assist families in enhancing their living conditions and gaining access to essential services. The plan calls for implementing infrastructure programs such as: constructing and repairing roads; installing water points for clean water and drainage; building and repairing drainage systems; and building and repairing drainage systems.
The Critical Lack of Housing in Haiti
Haiti is regarded as one of the most impoverished nations in the Americas. According to the World Bank, more than fifty per cent of its population lives below the poverty line, and about twenty-four per cent live in extreme poverty.
Key Points:
- The majority of Haitians have been mired in a cycle of poverty for multiple generations due to political unrest, food shortages, unemployment, a lack of basic infrastructure, and natural disasters.
- Since the beginning of this decade, there has been a consistent and notable rise in the number of people who require housing. One and a half million people lost their homes in the earthquake that occurred in 2010.
- After Hurricane Matthew struck in 2016, an additional 140,000 people were left without a safe place to stay.
- A more recent earthquake, which occurred in August 2021, was responsible for destroying or damaging more than 130,000 homes.
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Our work in Haiti is based out of our office in Port-au-Prince.
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