You Funded It. CAN-DO Built It. Haiti’s New Bridge is Proof Real Help Doesn’t Have to Take Years.

The CAN-DO team recently returned to Haiti to build a bridge for a community in need.  As you’ll see in the donor completion video, this 1 bridge dramatically improved the quality of life for an entire community. Thank you to all our donors who made it possible!  More than 75% of the funding for this project was raised through social media. Within 3 weeks of flagging the needs of this community on Facebook, the funds had been raised and the CAN-DO team deployed for Haiti. The project was complete in less than a week!

What we did:  – Cleaned garbage and rubble from ravine – Built new retaining walls to funnel water away from sidewalls during storms – Built new supporting walls for the bridge – Reattached the steel bridge over the ravine – Reinforced surface of bridge with new wood and cement – Added new steel hand railings to the bridge – Built a new community water well

Who we hired:  – 5 CAN-DO team members working on the ground – 1 local Haitian “fixer” who worked as a translator and negotiator – 60 local Haitians hired as masons, laborers – 4 local Haitians hired to cook daily meals for the local crew – All supplies/material purchased in Haiti to support local businesses