Photos from aarp leadership visit to haiti - dis...

* Marie Arago SUPPORT AARP CEO Barry Rand and Sister Claudette Charles, who heads a nursing home that was destroyed in the 2010 earthquake, talk about the impact of AARP’s generous disaster

relief efforts and the gratitude of the people who have been helped and not forgotten. 1 of 12 * Marie Arago ROAD TO RECOVERY Nicole Ferdinand, coordinator of Léogâne’s Older People’s

Associations, shares with AARP Foundation President Lisa Marsh Ryerson, left, and Soledad O’Brien, right, how older people in Haiti are caring for one another after the earthquake. 2 of 12 *

Starfish Media Group GRANDMOTHER RAISING ORPHANS Rosalie Ajax lost both her home and her daughter, one of 150,000 Haitians killed in the magnitude 7.0 quake. Now Ajax is raising her two

grandchildren. 3 of 12 * AARP OFFER: REMEMBER THE PAST, HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE Share your stories and help advocate for political support to protect your future.   JOIN AARP TO SUPPORT LIVING

WITH DIGNITY AND PURPOSE. 4 of 12 * Marie Arago REBUILDING Members of the AARP leadership delegation visit one of the houses built in Léogâne by HelpAge, a nonprofit that administered the

$1.5 million in donations from AARP, AARP members and AARP Foundation. The money was earmarked to help people 60 and older. 5 of 12 * Marie Arago A NEW HOME Almost all Léogâne’s structures

were destroyed by the quake. Some residents, like Marie Adancia Gustavestands, were homeless until HelpAge built new homes. 6 of 12 * Marie Arago FUTURE GENERATION Debra Whitman, an AARP

executive vice president, joins children who provided entertainment at the nursing home. 7 of 12 * Starfish Media Group RESPITE Léogâne residents get a break from the Haitian sun. “Natural

disasters disproportionately affect older people,” said Debra Whitman, AARP executive vice president. 8 of 12 * Marie Arago SHOWTIME Weekly at the Asile St. Vincent de Paul nursing home,

children put on a show for the residents. The AARP delegation members prepare to take their seats for the performance. 9 of 12 * Marie Arago LITTLE BALLERINAS Children dance at the Asile St.

Vincent de Paul nursing home in Léogâne. 10 of 12 * Marie Arago BRAVO! Residents of the Asile St. Vincent de Paul nursing home appreciate the performance of the young students at a nearby

school. 11 of 12 * Marie Arago A TOUCHING VISIT AARP CEO Barry Rand, center, meets a resident of the Asile St. Vincent de Paul nursing home, which was leveled by the earthquake. WATCH VIDEOS

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