The Gift of a Goat
This year alone, we’ve gifted 141 goats through our community education, youth development, and leadership programs! By raising goats, adults and young people alike can access the financial means to makes their dreams a reality.
We are so thankful for our partner, S.H.A.R.E. Agriculture Foundation, for supporting these meaningful programs.
Extending the Route
Last year, twenty solar-powered street lamps were installed by the Second Mile Haiti team in Jean Louis, a close-knit rural community just outside the city Cap Haitien. Jean Louis is home to our flagship Malnutrition Treatment and Maternity Centers and we love to work with the community to improve, health, safety and access. The solar panel installation in 2021 was so successful and so well received that in May we repeated the process. This time, in Saint-Raphaël outside of our second Family Center.
Flash forward to June, and just like that, the Second Mile Haiti team has installed an another 20 solar-powered street lamps in the community of Jean Louis, with 40 solar-powered streets lights lighting the major roadways, hundreds of families and more than 5,000 individuals are impacted by access to night-time light.
This month, we feel extra grateful to the friends and supporters of Second Mile Haiti who make these projects possible.
When a Life takes a Life
Anide gave birth to her first baby at one of our Maternity Centers in Northern Haiti. Her mother and aunt attended her birth. They were fiercely protective of her as the family had recently lost Anide’s 18-year-old cousin due to a complication in childbirth. As beautiful as it can be to bring a baby into the world, in so many parts of the world, including the US and especially for people of color, pregnancy can be a death sentence.
Going through the pregnancy and birth process with Anide---so soon after they'd lost a loved one---was a kind of trauma for her family---even though her birth progressed without any complications and the outcome was one that everyone had been hoping for.
Here they stand triumphant.
Your donations make this possible.
Which Numbers will you Choose this Year?
💥 It's time for Second Mile Haiti's annual Number Fundraiser! 💥
This is a fun one. We have so much fun doing this with you all, every year. This will be YEAR #10! Can you believe it?
It would be a special 10th Anniversary treat to clear the board this year.
Here's how you can help:
+ You choose any number that's meaningful to you and contribute that amount to Second Mile Haiti.
+ We take your number(s) off the board.
+ Your support saves lives and keeps families together.
Hope to see you (online) Saturday, July 9th!
Nap tann ou!
(We'll be waiting for you!)
You can support the work of Second Mile Haiti any time.