A year ago clean flowing water did not exist in the Haitian village, Petit Goâve. Cholera outbreaks are exacerbated throughout Haïti's earthquake ravage communities. What did we do? C2C purchased 25,000 water purification tablets and empowered the team in Haïti to teach the community of Petit Goâve how to purify their water and prevent future outbreaks. C2C did not stop there. They worked with the community to build the water distribution system, so far 15 latrines! Read more
A Year in Review...2011
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On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck and devastated the island nation of Haïti. In 35 seconds, over 300,000 people lost their lives and more than 1.5 million lost their homes.
Just over eight months later, The New York Times reported that with 1.3 million people displaced in 1300 camps, “homelessness is the new normal” in Haïti. With the recent cholera outbreak, clean, potable water has become the priority, but there are many more things that need to be done to help this nation get back on its feet. See how you can help...
C2C Team
On the Ground
All this in 8 months!
Marie-Yolaine Eusebe, FireStarter of C2C, reflects on the latest C2C US team site visit to Haïti. [read the story]
C2C
Team Blog
“I speak in front of people all the time, but for some reason I was a little nervous tonight. The first speaker was a young professional Haitian-American by the name of Jean Pierre-Louis.” [read today’s blog]
View the Water System video at C2C's YouTube Channel
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See where your
Giving went this year!
Upcoming Events
- New! [5.31.12] C2C presents “Up From the Rubble” Photo Gallery and Auction Event showcasing photos taken by Haitian Photographer, Ocean Morisset and the C2C team. Proceeds from photo sales will go to completing the building of the water system to provide clean, potable water for over 16,000 people.
- [12.8.11] C2C partners with the Black Employee Network (BEN) of American Express for their "Blue Carpet Event". C2C CEO+FireStarter Marie-Yolaine Eusebe and the C2C Team, the only non-profit awarded the opportunity to participate in the event, will be the recipient of the event's cell phone drive. The cell phones donated at the event will go to C2C’s Haïti Restoration and Transformation Pilot Project.
- [11.12.2011] C2C Founder+FireStarter Marie-Yolaine Eusebe, Founder of Community2Community and Haitian Roundtable Member, will be on hand with the C2C Team on November 12, 2011 to support the The Haitian Roundtable and the Global Syndicate with the New York Historical Society (NYHS) Haïti Day to display the Haitian Independence of Declaration original document at the New York Historical Society.
Latest News
- New! [April 26, 2012] C2C NY team returns home after an industrious week of meetings, surveying, and continuing work on the Haïti Restoration and Transformation Pilot Project’s water system initiative with the people of Petit Goâve.
- [Sept. 23, 2011] - C2C Founder+FireStarter, Marie-Yolaine Eusebe and C2C Project in Haïti featured in NY Daily News.
- [Sept. 23, 2011] - C2C Founder+FireStarter, Marie-Yolaine Eusebe featured in New York Beacon recently accepting a nomination by the Haitian Roundtable (HRT) to become one of its inaugural Members. [PDF, page 16]
- [Sept. 14, 2011] - C2C Founder+FireStarter, Marie-Yolaine Eusebe recently accepted a nomination by the Haitian Roundtable (HRT) to become one of its inaugural Members.