Jersey Side by Side

Helping Haiti

JERSEY Side by Side's current fundraising drive is to help the people of Haiti a year after the country was devastated by a horrific earthquake on 12 January 2010. 

Between 200,000 and 300,000 people died in the natural disaster and half a million were left homeless. Almost a year on, the situation is still extremely difficult, with Haitians enduring terrible conditions and deadly diseases in sprawling camps spread around the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Jersey Side by Side has partnered with ActionAid to raise funds to purchase 12 grinding mills to transform products like maize into a consumable food and source of income.

For more information please click into Our Projects and News tabs.

Attending class in Haiti
Christella Mislaine Francois (5) and Chery Laurore (9)
attend class under tarpaulins

Picture: Charles Eckert/Actionaid