We chose to build the Village of Joy in Haiti because:
- Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
- An estimated 80% of Haitians live under the poverty line
- 54% live in abject poverty and suffer from malnutrition
- Desperate mothers feed their children cakes made of mud to settle their hungry stomachs
- More that 10% of children die before reaching their fifth birthday
- Life expectancy is 51 years for men and 54 years for women
- Haitians need someone to take notice and to care