Feed My Starving Children sent 6,836,400 meals to Haiti in 2006 through mission partner, Love a Child.

 

 

 

 

 

About Haiti

Haiti is located on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola next to the Dominican Republic. The country includes many smaller islands off its coast, one having dual ownership with both Haiti and the United States. The capital is Port-au-Prince. As a French speaking nation, Haiti gained its independence from France on January 1, 1804 and became the first independent black republic. The country is the third largest in the Caribbean and was once a beautiful paradise. In 1925, 60% of the land and mountain regions were covered in forest. Since then, all but 2% of the forest has been cut down and the population has largely been responsible for the country's lack of economic progress. Because of frequent hurricanes and deforestation, fertile farmland has been destroyed and desertification has taken over. About 80% of the population lives in poverty.

	Haiti	United States
Average Annual Income	$1,800	$43,500
Life Expectancy	53 years	78 years
Poverty Rate	80.0%	13%
Literacy Rate	52.9%	99%
Infant Mortality Rate	72 deaths/1,000 births	6.3 deaths/1,000 births
Malnourished Children Under 5	greater than 33%	less than 1%