Make a Donation:

How do I donate?

The student produced film about rural Haiti, "My Mountain" and all of the photos on the website and in the slideshows are available for sale as a donation to the project. For the the film on DVD, we ask a $25 donation and $100 for a matted photo. 100% of proceeds go to support the projects listed above. Donations without purchases are of course accepted.

Checks can be made out to "Moving Mountains: Stanford Students for Haiti." We do not yet have independent tax deductible status, but ask us about a tax deduction for large donations, and we will have one of our partner organizations in Haiti provide you with the information.

Thank you for your support! We, and the people of Mon Bouton, greatly appreciate it.

Where does the money go?

Education: "Pwoje Bet"- The Animal Project:

The literacy rate in rural Haiti is lower than 50%. In order to combat illiteracy, we direct our funds towards children's education. However, we do not do so in the conventional way of just paying for school fees and uniforms, though this is commonly done all over Haiti. In many ways in fact, that merely creates dependence on outside sources for education, while one of our purposes to increase the empowerment of Haitians themselves, through education. Thus, we have a Heifer-like project in which we purchase baby goats for families with children, and the families and children (if old enough) will care for and raise these goats until they are full grown. The goats breed, and the offspring are sold to pay a child's school fees for a year. The project is literally self-reproducing, and directly empowering to the families. They are working for their own improvement, rather than depending on someone else to give them a handout. The community specifically asked that we start this project by buying goats, but in the future, as they become accustomed with how the system works, we will move up to more "difficult" animals such as pigs and cows.

Veterinary and Human Health:

Related to the animal project, is the health of livestock. Many Haitian peasants do not have the means to purchase vaccinations for their animals. They also have no means to pay for veterinary services when their animals fall or get sick. We are working directly with Toma, a Haitian veterinarian, to help the health of animals in the community and insure that the investment in goats pays off. When animals are given to a family, he sets up regular vaccinations and has a training session in which he teaches them about hygiene, feed, and safe breeding of animals (without his guidance before hand, many peasants have come running to him later when they either cannot get their animals to breed, or they have troublesome births). Veterinary health is extremely important as livestock is a huge investment for Haitian peasants. It is essentially their only "bank," something in which they can put their money and see it grow instead of depreciate. Thus, we support the purchase of vaccines and other equipment Toma needs for healing and training sessions.

Toma also provides basic human health services as the closest hospital is four hours down a mountain (see excerpt in slide show about an old man's infected foot to get a specific idea of the kind of work Toma does.) We help to provide sanitizing equipment, gloves, and pain killers which he otherwise has to do without, and risk infection and a lot of suffering for his patients. Thus while monetary donations are preferred, we also accept a limited amount of donations in kind (antiseptic, bandages, anti-bacterial creams, anti-diarrhea and pain reducing medicines, vitamins, etc…) though we cannot take a lot because it all has to be carried uphill on a mule's back for four hours!