Sailors Without Borders Promoting Peace and Global Unity through the Wind in our Sails.

1. Sailors Without BordersPromoting Peace and Global Unity through the Wind in our Sails.

2. SV Tranquility &Trans Marine Pro Sailors without Borders Our Clients rafting up to us for Trans Marine Pro to install Solar Panels and D400 wind Generators in West Palm Beach Florida. • SV Tranquility is a 56ft Steel Bruce Roberts. The Murray family have been living and cruising aboard for the past 5 years. Working out of the boat we support our sailing habit by installing Renewable Energy Systems onboard other boats, this keep us picking up the anchor every season and sailing up and down the Eastern seaboard and throughout the Caribbean.

3. About AAE and Structure The Association Amis des Enfants  Conditions on the Island • Our Association's main aim is to ensure the survival, self-sufficiency and well-being of the 90,000 inhabitants on this island. • To Educate the young minds as so too insure a brighter future for all on La Gonave. • Our power depends on diesel generator’s; Their only wind generator has broken. • Our water is supplied by two well’s out of nine; • There are no asphalted roads nor sewerage pipes; • Goods transport is very costly ; • We have a small hospital with very limited medical supplies; • No books for the Children; • Agriculture is not abundant;

4. La Gonave 18c50'15" N - 73000'35" • The biggest Haitian island: electricity was cut in 1987, roads and sewerage were never built and water resources are non-existent. • In this heat, food perishes in a few hours, IF and WHEN there is food.

5. SAIL AID TO HAITI A.A.E is now feeding 256 children - double the ones they normally feed - and more arrive. The funds for the school meal plan that were supposed to last until June are now almost diminished by the end of February 2010.

6. Onboard Artwork Presented to the AAE by SV Tranquility Crew

7. SV Tranquility and her Crew Captain Cameron Admiral Leighia First Mate Ali Security Meryl Agriculturist Sandy Petty Officer Maya Petty Officer Fynn

8. Liberty Schooner Miami Beach Marina, our loading dock

9. Schooner Liberty Crew Schooner Liberty was so helpful with allowing us to raft alongside and assisting in loading 4 tons of Cargo and Generators.

10. Shoes of Hope Art Miles Shoes of Hope Project was awaiting us when we arrived so we began loading straight away.

11. Hand Painted by Bridge Point Education & Volunteer San Diego To make sure we could fit all 2000 pairs of shoes, our Crew member Ali went through all the boxes and bagged the shoes.

12. Shoes of Hope Filling up the V Berth Now the question was where to begin to store them.

13. Cargo Hold False Floor was made from our Saloon to the V Berth and filled to the brim with Aid Supplies.

14. Medical Supplies Donated by the Alton Group, Miami.

15. Relief Aid Awaiting Storage Sun Electronics, Miami, and James Bourlet INC, New York, made these Donations.

16. Using Liberty’s Boom to Transfer over 8 7.2KW Gen Sets Donated by Sun Electronics, Miami.

17. Invaluable Help All 8 Gen Sets were strapped to the Aft Deck for sailing to Haiti.

18. SV Tranquility Ready for Sea We could have taken more AID but unfortunately it was hard to find more as Donor Fatigue set in.

19. V Berth Stocked to the Brim The crawl space from the forward berths to the Saloon, looking AFT.

20. Walking on Water Art Miles Projects around the world instill Peace and Global Community through the ART projects done by children for children.

21. Peace Ambassador Maya, which means water in Egyptian, will become a UNESCO Peace Paint Ambassador for ART MILES.

22. Arriving in the Gulf Of La Gonave We timed it so SV Tranquility and crew arrived as the sun was coming up.

23. Dolphin Watching A pod of Dolphins greeted us and provided a sense of calm and peace.

24. Watching for Coral Heads Waters go from thousands of feet to hundreds, then to tens, then ones very quickly.

25. The Harbor of Anse à Galets The coastal resources are probably the country’s most exploited and inadequately managed. Problems are caused by overfishing, pollution, poverty, waste (dumping), ignorance of the laws, lack of education, and general overexploitation.

26. Anse à Galets,La Gonave This Island is located to the west-northwest of Port au Prince. Anse à Galets ’ population is approximately 50.000; since the Earthquake it has risen to 90.000.

27. Helping Hands Taking the AID off the boat was a lot quicker than loading it on.

28. The Harbor . Our introduction of how we would be getting around the island, on the back of these motorcycles.

29. This Area Will Flood during the Rainy Season The roads and surrounding areas are very chalky; the island is mostly Limestone .

30. Making Do with Little The average Haitian monthly income is about $300 and food costs continue to rise dramatically.

31. Renewable Energy Wind, especially in the coastal regions, and solar in Haiti is inexhaustible.

32. Agriculture This is the land Nadal is looking at renting in the town, behind the school to start growing pawpaw.

33. Box Shelters 18 Donated by a Rotary Club. Still in need of another 40.

34. The Crew Picture In the backyard of the AAE Headquarters.

35. Association Amis des Enfants Translates to Friends of the Children.

36. No Language Barrier between Children Maya and Fynn were curious about the kids next door and naturally so were they.

37. Mumma and Babe As of a 2006 census, 40% of the Haitian population is younger than 15 years of age.

38. A Hand Up not a Hand Out The Island had a 13% chronically malnourished rate before the quake, which could easily be exacerbated if food issues aren’t addressed.

39. Children's Schedule Note that a half day on Fridays has been added for 2010, only in the town school.

40. All Blood Runs Red No Matter the Colour of Your Skin It was quite the experience for both of the kids, and also for the locals to see that we as a family wanted our children to be citizens of the world.

41. Beautiful Girls Enjoying a quiet moment of friendship. Maya, Crew Member Sandy and Nadal’s Daughter , Sabblandie

42. Samuel Michel, vice-president of the Association Is in need of a prosthetic ear and cranium reconstruction that is impossible in Haiti

43. Boat Maintenance Locals use caulking in-between wooden planks to stop seepage. All planks are cut from local trees; you can see how young the trees are by the shortness of the planks.

44. Receiving a New Pair of Shoes By 2010 the population of Haiti was calculated to reach 10 million, an increase of 19% in just 4 years.

45. In 1987 Power was Cut to the Island… God has forgotten Haiti and Haiti has forgotten La Gonave, the biggest Haitian island. Electricity was cut in 1987, while roads and sewage systems were never built.

46. Going up into the Country Side The remaining power lines pose more of a problem due to degradation in the sun.

47. Cooking Hut The trees are cut down and then buried in the earth like a Hangi to make the coal for cooking. Deforestation is still a big problem.

48. Looking Back across the Harbor Fishing and farming are the main sources of income.

49. A Road Well Travelled It wasn’t as kind as it might have looked sitting in the back of a truck for 4 hours, there and back- towards the end we would have rather walked.

50. Barren Hills Stripping the land, land slides increase during the rainy season.