This Christmas, Hotes Foundation volunteers purchased and hand-delivered hundreds of presents to all of the children in Lake Azuei Village, Haiti! Watch the joy of Christmas being brought to the poorest of the poor!
Thanksgiving 2016 With A Haitian Creole Kick!
Happy Thanksgiving from Haiti! Last week, Lake Azuie villagers celebrated Thanksgiving in Haitian style! Over 600 people attended this year’s festivities, which included great food, live music, and a night of dancing! The village cooks poured their hearts into creating a feast fit for a king - roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, fried plantains, rice, lasagna,...
It’s Harvest Season In Haiti!
Zilia Gallete and her team of Haitian volunteers picked more than 75 lb of eggplant at this week’s harvest! Built and maintained by Hotes Foundation volunteers and Haitian staff, the multi-acre farm produces a wide range of vegetables for the feeding program every week. The cooking staff, composed of women hired by the Hotes Foundation,...
Helping Thousands in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew
Helping Thousands in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew
Just two days after Hurricane Matthew struck Haiti, the Hotes Foundation team was on the ground. After seeing the severity of the destruction and the usual lack of any help being provided, our team, led by Richard Hotes, went to work, and within just a couple days had delivered weeks' supplies of food and water to thousands of victims of Hurricane Matthew. The Hotes team witnessed destruction and desperation in Jeremie but even more so in the more remote towns on the coast and in the mountains. Therefore, as has been our practice for decades, we assisted the most affected in the most difficult to reach areas. Following the remote distributions, the team went to orphanages in Jeremie and filled their cupboards with a diverse set of foods and water which should last them more than a month. Finally, Richard led a small team via helicopter to Randel, where a cholera outbreak has been ongoing and which had received no help even 10 days after Matthew had struck. We flew enough medicine to treat hundreds of patients in the remote and isolated town.