1. Haiti Update District 7 Seminar Sept 17, 2016
District 7 Project
Haiti Update
District 7 Seminar
Sept 17, 2016
Update on the District 7 Haiti Project. Our Project empowers women through Service & Advocacy. 1

2. Haiti Project recognized by Zonta International
Our Haiti Project has been recognized by Zonta International.

3. Empowering Women in Haiti with Haitian American Caucus (HAC)
Adopted as a District 7 Project for
and bienniums
Impacting Women through:
Medical & Dental Health Services
Education
Skill Building
Support
The Haiti Project was started by the Zonta Club of Cape Girardeau in partnership with Haitian American Caucus in Croix de Bouquets Haiti. It was adopted as the District 7 project in 2013 for the and bienniums. 4 areas of impact: Medical & Dental Health Svcs, Education, Skill building, and Support.

4. Empowering Women through Medical & Dental Health Services
5 Dental Clinics &
2 Medical Clinics
Over 4,000 women, children
and families served
Mentored youth
and other health
professionals
The first area of impact is Medical & Dental Health Services. We have completed 5 dental clinics and 2 dental clinics. We commit to annual dental & medical clinics. Since inception, teams of Zontians & non-Zontians have served over 4,000 women, children & families. We mentor youth and other health professionals in the community. In 2015, we identified the need to have a medical team member go with dental team and a dental team member go with the medical team to have greater impact and continuity in serving health care needs of the community. Our combined health services clinic was a success in March 2016 serving 800 people.

5. Empowering Women through Medical & Dental Health Services
Educated on health issues, breastfeeding, maternal & child bonding
Taught adult, infant
& child CPR
In 2015 our medical team identified the need for greater education on women & children’s health issues, breastfeeding, maternal & child bonding. This continues to be an area of focus on the trips. We have trained the teachers at HAC and women in the community on adult, infant & child CPR.

6. Empowering Women through Education
Feeding 325 children every day
School incorporated 100 children
from the
orphanage
2nd area of impact is Education. When Zonta started the Haiti Project in 2011, children were not receiving lunch during school. The school has grown from 65 students to 350, from a local orphanage and all students receive lunch. We are able to help meet a basic need of food so children can learn. 6

7. Empowering Women through Education
Sponsor a
Student at HAC - give
the priceless gift of an
education
$450/yr or $38/mth
tuition, books, uniform
and shoes, etc.
An initiative to empower women and keep girls in school is “Sponsoring a Student”. In Haiti, typically only boys receive further education. Sponsorship program was developed to continue education focusing on girls. The only way some girls can stay in school is through sponsorship. Sponsorship is a tax deductible donation of $450/yr. You can pay by a one time gift, bi-annual or $38 monthly. Sponsors receive a photo and quarterly updates on their girls’ progress. Many opportunities for sponsorship: individual Zontians, a family, a Zonta Club, etc. We have some students sponsored already and there is great need. We have packets available for sponsorship opportunities with photos and about the sponsorship program. 7

8. Empowering Women through Education
Zonta Says No
campaign
Educating on
domestic violence
We have taken our Zonta International Zonta Says No Campaign with us to Haiti to educate and advocate against domestic violence. Domestic violence only became illegal in Haiti 3 years ago. Huge culture change. We had Zonta Says No written in Creole on our t-shirts, had posters made in the native Creole language posted at HAC and handouts in Creole for the women and girls that came through as patients. 8

9. Empowering Women through Skill Building
Sewing – women make
the school uniforms
The next area of impact is through skill building. We taught / mentored women in the community to sew and provided them with sewing machines. These empowered women now make the school uniforms. With a micro-financing loan through HAC, women were also empowered to use this new skill to start their own business and be self-sufficient. 9

10. Empowering Women through Skill Building
Carpentry – women
made school benches
We also taught carpentry. Women built school benches for HAC with power tools we delivered. Not to do for them but teach new skills, empowering them to do for themselves.

11. Empowering Women through Support
Delivered over 10,000 lbs of supplies:
Medical – Children’s Tylenol, vitamins, antibiotics
Eyeglasses
Clothing
Formula
School supplies
Jewelry making
Sewing machines, power tools
100+ mosquito nets
The 4th area of impact is through Support. We have delivered…(see list above) 11

12. Empowering Women through Support
Supplies funded by:
Heels to Heal 5K for Haiti
Individual Donations - Zontians and non Zontians
Zonta Club Donations from across the District
$3000 pin money from District 7
Church groups, Service Group Donations
Jewelry Sales
THANK YOU!
Supplies are funded by donations which are tax deductible. Donations do not cover travel expenses for the trips. Donations support purchase and delivery of supplies. Supplies are funded by the annual Heels to Heal 5k for Haiti in Cape Girardeau. We have also received donations from Zontians throughout the District, non-Zontians, 3 Zonta Clubs within Dist 7, $3,000 in District pin sales, church & service groups with total of $12,345. Jewelry sales also support the Project. Other Clubs have donated supplies. Thank you for donations and support of this project! 12