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In Haiti:

$1 covers a day of school

$1 buys a cinder block for a home or school

$1 pays for dinner for a family

Your $1 can change a life.

• We have begun a scholarship campaign for children in the Bercy, Cabaret community to attend the school across from the Cabaret Baptist Children’s Home.  School starts next week and we still have more students waiting and wanting to go to school. This year, through sponsors we were able to give 31 students scholarships to attend school!  The scholarship is $150 and covers school tuition, books, uniforms and lunch for the year.  If you are interested in providing a scholarship you can donate online here.  You are welcome at any time to donate towards misc. education costs they incur at the school throughout the year.

• The older students at the chidren’s home used to have to travel to go to school but are now going to school with the younger students in the neighborhood.  They are currently meeting in a pavilion so we are raising money to build them a classroom.  Cinder blocks are $1 each so if you would like to donate towards that or do a “block fundraiser” then let us know. We are creating a page on T.H.E. Mission Haiti website now that will have blocks with donors names on them.

If you are interested in helping, find a creative way to save a $1 a day for a determined amount of time (week, month, year).

Here are some ideas for our $1 a Day Campaign:

1.  Pay with bills and keep all loose change.  Collect it for the amount of time you determined and then donate it.

2.  Pay with larger bills and keep a $1 bill each day (or all the $1s).

3.  Sacrifice or down size something and keep the money you would have used somewhere you can look at it every day and add to it.  Instead of ordering a soda, get water.  Instead of a specialty coffee go with regular and add flavored creamer.  Use coupons if your normally don’t and put the savings  in your jar/container.

4.  Sell something on Craigslist, Ebay or at a yard sale.

5.  Offer to do something that you are good at for a few bucks like edit a photo, create a slideshow, clean a car.

There are so many ways we can all save a $1 here and there.  Haiti needs help, $1 at a time.  Will you help?

To see slides from their presentation, click the link below:

Presentation

-Charity

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Time for school in the mountain community of Zorange

Please pray that team leaders will walk in God’s wisdom and safety and that they will be able to fulfill His purposes for this trip. Please pray, also, for all of our Haitian friends and partners and for God’s direction as we pursue new opportunities this year.

THE Mission’s next open trip will take place from August 15-22 in Bercy, Cabaret. If you are interested in joining us or would like to request a trip information packet, please contact me at: Charity@themissionhaiti.com

-Charity Remington

Back from a quick trip to Haiti with Christa where we checked in on both projects and friends. What a pleasure to have Becca Janiak join us and to stay with Isnel Abraham and his precious family. While we were there we were able to distribute clothes to more than sixty children in a local village and deliver supplies to new mothers. We also were presented with some new and exciting potential opportunities that we are praying and thinking about. Thanks to everyone who sent supplies or gave to make this possible! Find us on Facebook for pictures of the trip.

T.H.E Mission’s next trip will take place May 2 to May 8 in Bercy, Cabaret. If you are interested in joining us, email Charity@themissionhaiti.com.

-Charity

Charity

We want to thank all of our members for their incredible support during 2010. As you know, this was an incredibly difficult year for our friends in Haiti. Between the January 12, 2010 earthquake that caused the deaths of over 250,000 people, the cholera outbreak and political unrest, many Haitians have faced the most challenging year of their life.

This year, T.H.E. Mission has been able to bring a lot of good to a lot of people. Here is a review of what we did in 2010.

Thanks to our supporters we were able to feed and clothe over a thousand people. These people also received life saving medical care through our clinics. We have seen lives improved and malnourished babies brought back from the brink of death. Thank you to our nurses!

We helped build a school in, Labadri, a community where the children had never been to school. This school is now thriving and plans have been made to expand this year.

Also, many children been enrolled in schools for the first time thanks to our scholarship program. These children have been so excited to be a student and are working hard!

Over a thousand children received a pair of shoes to protect their little feet.

Dozens of shelters and houses were built to help get families out of their makeshift tents and into homes.

Through these projects we are helping to build strong communities and sharing hope with our neighbors. We could not do it without your support. Thank you for all the ways in which you help us be successful!

~ Christa

Also, the orphanage was out of food. For dinner the night of our visit, the children were eating a paste of flour and water. Needless to say, most of the children were malnourished. One of the sickest children was a one year old boy named Samuel (pictured below). Despite his age, Samuel weighed as much of a newborn. He had no use of his legs and was non responsive. The next day, we took Samuel to a clinic for treatment. Hopefully, with continued care and the food he needs he will be running around with the rest of the kids soon.

As soon as T.H.E. Mission staff received word of this situation fundraising and collections began. Thanks to the generosity of some of our members, we were able to provide several weeks worth of food and supplies. We plan to return this month to deliver more supplies and to connect with other NGOs in Haiti that provide food to orphanages. Our goal is to get Bon Samaritan on par with the other orphanages we work with and get these children the loving care they deserve.

This is an ongoing project. If you would like to donate to help these children, please contact me at christa@themissionhaiti.com. As usual, our main need is money. Funding can open so many doors for this orphanage. If you have it in your heart to donate, please do so using the link to the right. However, there are some things that are cheaper to buy in the U.S. and ship down. Some ideas of donations are:

Baby formula

Diapers

Shoes

Children’s Vitamins

Small pillows and sheets

If you would like to donate any of these items, contact me.

Thank you all for your love and support. With your help, we will make this orphanage a beautiful place for these children.

~ Christa

We have had Youvengy for about one week.  He had a very bad night last night and the night before with high fever and trouble breathing.  Today we took him to a private doctor who told us that anemia was his main problem.  His heart did not have enough blood to pump correctly. She asked to do some tests before she would admit him to the hospital and told us that he would probably have to receive blood transfusion.  Since we were not finding immediate care until we brought back the tests results, we took him to a hospital which admitted him right away.  They put him on IV and oxygen to help him breathe better.  The hospital also told us he had a real problem with anemia and needed blood transfusion.  Since they have not asked us to act on the transfusion right away, but were just talking about it, we are taking this opportunity to ask you to join us in fervent prayer.  Pray that the Lord will give Youvengy all the blood that he needs so he will not have to go through the process of blood transfusion.  Please believe with us. Both pediatricians said that he is so anemic that we could lose him at any time. Please see this as a serious request. God can give him the necessary blood and we believe He will do as soon as possible.  Thank you so much for partnering with us in prayer. May God bless you!