GIVE BACK DR & HAITI

Before all the sugar cane factories closed in the Dominican Republic, the wealthy Dominican sugar plantation owners would bring Haitian's over to the Dominican Republic to work in their factories. The owners promised these people a better life, more money, shelter, and being free from repression in Haiti. What they got was little more than they had back home. Men were often separated from their families and forced to work 12 hours a day for food stamps that could only be redeemed in the factory store. Dozens of people would be jammed into one room with no electricity or running water. Disease and death plagued this community. Recently the sugar cane factories closed because industrialized nations stopped importing sugar after they realized the conditions the Haitian workers faced. The Dominican government abandoned the Haitians and now they are forced to survive for themselves. They have no passports nor birth certificates and have no access to food, real shelter, jobs, education, and health care. They live off less than a $1 a day and only receive medical care when doctors visit their communities. We are committed to providing the Haitians with free medical care and medications. After the earthquake in Haiti hit, there has been an influx of Haitians immigrating to the Dominican Republic. The Haitian villages are beginning to become overloaded and the amount of resources and medical care is diminishing. Our organization has recently expanded to include the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Our goal to help the Haitians remains the same.