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Against The Odds, The Mission Of CNP Haiti Endures

At CNP Haiti in Ville De Léogâne, Haiti.
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At CNP Haiti in Ville De Léogâne, Haiti.

For years, the Children’s Nutrition Program of Haiti - a nonprofit here in Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley - has helped women and families to break the cycle of malnutrition in a remote and mountainous area of southern Haiti.

The staff on the ground - in the Leogane region - is 97 percent Haitian.

But in the past two years, their work has been disrupted by shock after shock: the assassination of Haiti’s President, a hurricane, tropical storms, gang activity, ongoing roadblocks, food insecurity and the nonexistence of modern health care.

Carter Paden chairs the board of CNP Haiti here in Chattanooga.

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