The Objectives of SASH

 

A very short history:

Haiti has had a turbulent history; battled for by the French and the Spanish and in many ways paralleling the French battle to become a republic. One of the first Latin American states to establish independence, Haiti became the first slave republic, its life since then has been far from trouble free, but the 2010 earthquake is the largest one since 1770 and has thrown one of the worlds poorest countries into disarray.

On 26th December 2004 a Tsunami killed 230,000 people over four different Asian countries.

On 12th January 2010 an earthquake killed 230,000 people in Haiti alone. So what does SASH aim to do in Haiti?

The first thing is to talk to the displaced families and ask them what their priorities are and then devise a plan to meet as many of these needs as possible, in the most part families list their priorities as Shelter, then clean water and education for the children.

  • To this end SASH has partnered with organisations such as the Red Cross, Samaritans Purse and the International Organisation for Migration to help families receive a waterproof, secure place to live.
  • We are currently fund raising to raise enough money to dig 10 wells which will provide clean potable water for the more rural areas of our project to date we have funded 5.
  • SASH has constructed one school which is fully operational and in partnership with the Samaritans Purse we have constructed a second in the mountain village of Corail and intend to begin anothre in the village of Bouda Chita in June 2011
  • Also in Bouda Chita we have completed work on a medical clinic.

In the longer term SASH would like to help the local people set up and run small businesses, giving them the means to sustain themselves.

All donations will go directly to helping Haitians and any volunteers will be just that, volunteers. This means that all the money raised in donations will go directly to the people of Haiti to provide shelter, water, education, medical supplies and resources for them to use.

And because SASH uses Charity Choice as its gift aid facilitator, no commission will be charged and all the money raised will definitely go towards aid. If you are a tax payer, they will receive 120% of your donated money, if you are a non-tax payer they will receive 100%.