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Foundations for Haitians

One Home at a time

Dirt Floors a Severe Health Hazard

In the mountains of Hati, most families live in tiny huts with dirt floors. They may have one room or a few small rooms: as many as 10 to 12 people live together. And they're often hungry.

Living on drit floors, children easily contract scabies, worms and other illnesses that lead to sevious deseases, especially dangerous in this country with little healthcare.

Cement Floors Can Help

Fortunately, there is a partial solution: a cement floor, suggested by Paul Farmer, author of the The Uses of Haiti.

Families Do Most of the Work

Here's how the program works: Glesil selects homes with children most in need. Families prepare their homes -- leveling the floor, gathering gravel and rocks, carring cement from distant storage, and hauling water to fill and re-fill the contractor's 50 gallon barrel. The contractor installs the floor; Glesil inspects the job. Both educate the family on maintenance and sanitation, and Glesil makes follow-up visits

So Far, over 100 floors have been installed. Many more await theirs.

$10 Buys a Sack of Cement, $175 a Full Floor

Your $10 contribution will buy one sack of cement. A gift of $175 pays for the cement and labor for an average-sized home's floor. Because this is a private project, contributions are not tax-deductible.

To help, please send your contributions one of two ways:

  • Payable to Jim Altepeter to:

    Jim Altepeter

    1918 Echo St, Lafayette, Indiana 47904

    he bundles donations to Fonkoze, which keeps a $10 fee per check up to $1,00, used for its own charitable projects.
  • Or payable to Fonkoze, with memo line "For Martin Glesil, Account #10-000-9755" to:

    City National Bank

    382 West 125th Street

    New Yourk, NY 10027

    Fonkoze keeps $10 per check for its charitable work. when you mail, also email or call (fundnotice@fonkoze.org: 800-293-0308), to advise check date, amount, and Martin Glesil, Account # 10-00-9755.

    Foundations for Haitians

    For more information contact Jim Altepeter (765)447-0610 j.altepeter@comcast.net

    Mesi! Thank You!