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 I don't know if anyone still pops in to check this site from time to time but I love having a record of our partnership with Sakala so I am updating it here anyway! In 2020, we officially celebrated 10 years since Stanley's homecoming and he wanted to do something to commemorate that. SO, we started a simple Facebook fundraiser, hoping to raise a few hundred dollars. But, almost $5,000 later, we decided that we would celebrate 10 years with $10,000 in 2020. Then COVID hit. The world shut down and people understandably focused on their families and their own communities.  Meanwhile, life was only growing more difficult on our favorite island. Years of civil unrest culminated in the assassination of Haiti President Jovenl Moise on July 7, 2021 and then on August 14th Haiti withstood the unthinkable- another earthquake . This one was on the southern coast- near Stanley's hometown of Les Cayes. Les Cayes is simply one of the most beautiful places on earth and the images of th...