Merry-go-round inside the NPH Haiti orphanage in Tabarre. NPH Haiti and the St. Luke Foundation for Haiti work tirelessly to provide support for those most in need. I recently had an extraordinary opportunity to travel to Haiti and witness the inspiring work of St. Luke Foundation, NPH Haiti and Kenneth Cole Foundation.
The St. Luke Foundation team, a Haitian run organization, is one of the only organizations able to work in supposedly "forbidden" areas, like Cité Soleil, an impoverished and densely populated area described as one of the "worst slums of the western hemisphere" because of the notorious violence. Until 2007, the area was ruled by a number of gangs who roamed the streets and often terrorized the neighborhood. It originally developed as a shanty town and grew to an estimated 400,000 residents, the majority of whom live in extreme poverty. The St. Luke's team is building new houses and providing education and medical care for an area that encompasses over 1.5 million people. They are being supported by the Kenneth Cole Foundation in Cité Soleil. You can learn more about this great work in the story "Recovering with Love" I shot for Kenneth Cole's "For Good" magazine: