Hands-On Haiti

“Hands-On Haiti” -- People to People Support   
Donate to Marie Yoleine’s work in Léogâne in Haiti!!

Marie Yoleine Gasteau and retired Ethical Culture Clergy Leader Lisel Burns are working together to help the Haitian city of Léogâne.  You may contribute donations of whatever amount --checks can be made out to the Neges Foundation see ( HYPERLINK "http://www.negesfoundation.org" www.negesfoundation.org).  

Marie Yoleine is a public school guidance counselor originally from Léogâne who has long supported her hometown through Neges, a foundation she created, and by helping coordinate international volunteer efforts there.  These connections have proved vital since Léogâne was near the devastating earthquake’s epicenter.   30,000 people in Léogâne alone have lost their lives. Still, Léogâne has not received the attention of Port-au-Prince, the nation’s capital 25 miles to the north. 

Marie has been working from New York with a seasoned Volunteer for Peace pro from Britain and reports that the carnage is worse than what he saw in Sri Lanka after the tsunami. Ninety-five percent of the Léogâne is destroyed. The hospital that serves the poor collapsed, as did the new nursing school, and people with open wounds are not getting medical care. 

Please go to the website of the NEGES Foundation at  HYPERLINK "http://www.negesfoundation.org" www.negesfoundation.org picture of Léogâne can be found on the site.  

In the words of Haitian proverb:  “Sa je pa wè kè pa tounen”

“What the eye doesn’t see, 

Doesn’t move the heart.”