A Haitian Helping Haiti
Haiti Community Support Inc. is tax deductible to the extent allowable by law. Haiti Community Support is registered in the United States as a tax deductible charitable organization (EIN 66-0656622), and is registered as a 501(c)(3) organization.
Au Centre/Beaumont. There are no paved roads, no electricity, no running water, no health care and no adequate food. It is an area considered remote even by Haitian standards .Because of the general lack of infrastructure in Haiti, road conditions are extremely poor. Sometimes it takes two days to traverse the 130 miles from Port au Prince to Au Centre. The last portion of the trip has required mountain travel on one of the most dangerous national roads in the world. Thankfully, road improvements have finally begun
Mathilde Aurelien Wilson, a resident of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, never forgot where she came from. Her roots go back to the tiny hamlet of Au Centre in the remote Beaumont region, in the southern mountains of Haiti. She explains it this way: "If Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere, then Beaumont is the most impoverished part of Haiti, a place forgotten even in Haiti."
While Mathilde is one of the lucky few who got an education, her mother and many family members continue to live in Au Centre. In 2004 she returned to the village to visit her family. Seeing the many children who could not afford to attend the small local elementary school, Mathilde and her husband Bruce gave scholarships to a few children. Back on St. Croix, Mathilde pondered how so few dollars made a world of difference for those children, and imagined the possibilities. Before returning to Haiti in 2005, Mathilde and Bruce held a fundraiser at their eco-lodge in the Virgin Islands. The community responded enthusiastically and Haiti Community Support was born.
