And Rising.

400,000and rising.400,000

and rising.

for the 400,00 who have no one to tuck them in at night.

Be aware of what is happening.Before the 2010 earthquake, Haiti was es-timated to have close to 400,000 orphans living in the country. Now the number is rising. These children are living day to day and trying to survive on their own. They have no mother or father and they have no home. The sad reality is that many will not survive. Close to 2,000 Haitian children are trafficked to the Dominican Republic each year and according to UNICEF, many of these children are sold as child laborers or into the sex trade. There is also an esti-mated 300,000 children working as domes-tic servants in private homes. These child servants are called “restavecks” and they are often subjected to much abuse.

Another area of danger for these children is in the tent cities that have developed after the earthquake. These tent cities are now home to thousands of Haitians who no longer have shelter. There is no security or electricity in these communities and it becomes a very dangerous environment at night. Children become victims of sexual abuse and rape.

After the earthquake, many parents were forced to give up their children just to keep them alive. The orphanages that are already present in Haiti are being filled with more kids than they can accommodate.

After already having everything taken away from them, these orphaned children need a place to go where they can feel safe.

for him, waking upin the dirt this morning was part of a daily routine.

Be inspired to make a difference.All it takes is one idea to change the lives of many. Globally, we need to think. No mat-ter who you are or where you come from, you are capable of making a difference. Some of the world’s greatest issues could be solved already if someone, somewhere would just take the time to think about it. Why can’t that person be you?

for her, there was no one to run to when she woke up last night from a nightmare.

in january of 2009, 124 orphans were discovered in an abandoned night club in cabaret, haiti...read more ----------------------------------------------------------------------------->

“use twitter as a way to raise money for haiti...”communities stand together against anyone

“money could be made through crafts that the children

a great movement needs to occur with the people in the

haiti is so close to the u.s.

why don’t people care about this?“i want to raise money to fund a small orphanage in haiti

“one thing i would do is host a race to raise awareness design a website that is interactive and

october 30-november 1, 2009

and rising.Printed in December of 2010 in Knoxville, TN at High Resolution Studios.

The book was set in Graffiare and Helvetica Neue Light and printed on 20M Gray Domtar Colors Smooth Multipurpose and

23.62M Lime Domtar Hots Vellum Text. Designed by Rachel Landrith.

the trip that brought me to where i am today.

“this 10-15 minute visit was enough to change my life forever.”

In the fall of 2009 I had the opportunity to take a trip to Haiti with One Vision International. It was a very small group of about 8 along with John Miller. One Vision had been given close to a thousand shoes from college students to take down to the orphans and people of the surrounding villages. So that was our mission: to pass out shoes to those in need.

I jumped on this trip very last minute and I knew that it was going to be a very different trip for me. I had never been to a third world country before so all I knew was what I had seen from pictures and video.As soon as you step out of the airport in Port-au-Prince, you are slapped in the face with the ex-treme poverty that these people are living in every single day. There are livestock running rampant and trash covering the streets.

On our way to the hotel, John wanted to make a quick stop at the building where the One Vision orphans were liiving currently. As soon as you step in, the stench of sewage is overwhelming. We could hear the kids singing and then suddenly all 124 of them rushed out to greet us. They were fighting each other just to touch us. They would hug me and grab my hand and try to get as close as possible. One little girl looked up at me and kept saying, “I love you.” Love me? She doesn’t even know me. It truly hit me that these children have absolutely nothing. The greatest thing they want is to be loved.

How could I possibly come back from this trip and go back to my wonderful life in Knoxville when I know that these children have to stay there in poverty? They don’t get to leave.

400,000 orphans. And rising. Remember that number. Remember their faces. Remember Haiti.

(an excerpt from the journal i kept during my time in haiti)