Donations for Hurricane Matthew – Haiti
Our partner has been badly affected. You can change a child's life by donating. All funds will go in full to this hurricane relief location and directly to Morgan's safe house. She has been in Haiti only 3 years and has helped thousands of children. Her group has personally reunited close to 300 children with their families and saving them from slavery and abandonment. Now with this hurricane, funds are desperately needed to help so many children that have lost there homes and families. Read more...
About Morgan Wienberg
Morgan lived in a Haitian orphanage for 5 months over the spring and summer of 2011 and witnessed the hardships the children face. Yet despite the desperate conditions there, she remains full of life and love. She worked daily to gain access to health care, clean water for showers and food for her 70 roommates. Morgan currently lives in Haiti at LFBS’s transitional safehouse where she is caring for the children as if they were her own.
Morgan was Valedictorian of her High School and recipient of the Governor General of Canada Academic Award. She was awarded the Commissioner of Yukon Youth Award for her work as Director of Humane Society Yukon, Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition, Food Not Bombs, and Social Justice Club. Rotary International has recognized her work with their Paul Harris Fellowship Humanitarian Award. She was a finalist nominee with the Berger-Marks Foundation in Washington, DC for demonstrating leadership in Social Justice; a guest speaker at the United Nations Youth Assembly and was a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Government of Canada.
LFBS strives to help create a world in which:
Core Values
THE NUMBERS (as of October 2014)
Morgan lived in a Haitian orphanage for 5 months over the spring and summer of 2011 and witnessed the hardships the children face. Yet despite the desperate conditions there, she remains full of life and love. She worked daily to gain access to health care, clean water for showers and food for her 70 roommates. Morgan currently lives in Haiti at LFBS’s transitional safehouse where she is caring for the children as if they were her own.
Morgan was Valedictorian of her High School and recipient of the Governor General of Canada Academic Award. She was awarded the Commissioner of Yukon Youth Award for her work as Director of Humane Society Yukon, Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition, Food Not Bombs, and Social Justice Club. Rotary International has recognized her work with their Paul Harris Fellowship Humanitarian Award. She was a finalist nominee with the Berger-Marks Foundation in Washington, DC for demonstrating leadership in Social Justice; a guest speaker at the United Nations Youth Assembly and was a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal from the Government of Canada.
LFBS strives to help create a world in which:
- any child who is a victim of neglect, exploitation, abuse, torture or any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment will receive physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration
- such recovery and reintegration will take place in an environment which fosters the health, self respect and dignity of the child
- education and opportunities for self-sufficiency and self-determination are the rights of all
Core Values
- They believe that children deserve a safe and peaceful place to sleep, play and learn.
- They believe that childhood should be about learning and playing not work, slavery and abuse.
- They believe that all people are entitled to adequate shelter, food and clean water.
- They believe that it is a duty to help others to become independent.
- They believe that individuals can often be more effective than governments in promoting human relationships and world peace.
THE NUMBERS (as of October 2014)
- 94 children united with their families – 63 from situations of exploitation and abuse, 31 from the streets
- 18 homeless children seek refuge, healing and growth in our Safehouses
- 9 Haitian staff employed by Little Footprints Big Steps
- 6 tutors hired part-time in various communities across Haiti
- 12 families still need help building or renting a home
- Over 170 children supported for basic education