Aid in Action is a Grassroots NGO
Founded after the 2010 earthquake, Aid In Action, a non-governmental organization, established a Pre-K and Elementary school in the Citi De Repatriates, provides intensive midwife training to local matrons, funds a feeding program and weekend school in Simon Pele, and actively pursues opportunities for local citizens that provides skill building and autonomy.
Aid In Action is committed to helping Haitians become beacons of health and knowledge within their communities and build a sustainable future for themselves and generations to follow.
Aid In Action is committed to helping Haitians become beacons of health and knowledge within their communities and build a sustainable future for themselves and generations to follow.
Our Founders
Lisa Buxman
Lisa is a practicing midwife who is actively training midwives and distributing clean birthing kits in cities and villages throughout Haiti. |
Pastor Exil
Pastor Exil is always looking for ways to serve his people & without his heart of gold, AIA would not be what it is today! He has a wife and two children. |
Jene Dube
Jene is an American/Haitian who is manager of operations for us in Haiti. Jene also serves as our translator and communication organizer. |
Oriol Peyton
Oriol is our man on location. He lives in Simon Pele and without his involvement in his community we could not accomplish this work! |
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Mary Sorensen
Board of Directors Secretary/Treasurer |
The Beginnings of Aid In Action (AIA)
In the aftermath of the earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, while serving those injured, a relationship with Mr. Exil was created. He lost his home, and school building as a result of this horrific disaster. Aid in Action decided to stand in the gap and help him and his family once again have a home and a school for the local children in Citi De Repatriates. This area outside of Port au Prince is considered one of the most impoverished areas and is located adjacent to Citi Sole, the renowned slum area.
Aid in Action (Aid in Haiti) was established to help rebuild, provide financially for children’s education and the education of traditional birth attendants (TBA) in Haiti. 70% of babies born in Haiti are assisted by TBA’s. Lisa Buxman was living and working as a midwife in Haiti at the time of the earthquake, so it was a natural act to help educate and provide the needed equipment to the TBA’s so they could give safe care to the many women they serve.
Over the past nine years, AIA has continued to make biannual trips to Haiti, raise funds to provide education to an average of 150 children each year. These children would not be in school if AIA did not pay the teachers wages, an impossible financial burden for so many of the children’s families. We have escorted numerous teams of volunteers to help assist with construction, education, community survey service, and agricultural endeavors…..
We are so grateful for those in Haiti who make this work a success, without them and the beautiful relationships established with AIA could not continue to function successfully.