Area locals help solve hunger in Haiti

GRUNDY COUNTY – A drive to help others can lead people to very different places, to do very different things. For two Grundy County locals, this drive took them over 2,000 miles away to the island nation of Haiti.
Hunger, which has been a foremost problem in Haiti for years, is not as easily solved as it would seem – and that’s what led Darwin Cannegieter of Dike, and Julie Grunklee of Reinbeck, to travel to Haiti this January, where they used what they know best – agriculture – to work towards a solution.
“I was the typical American,” Cannegieter said. “I was sending money, just going through the motions. But my heart wasn’t in it.”
Four years ago, Darwin’s daughter convinced him to go down to Haiti on a mission trip, and that’s when everything changed for him.
To read the full story, check out the February 25 edition of The Register.