Atlanta Haitian Community, CARE Non-Profit Focus On Aid For Haiti
Atlanta’s Haitian community is teaming up with non-profits across the metro area like CARE to help connect loved ones and deliver aid.
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In recent months, Haiti has faced one crisis after another.
A little over a week ago, the nation was hit by an intense 7.2-magnitude earthquake that left at least 2,000 people dead. That was followed by a tropical storm that swept over the already devastated landscape. All of that followed the assassination of Haiti’s president earlier in the summer.
One of the humanitarian organizations working to respond to multiple disasters is the Atlanta-based non-profit, CARE. Michelle Nunn is CARE’s President and CEO, and has worked to establish a sustainable presence in the Caribbean nation for years.
Meanwhile, groups like the Georgia Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce say the state’s Haitian population, especially in Atlanta, has grown quite a bit over the last decade. Pew Research Center data reports that in 2019, Haiti was a top country of origin for Georgia’s Black eligible voters born outside of the U.S.
Now Atlanta’s Haitian community and non-profits across the metro area like CARE are doing what they can to help connect loved ones and deliver aid.
Nunn sat down on WABE’s “All Things Considered” to talk about the Haitian people’s resiliency through the last few months.
Lily Oppenheimer contributed to this report.
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