Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund
100% of your donation goes to help the kids and staff at the Ten Kids Haiti home and other earthquake victims. Due to the severity of the disaster, much help is needed at this time. All administrative expenses are covered by the Gibson's.
Recent News:
Haiti Earthquake Relief
Gip Gibson is making trip arrangements to Haiti for relief efforts as soon as flights can be arranged. Our first goal is to assist with immediate needs of the people at the Ten Kids Haiti home. We will then concentrate on outlying areas, which are typically overlooked by organizations in times of crisis.
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Featured on KET
Ten Kids founder Gip Gibson and Board Member Holly Brady were featured on KET's half-hour show Connections with Renee Shaw. The show originally aired Friday, January 9th and is scheduled to re-air in the coming months. See the entire show by clicking here.
Contact Us
Contact Gip Gibson at:
Cell Phone: (859) 229-4536.
E-mail: TenKidsHaiti@aol.com
Lexington Office
517 Southland Drive, Suite B
Lexington, KY 40503
Phone #: 859-317-8600
Media inquiries:
Barbara Eilert: beilert@eilertinc.com
(502) 396-2637
Update on the Kids
All of the kids are safe. They are all staying in one home because two of the homes were damaged. We also fear they are running out of supplies. Gip is still attempting to get to Haiti.
Haiti Earthquake Relief
At 4:53 pm EST on January 12, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the small Caribbean nation of Haiti. The earthquake's epicenter was located 10 miles west of the capital Port-au-Prince, where 2/3 of the population lives. As of 11:00 am EST on January 13, 2010, there have been 33 aftershocks ranging from 4.2 in magnitude to 5.9. The United States Geological Survey called this quake the strongest earthquake that has struck the area since 1770.
Haiti is the poorest and least developed country in the Western Hemisphere, and still recovering from a string of hurricanes (Gustav, Hanna, Ike) that struck the island in August and September 2008. The telecommunications infrastructure is among the least developed in the Americas.
All January donations made to Ten Kids will be used for earthquake relief efforts. Gip Gibson, one of our founders, is travelling to Haiti to provide on the ground support.
Ten Kids
Ten Kids, Inc. is a non-profit organization developed to empower children around the world with the basics of life: food, clean water, safe shelter, medical care, and education.In providing children with the basics, we enable them to help not only themselves but other individuals, their community, and, ultimately, their country.
Currently, we are supporting seven children, who range in age from six to thirteen years.
Meet the kids in our photo gallery!
Five boys
- Roodlet Jean-Pierre(6)
- Jean Tony Al-Cius (10)
- Mackenson (Markey)DesRiviere(12)
- Rosemond Belizaire (13)
- Claudy Vlavir (13)
- St. Anne Belle Fleur (Tania)(6)
- Kerwin Joseph (7)
NEW KIDS we are helping!
We also have 8 additional children we are helping by paying for their school this spring. They are Egains Jerome (16, Boy), Nai Ka Jerome(15, Girl), Maudite Jerome (13, Girl), Kendy Jerome (7, Boy), Wistinky Jerome (4, Boy) and Jean Romin Casimir (14, Boy), Esther Casimir (10, Girl) and Ruth Casimir (6, Girl). We found the Casimir girls outside of a school in the town of Fond Parisien. They were malnurished, infested with worms and dressed in rags. The Jerome children are part of a family with ten kids, five who are older and the five we are helping. The Jerome children could not afford school and lived about a two hour walk in the mountains. We have rented the mother a home in town and have put all the kids in school for the rest of the year.We have already paid for tuition, books, supplies and uniforms for March and April however we need help paying the bills for May and June which is $215 per month or $430 Total.
Ten Kids, Inc. is a non-profit with 501(c)(3) status pending.
