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Mango Tree Home near Port-au-Prince is a safe family environment for orphans and abandoned children since the devastation of the 2010 earthquake.
Set up in the immediate aftermath of the disaster it has provided solace and support to nearly a hundred children over the years and is now a permanent family home for 37 children.
The Mango Tree is not an institution, it is a home, run with love, kindness and generosity of spirit. In the chaos of Port-au-Prince, this is a safe family environment to nurture our children and help them to develop into good citizens of Haiti - A country rife with problems, the poorest and most crime ridden in the Western Hemisphere.
Because we are different to many other charities, we honour to ensure that every penny or cent that you donate to Mango Tree Home, goes directly to the children in our care. We are small, we have no overheads. No publicity machine. Our UK and European volunteers are true volunteers, furthermore they fund their own trips and cover their own expenses as part of their commitment to helping the children.
January 12, 2010, a devastating earthquake hit Haiti. A local nurse called Genevievre found herself caring for 6000 terrified, people in the emergency camp at the Dadadou sports field in Port Au Prince. Her care was unconditional, her efforts almost super-human and she soon found herself in-charge of 74 children who had lost their parents.
We need only 200 people to donate as little as £10 a month (that’s the price of a bottle of wine for many of us) to cover all the basic needs for the Home and to start building a small buffer zone in case of emergencies.
Whilst we prefer to buy goods in Haiti to support the local economy we now realise that some people or businesses prefer to supply goods, in lieu of cash. If you are an individual or business owner and are willing to pay for postage/shipping and any taxable duties for items you would like to donate contact us and we will give you a postal address to which you can send small items.
For the care of 37 children and their carers the money is spent on food and household supplies, on fuel for the generator, on school fees for the current school age group, on transport to bring shopping/supplies and extra-curricular language tuition
This does not include the 'nicer things' in life a spare change of clothes or shoes, new toothbrushes and toiletries …..
If you wish to donate via credit card, please use the PAYPAL link. To minimise costs, if you are planning on making a direct debit card payment, or setting up a monthly standing order please consider a direct bank transfer instead. Please Contact Us to get in touch and we will send you the Mango Tree Account details for internet banking.