Good News November 2021

CHARITIES 52 DECEMBER 2021 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition 52 NOVEMBER 2021 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition Relying on a time-saving design that can be finished much faster than a traditional school, Food For The Poor (FFTP) is racing to build tempo- rary classrooms in Haiti in the same area devastated by the August 14 earthquake, so chil- dren can return to class sooner. Haiti is struggling to send children back to school after the quake, which killed more than 2,200 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes, in- cluding at least 258 schools, in the country’s southwestern peninsula. Additional Aid Other actions undertaken by FFTP to help Haiti get back on its feet include: • Installing a new water treatment system in partnership with Water Mission with two 1,000-gallon tanks to store clean drinking water for as many as 800 people a day. •Building twonewsatelliteof- fices that will provide living quar- ters for teammembers tooversee work and cultivate meaningful re- lationships in the communities. • Inaugurating a 13th re- gional distribution center in Cap-Haitien. Restoring education UNICEF has said about 70 percent of the schools there were damaged or destroyed. The earthquake delayed the re- opening of schools by a month. So far, FFTP has supplied materials for three temporary schools in Cavaillon, benefiting a total of more 1,200 students, using the new design. Each two-classroom block has a solid concrete floor with walls and a roof made from lumber and zinc that can in- stalled in as fast as seven days. FFTP has received re- quests from churches to build temporary classrooms for about a dozen schools. The charity has committed to building five for the Catholic Church, three for the Episcopal Church and two for the Protestant Church. “It’s clear to us how much damage was done in this area. We’ve got to get the kids back in school,” FFTP President/CEO EdRaine said. “We’re committed to building relationships with the churches in a more permanent way by working alongside them to get these classrooms done quickly.” Food For The Poor Builds Temporary Classrooms After Haiti Earthquake Temporary School Shelters, Cavail- lon_05c: Workers build a temporary classroom in Cavaillon, Haiti, using construction materials provided by Food For The Poor donors. Photo/Food For The Poor