Partnered together with Feed My Starving Children – NWHCM / Help Heal Haiti are hoping to deliver 1,000,000 meals to children and at-risk adults living in the poorest place in the western hemisphere… Our relationship with FMSC allows us to get hot meals to those in need at only $0.05 a meal – (yes you read that right! 5 cents a meal to feed someone who’s in need) -

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
(from WFP)

1. Assessments show at least 3 million people need humanitarian relief, including food assistance, in the wake of the earthquake.
2. Even before the quake, 1.9 million people were ‘food insecure’, meaning they needed assistance to stave off hunger.
3. Only 50 percent of Haiti population has access to safe drinking water.
4. Some 55 percent of Haiti’s 9 million people live below the poverty line of US$1 a day.
5. Rural households spend almost 60 percent of their income on food; the poorest groups spend more than 70 percent.
6. Chronic malnutrition affects 24 percent of children under five, rising as high as 40 percent in the poorest zones.
7. Poor diet means many women and children suffer from micronutrient deficiencies. Anaemia affects 59 percent of children between the ages of six months and 5 years.
8. During 2008, high food and fuel prices triggered violent demonstrations and political upheaval.
9. In the same year, three hurricanes and one tropical storm struck Haiti, killing 800 people, destroying 27,000 homes and raising the general level of hunger.
   10. Food prices have declined since September 2008, but remain higher than the four-year average

 THE REALITY is this:  NW Haiti is the “poorest zone” in need of life-giving nutrition… the zone has experienced further suffering since the earthquake – the battle against cholera is still ongoing – an undernourished people…

WILL YOU HELP?  THROW A NICKEL ($0.05) OUR WAY?

HOW CAN YOU HELP?

1) GIVE.  We live in an era where social justice causes are trendy – everyone likes to talk about changing the world – GIVING makes changing the world a reality.  You can give whatever amount you can right now at CROWDRISE.COM/FEAST  

2) You can TALK ABOUT IT – share about the opportunity to literally lift someone up from hunger – from malnourishment. We are on Facebook here:  www.facebook.com/HELPHEALHAITI - and Twitter here:  www.twitter.com/HELPHEALHAITI  

3)  You can COME TO HAITI WITH US and assist in delivering meals to the hungry… email brent@helphealhaiti.com now…

1 MILLION MEALS… throw a nickel our way?