DIRE Need in Darbonne

We’ve got the opportunity to secure a great parcel of land for the construction of another community of 175 more transitional shelters (at left). It has trees for shade and has already been assessed as meeting the criteria for this construction. All that remains is to pay the landowner the agreed price.

Our other communities are such successes! The majority of the beneficiaries of these homes are single mothers, elderly and handicapped people. Each community has water and sanitation facilities on site, security and designated play areas for the children. Many of the beneficiaries have said that, in addition to having a sound roof over their heads and being protected from the elements, they are also thrilled to be away from the filth and rampant crime of the tent cities.

While we were able to come up with the contracted amounts for the three previous properties in Leogane, those expenditures have pretty much wiped out our financial resources.

Darbonne is is DIRE need. I am pretty accustomed to seeing horrifying living conditions, and poverty-driven illness and even death, but I surveyed this area last week and what I witnessed there brought me to tears. Children are sick - fevers, pink eye, sores, etc. People are unable to find a dry place to escape the torrential rain, standing water makes it impossible for some people to even sit down or sleep under their tarps because their tarps are disintegrating under months of direct sunlight and heat.

As far as I can tell, virtually NO ONE is providing any sort of aid in Darbonne. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case in areas where there is no media coverage. As one cameraman told us, “No one goes where there is not a camera to record what they are doing”. We, at Promised Provision, understand the value of media coverage but we value the fact that God is watching much more.

I am praying we can find someone to help us secure the lease on this land so we can help these people out of the inhumane conditions in which they are currently struggling to survive.

With a Heavy Heart,

Roody