The guides library

Straight answers, before you buy anything

Every guide answers one question people actually type — with the numbers on the table. Organised by topic, in your language.

Sending food

Send food to Haiti: buy it there, or ship it?

The two ways to get food to family in Haiti: ship a barrel (3–6 weeks, customs, spoilage) or buy the food inside Haiti for pickup. An honest compariso…

Send food to Haiti: buy it there, or ship it? →

How much does it cost to send food to Haiti?

What it really costs to feed family in Haiti from abroad: the World Food Programme's $180 monthly basket, what $100 buys item by item, barrel shipping…

How much does it cost to send food to Haiti? →

How long does food delivery to Haiti take?

Real timelines: a shipped barrel takes 3–6 weeks to reach family in Haiti; food bought inside Haiti is picked up in days. Why the difference, and what…

How long does food delivery to Haiti take? →

What food can you send to Haiti?

The food that belongs in a package for family in Haiti: rice, beans, oil, spaghetti, cornmeal, canned fish — the World Food Programme basket, in famil…

What food can you send to Haiti? →

Proof & how it works

How do you know your family really received it?

The question nobody in this field answers: how do you know the goods reached your family? The proof packet — handover photo, receipt, family confirmat…

How do you know your family really received it? →

Solar

What size solar kit does a house need?

Solar sizing in plain words: what a fridge really draws, how many panels it needs, battery size for the night, and the four kit sizes — with the free …

What size solar kit does a house need? →

The monthly basket — dated editions

What $100 buys your family this month

Item by item: what $100 of food goods looks like in Haiti in November 2026, priced against the World Food Programme's family food basket. Updated mont…

What $100 buys your family this month →
Chat on WhatsApp