Photos From AARP Leadership Visit to Haiti - Dis... Advocacy

Tour of Haiti Recovery

Relief funds have helped older victims of the devastating 2010 earthquake but more assistance is needed

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AARP CEO Barry Rand and Sister Claudette Charles, who heads a nursing home that was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake, talk about the impact of AARP’s generous disaster relief efforts and the gratitude of the people who have been helped and not forgotten.

Road to Recovery

Nicole Ferdinand, coordinator of Léogâne’s Older People’s Associations, shares with AARP Foundation President Lisa Marsh Ryerson, left, and Soledad O’Brien, right, how older people in Haiti are caring for one another after the earthquake.

Grandmother Raising Orphans

Rosalie Ajax lost both her home and her daughter, one of 150,000 Haitians killed in the magnitude 7.0 quake. Now Ajax is raising her two grandchildren.

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Rebuilding

Members of the AARP leadership delegation visit one of the houses built in Léogâne by HelpAge, a nonprofit that administered the $1.5 million in donations from AARP, AARP members and AARP Foundation. The money was earmarked to help people 60 and older.

A New Home

Almost all Léogâne’s structures were destroyed by the quake. Some residents, like Marie Adancia Gustavestands, were homeless until HelpAge built new homes.

Future Generation

Debra Whitman, an AARP executive vice president, joins children who provided entertainment at the nursing home.

Respite

Léogâne residents get a break from the Haitian sun. “Natural disasters disproportionately affect older people,” said Debra Whitman, AARP executive vice president.

Showtime

Weekly at the Asile St. Vincent de Paul nursing home, children put on a show for the residents. The AARP delegation members prepare to take their seats for the performance.

Little Ballerinas

Children dance at the Asile St. Vincent de Paul nursing home in Léogâne.

Bravo

Residents of the Asile St. Vincent de Paul nursing home appreciate the performance of the young students at a nearby school.

A Touching Visit

AARP CEO Barry Rand, center, meets a resident of the Asile St. Vincent de Paul nursing home, which was leveled by the earthquake.
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