The Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti - a nonprofit based here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley - helps women and families to break the cycle of malnutrition in a remote, mountainous area of southern Haiti.
The staff on the ground - in the Leogane region - is 97 percent Haitian.
Since the summer, their work has been disrupted by shock after shock for the Caribbean nation: the assassination of Haiti’s President, an earthquake, a tropical storm - and now, economic and political crises with mounting violence: gangs, kidnappings and fuel shortages.
Last week, Dr. Anany Prosper - CNP’s Country Director - and Patricia Cyr Watlington, the program’s executive director - visited our studio here at WUTC.
This evening (Mon 11/08), Dr. Prosper will participate in a panel discussion about Haiti’s history and health on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
It starts at 5:15 PM in the Signal Mountain Room, on the third floor of the University Center here at UTC.
