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world have gotten donor fatigue and are now carrying on with their lives. Let’s not forget that Haiti is one of

Americas neighbors soaked in a rich history of Americas past and present future.

Lack of fresh water on the island is a big problem. The school in the countryside has one well that has broken

again after the AAE has fixed it 3 times already. To fix it again they will need steel and construction materials

that are not available to them on La Gonave. This means that the villagers in this community now have to trek

another 2 hours to another well, collection of water becomes a daily event for a lot of children instead of

learning in school. Annual preciptatiion ranges from 800

areas. Few productive wells have been drilled deeper than 60 m. With Cameron’s expertise and contacts in the

marine industry we can help to put together affordable desalination units to provide fresh water access in the

town which is situated right beside the harbor. At this time there are 7 wells that are currently un

to repair these AAE has estimated that each well will cost an average of $2000.00 USD.

La Gonave is truly a beautiful island with a huge amount of potential, not only the land and it’s richness up in the

hill sides, but also the spirit of the people with their shinning faces and bright smiles even in the face of adversity

there is a faith and compassion we haven’t seen for along time. There are no funds allocated to La Gonave by

what’s left of Haiti’s government so to work on the construction of water bores, roads and sewage, means the

people are dependent on foreign

delivered to the island by the leading NGO’s since the earthquake and now it is struggling with an extra influx of

40,000 people that have returned from Port au Prince. The only AID we witnessed that was arriving by local

fishing boats from the main land was stamped US AID “not for resale” and was going straight to the black market

at $100 USD for a 100 pound bag of rice.

The AAE has a future vision that includes using renewable energy for harnessing the islands wind and sun to

power their homes and schools. There is no power on the island and the cooking is done by making their own

coal. You can see the burning of the trees in underground smoke pits on the hill sides, adding to the impact on

the land and creating rainy season mud slides. There is constant wind and sunshine in La Gonave year round

thus making wind and solar power the most economical choice at the present time. The AAE has two wind

generators and one solar panel on their Anse a Galet school house but unfortunately the regulator burnt out so

they are no longer producing power. The generators that SV “Tranquility” delivered will now power the

computer for schooling the children but this is a temporary fix as fuel is very expensive. SV “Tranquility” would

like to return, and with Trans

Renewable Energy Platforms to power their computers, drive the pumps for their wells and provided lighting

and some power for cooking.

The AAE wants to purchase a piece of fertile land up in the countryside that will provide the foundation for their

future mission of building a school and equip it to run self sufficiently. There they hope to teach the children

how to care for the crops and be sustainable in their own back yard, this piece of property is not much in

American dollars, perhaps as little as $4500 USD, It would mean so much to them to be able to build a school

for the community and teach 5 days a week.

There were so many grateful people that came up to us to thank Tranquility and crew for making the sea voyage

to deliver this AID and that with the AAE made sure to distribute it to all the children and families not just the

ones whom were in their schools. One boy I remember that shined the brightest was during the handing out of

the hand painted “Shoes of Hope”. He came in with shoes that had holes in the soles and were falling apart at

the seams his delight at receiving a new pair of shoes was displayed through his happy smile, even though there

was a language barrier I got the message to Thank you all for your donations, help support and love, You

brightened the life of many children.

SV Tranquility and Trans Marine are committed to the future of La Gonave and its children by giving our time

and skills to help with the construction of building a strong partnership with the people of Haiti through Sail AID

To Haiti and Sailors without Borders.

We would like to thank all those involved who have supported us in this first of many relief missions