Leaders of the community oversaw the whole building process and the mother of the sponsored family cooked for the workers. Other women also contributed food. They ate one meal each day around 2 p.m. On average about three meals are eaten in a week. They snack on sugar cane, mangos and any other fruit that grows there.
Malnutrition is a wide-spread problem throughout Haiti.
The group was very well received and felt very welcome by the Haitians. Everyone wanted us to say hello. It was really important to them to have us pick up the children. They liked knowing that there's someone out there who cares about them. Some of the items the group brought them included sheets, pillows, washcloths, new clothing, barrettes, crayons, pencils, jump ropes, bubbles for the children, blankets, toothbrushes and the list goes on.