The 7.0-magnitude 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, killing more than 300,000 and destroying
280,000 buildings, also left many children without schools. Days later, Miyamoto International arrived in
Haiti to help, ultimately creating Miyamoto Global Disaster Relief, a nonprofit to provide disaster mitigation
and reconstruction following catastrophic disasters where usual funding source doesn’t exist.
Miyamoto International
trained legions of
engineers and masons
(pictured) to rebuild and
retrofit schools, homes
and buildings so they
will withstand future
earthquakes.
As Miyamoto
International CEO
Dr. Kit Miyamoto points
out, “Earthquakes don’t
kill people. Buildings
kill people.” To date, we
have trained more than
6,000 masons, along
with 600 engineers and
20 contractors.
