VISTA volunteers work in food banks. with drug abuse prevention programs. and with child abuse programs. In the early part of this decade. in the midst of the Marielito boat lift. VISTA volunteers provided invaluable assistance to Cuban and Haitian refugees by soliciting donations. placing refugees in jobs. attracting community volunteers and producing a CreoleEnglish handbook for Haitian refugees. VISTAs programming efforts have focused on the problems of hunger. homelessness. illiteracy. unemployment. drug and alcohol abuse. domestic violence. child abuse. the special needs of lowincome seniors. the handicapped. migrant farm workers. and native Americans. Foster Grandparents are lowincome seniors who serve 20 hours per week working with children who have mental. physical. and emotional handicaps. Daisy Martin. a foster grandparent from Fort Lauderdale.
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