Ada-tudes | Amway

Eleven months after the devastating earthquake that nearly destroyed the island nation, Haiti is in the headlines again. Cholera is becoming an epidemic there, largely because the Haitian people lack even life’s most basic needs – namely, clean water.

It’s easy to think that the situation in Haiti is simply hopeless.

At Amway however, we take a more positive approach. So, we’ve partnered with SOS Children’s Villages to build a house in Les Cayes, Haiti, for orphaned and abandoned children. Amway will provide a quarter-million dollars toward the building project, and we’re inviting Amway employees, customers, friends, and Independent Business Owners to participate as well.

One donation at a time, large or small, you can help us provide shelter for some of the many homeless, helpless children living in the streets of this tiny island nation.

Five dollars could buy five boxes of nails. Fifty dollars could enable two kids to sleep in their own bunk bed at night. One hundred dollars could purchase a window, a study desk, even a door. Ten thousand dollars covers the cost of the concrete, masonry, and foundation for an entire house.

Since our efforts began shortly after the earthquake, IBOs have been extremely generous in their contributions to the Amway Haiti Project, and we hope this giving continues.  In December, during the annual back-to-back Achievers and Platinum Seminar gatherings at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, we’re going to be building a symbolic house, one foam brick at a time. Each brick will represent an individual donation.

IBOs can also text SOS with the number 90999 and a $10 donation will be automatically charged to their cell phone bill. And every IBO who donates gets an exclusive Haiti Project wristband.

Through these efforts, we hope to raise $30,000 toward our overall goal of $70,000, to enable SOS to operate the house for a year. That’s in addition to the more than $1 million in cash, products, and services collected by Amway, our employees, and IBOs, and put to use in Haiti during the immediate earthquake relief efforts.

Every dollar counts toward caring for a needy child who’s facing the world alone. And if you live in the U.S., your donation is fully tax-deductible.

Learn more about the Amway Haiti Project. Then, visit the SOS Children’s Village site and donate what you can. We thank you in advance for your continued support.