The Zakat Foundation of America

Apr 07, 2010

Young aid recipient eating.

Although two months have passed since the devastating earthquake of January 2010, hunger is still a serious problem in Haiti. Where ever you turn, your eyes fall upon undernourished children, widows and elderly people. Doctors complain that the common sicknesses of Haitian children are caused primarily by their chronic malnourishment. Nursing mothers who themselves are not eating well, are not producing an adequate amount of milk to feed their infants. For this reason, Zakat Foundation is still distributing food to those people whose consistent access to food is fragile.

While we are also working towards a new phase in our work in Haiti, which includes building earthquake resistant homes and disseminating practical information to all levels of Haitian society about how to build safe, feeding programs must continue for the foreseeable future.

With the coming of the rainy season, shelter and sanitation will become an increasingly difficult challenge to the infrastructure of earthquake stricken areas. Zakat Foundation hopes to address the issues of disease (diarrhea, malaria, etc) that are heightened during the rainy season with a health care facility that will be free to the public.

It is true that international and local organizations have been able to reach 60% of the over one-million internally displaced people of Haiti, nonetheless 40% of the earthquake victims have yet to receive the help that they need, and this includes people living in small isolated tent cities. In order to continue our effort of feeding children, widows, and elderly people, we need your continued support.

Although media attention has faded, the reality of life for most Haitians with its misery and trials continues. We ask you please help us to help children of Haiti because the disaster is not over!