This Thanksgiving, the Hotes Foundation seeks to help the most vulnerable communities in Seattle. Find out what we learned while reaching out to find the need.
Closing The Poverty Gap With Technology
Written By Leslie Zadorozny, Hotes Foundation Media Team Manager It’s mid morning as preschoolers sit at their colorful, height-appropriate tables and curiously surround a tablet opened to an alphabet learning application. Each child takes their turn tracing various letters across the touch screen followed by cheers & celebration from their teachers and peers. Later in the...
Haitian Team Members In America
JULY 9 - Haitian Team Members are in America! Hotes Foundation Haitian team members are in America today! James & Lenny are visiting the Seattle office and spending time with us while receiving training. This is their first time traveling to the United States. Follow their adventures here as they experience the contrast between life in Haiti...
See How a Cistern Helps Feed A Village of 700
Deforestation in Haiti has caused periodic droughts and floods throughout the country, ruining crops for struggling small farmers. As it is often the only source of income and nutrition in Haiti, the ability to grow food is crucial for rural villagers to survive. The Hotes Foundation is working hard to fix this issue. In 2015, the Hotes Foundation sponsored a cistern-building project where Haitian volunteers worked alongside trained masons to dig and pave a 30,000-gallon open-air cistern. The cistern collects rainwater for watering crops that are harvested for the feeding program in the village and reforestation projects in the surrounding land. The first cistern was so effective that the Hotes Foundation built a second one!