By Louisa Smith
Children in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
Rhode Islanders Travis and Barbara Fisher were in Haiti long before the January earthquake brought the small, impoverished country into the global eye. Today, the family assistance center which they founded in Cap-Haïtien, north of capital city Port-au-Prince, houses and feeds the poor and homeless, provides medical assistance to anyone who needs it, and holds classes for about 150 children.
On a mission trip to Haiti thirty years ago, Travis was struck by the country’s systemic poverty, and he quickly developed a passion for helping its citizens. Continue reading ‘Rhode Islanders Help Haiti’
