MIDDLE OF AN ONGOING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.

AMID POLITICAL INSTABILITY AND GANG VIOLENCE.

MORE THAN 300,000 HAITIANS HAVE BEEN DISPLACED IN THE LAST YEAR.

NOW IN RESPONSE, THE COALITION OF HAITIAN AMERICAN ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA HAS JUMPED INTO ACTION TO DO WHAT IT CAN HEAR.

I ALWAYS SEEN THE IMAGE OF HAITIANS IN HAITI IS BEING DESTITUTE.

THE MAN WE HAVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS ALL LIVING IN POVERTY.

WE HAVE ALL THESE ISSUES AND THOSE ARE TRUE.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE CAN WE'RE NOT JUST WHAT'S ON WHERE DOCTORS LAWYERS THIS IS.

IS PHYSICIANS.

WE'RE PHARMA SAYS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUSINESS OWNERS.

THERE'S SO MANY THINGS WE CAN OFFER IN THIS HERITAGE.

MUCH IS GOING TO SHOW NOW.

NOT THE OTHER SIDE OF US COMING TO THIS COUNTRY AND JOIN K WHERE WE'RE NOT JUST HERE FOR HANDOUTS.

WE HERE TO BUILD AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS COUNTRY BETTER BECAUSE AT THE END, THE DAY WE WANT TO STAND BY THE MODEL.

GIVE US YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR.

YES, THEY COME HERE AND WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT THEM.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THE NOTION TO HELP HAITI BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTING THAT.

THESE GANGS ARE NOT ACCEPTED.

NOT ONLY CHICAGO, BUT THE NEXT AT THE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.

WE'VE HAD TO FIGHT FOR EVERY RESOURCE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE AND GET FOR THAT HAITIAN COMMUNITY HERE.

AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR HAITI.

HAITI IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLANDS THE AND IT WILL RETURN TO EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.

NOW, JUST LAST WEEK THE