The Birth of Artists Village: Devastation & Extreme Poverty

After major floods that devastated Gonaives, followed by mudslides that destroyed the humble towns of Mapou and Fond Verrettes, Haiti in 2004, in the hopes of simply helping those in need after natural disasters, a college student and her single working mother founded Artists Village, Inc.

A simple dream between a mother and daughter became a vision. The vision became a mission. Their mission is to make that dream become a reality.

Artists Village, Inc. is a NYC based 501 (c) (3) tax exempt not-for-profit organization that seeks to build self-sufficient communities equipped with, such as but not limited to:  hurricane proof homes, portable water, medical clinic, vocational school, cultural center, and playground thereby enhancing the quality of life of those in need.  In addition to equipping the village with all the necessary amenities of a modern day community, Artists Village has very strong interest in promoting economic and agricultural development for underdeveloped communities.  

ULTIMATE MISSION

In addition to providing emergency relief, our goal is to develop the first of a series of self-sufficient communities equipped with all the bare necessities of a modern day community one village at a time. 

On a national level, Artists Village seeks to develop various underdeveloped, impoverished rural communities throughout the country. Creating employment and improving the quality of life in the rural areas, will surely help in the decentralization of the nation’s overly populated capital, Port-au-Prince; thereby reducing violence and giving the people (victims of natural disasters and homeless) a reason to return and live in their native rural hometown.

Hopefully, such a concept (“Artists Village”) will flourish throughout other underdeveloped countries around the world.