Brings solidarity and mutual aid, pride and dignity to its long-term projects. But because it was born of a “heartfelt impulse” in the ruins of Congo-Brazzaville, L.E.A. continues to work where it is most urgently needed, and where precariousness is most appalling.
“That’s why, in the aftermath of the hurricane that once again destroyed Haiti, the entire L.E.A US team marched, as one man, to the Warehouse: it was quickly emptied and its contents packed for the Haitians who had lost everything,” explains Aleth Felix-Tchicaya. L.E.A also donated some of the clothes and shoes to the Salvation Army in the Bronx: the emergency is also in the coming winter.