Haiti earthquake : a cry for solidarity.14 January, 2010

The German Peter-Hesse-Foundation is active in Haiti since 1983 and trains Haitians to become Montessori pre-school teachers to help local partners to open pre-schools (age 3-6) for deprived children since 1986. Over 800 teachers have been trained, over 50 schools have been initiated, of which two thirds are alive and mostly growing steadily. Some of them are located in Port-au-Prince and recently in Leogane and Jacmel. They are most likely affected or destroyed by the disaster.
There is no way to reach our Haitian partners in Port-au-Prince after the devastating destruction. Uncertainty, of who is injured or even dead, prevails. We only know that people suffer and children even more. Basic needs: water, food and shelter are needed not to even think right now of the long-term requirements for self-development, the learning possibilities as offered by our foundation work with our Haitian partners in the last 23 years.
However: Our small foundation will continue to work for children in Haiti. In February, a team around our board-member Dr. Sabine Uhlen will go with me and our Montessori-partner Carol Guy-James Barratt to Haiti to make a film-document on the most urgent (new) needs and on the successful Montessori-project, a model which now is being 'exported' from Haiti to Africa. The team itself has sponsored the trip and the making of the film. We are determined to continue with even more dedication to help giving deprived children a starting chance in life.

Right now the first priority is to save as many lives as possible and to maintain the basic needs of the survivors: water, food, basic medical care and shelter. Therefore, I am not asking for donations from the USA or other distant countries also since we can only assure legally valid tax-deduction for German donators, but suggest that you now support other institutions in which you trust. The earthquake victims in Haiti need our solidarity badly.
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