Sustainability
Fequiere – a five year old boy – is awakened by his mother at 4:00 am. A long walk awaits him. His purpose that day is to roam endless miles to fill 1 gallon of less-than acceptable drinking water. His brother, 1 year his senior, will also join the mission. They will return hours later with parched lips, aching feet and exhausted bodies with just enough water to last for that one day. Tomorrow, the same journey lies ahead.
Throughout the years, The GB Group’s affiliated companies have individually done great works of charity to improve the lives of Haitian communities in various aspects. However, we are now joining forces and are focusing all our efforts under one cause: WATER.
Without water children in Haiti are not attending schools, hygiene is poor, health is flailing, dehydrated men and women lack energy, deforestation grows exponentially, flora doesn’t flourish and fauna cannot subsist.
Because together we are stronger, we have consolidated our efforts to form The GB Group Foundation whose purpose is to begin to solve these problems at their root. The Foundation seeks to provide communities access to clean water by building numerous wells. Our goal is to build one well per each Haitian community. If we accomplish this we will be giving Haitian’s the most basic element needed to survive; a vital instrument which today finds itself predominantly absent: WATER.
Fequiere and his brother will be able to attend school, his mother will ensure cleanliness and hygiene, health issues will be thwarted, his father will have enough energy to tackle the day’s obstacles, deforestation will slowly regress, trees will grow, and animals will survive.
WATER is life. Let’s breath life back into Haiti.
Ask about how you can help today at info@gbgfoundation.org
The GB GROUP has joined forces with other reputable Haitian business men & women in support of President Michel Martelly’s and the Haitian Government’s interests and visions in support of education to form Fondation Appui à l’Education (FAE).
FAE is founded by 3 Haitian entrepreneurs who grew up in Haiti and want to give back to their country by supporting education. They want to give Haiti’s children a better environment to learn in as they themselves were very fortunate to have benefited from safe, clean and academically excellent private schools in Haiti. “All children have the right to learn in a good environment” share Marc Antoine Acra, Reuven Bigio and Serge Coles.
The Fondation Appui à l’Education is a non-profit organization seeking to promote education in Haiti at all levels (primary to superior) including professional training. These noble actions will give birth to an open, fair and empathic Haitian society aiming for progress and sustainable development.
FAE is quickly moving forward with a new site (www.faehaiti.org – which can already receive donations) as well as tangible projects underway like Ecole Union des Apotres. Ecole Union des Apotres is located in La Reference which is one of the 34 streets/villages in Cite Soleil, Port- au- Prince Haiti; the poorest neighborhood in the Western Hemisphere. FAE will focus its renovation efforts on the Kindergarten that currently has 78 students and will employ community locals to renovate the school.
Don’t forget to visit the website (www.faehaiti.org) to learn more on FAE’s plan, mission, vision and progress.
