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Oct 08
2008
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Haiti - A Country in Crisis!Posted by Kathleen Robbins in Untagged |
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Fonkoze is Haiti's largest microfinance with over 50,000 borrowers, of which over 20,000 have lost most, if not all of their worldly assets due to four recent storms that have racked Haiti. People were already reeling from the huge increases in food and fuel prices and these storms destroyed major sectors of their economic and food security. test
In the Artibonite Valley, which used to be Haiti's rice bowl, 75% of the crop was destroyed and across the island banana tree, laiden with fruit were sweep to the ground and will take years to recover. And Gonaives, Haiti's 3rd largest city, which was devastated in 2004 has been flooded again, creating over 50,000 homeless, many of whom are Fonkoze clients.
Haiti had no reserves going into this hurricane session and now is a time when you dollars can make the critical difference to the poor of Haiti. Please consider a donation to Fonkoze today; it will make a difference.




