Student Full Speech 04: Elba Moise, Humanity 4 Haitian Development

…famine, and disease. All these terms are associated with the country of Haiti, as well as the organization Humanity 4 Haitian Development, which is trying to combat these terms. According to the World Health Organization, Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. By a show of hands, how many of you all would consider volunteering or donating your time in helping Haiti? Lots of good people in the crowd. Well, today's presentation, what we'll be covering is the organization known as Humanity 4 Haitian Development as well as its initiatives in helping Haiti. And, since I have family in Haiti and I've done my own research in Haiti and I'm an active member in this organization, I feel that I am well qualified to speak about the matter. Good morning, everyone. My name is Elba Moise, and by today's presentation, you all will have a better understanding of Humanity 4 Haitian Development as well as its initiatives in helping Haiti. My first main point that I will be covering will be Haiti's background, the second point that I will also be focusing on is the actual organization itself, and the third main point will be focusing on the current and ongoing projects that the organization is conducting. So, my first point is Haiti. And, according to the World Health Organization, as I mentioned earlier, it is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Seventy percent of the population is unemployed. And, according to Pan-American Health as well as Humanity 4 Haitian Development, two-thirds of the population lacks access to basic health care, education, and clean facilities. And you can kind of think of it in a sense of: imagine, in the United States, two-thirds, being 34 states, not having access to health care, meaning you all could not go to the doctor, or you could possibly not even have access to a toilet or clean water; 34 out of 50. So, now that we have a better understanding of the critical state that Haiti is in, we can focus on the second point, which is the organization Humanity 4 Haitian Development. And, it's a non-profit organization that was created in order to help Haiti become self-sustainable and help them have higher levels of access to certain needs such as clean water, education, and so forth. So, now that we have a better understanding of the actual organization, we can move forward and focus on the third main point, which concerns the organization's current and future projects. And, this past summer the organization went to Haiti and collected information on what was needed and what was lacking and, based on that information, they're able to create programs to help Haiti. Also, a few weeks ago, I was able to create a fundraiser here on campus, in which all proceeds that were collected went to Humanity 4 Haitian Development to help them in their certain projects; specifically the education project, which focuses on buying books for school children as well as uniforms so that they can go to school. So as I near the end of my speech, we all learned about Haiti and the state that it's in right now, as well as Humanity 4 Haitian Development and the initiatives that they're doing right now to better Haiti. After hearing today's presentation, would you like to continue to learn more about Haiti and how to get involved? Awesome, that's great. So, as I mentioned, we covered all these things, and if anyone is interested in learning more about the organization, you can always look up Humanity 4 Haitian Development on how to get involved. Remember, it only takes one person to make a difference.