Children's Hope
This little guy lives in Shada, one of the
poorest places in Haiti. It is also one of
the places we personally visit twice a year
to deliver medical and school supplies.
In Shada, there are no roads, no running
water, no toilets, very little food (they sell
biscuits made of dirt in the alley-ways).
Hope is hard to find in Shada.
So far In 2007, we have gone into Haiti
twice, once in January and again in
August. Both times, your donations
were generous enough to allow us to
purchase several copies of the book,
Where Women Have No Doctor, in
Creole, antibiotics, pain relievers, and
medical bags that were taken to clinics in
Cite Soleil, Labadie, Port au Prince, and
Milot areas. We also distributed over a
dozen stethoscopes and blood pressure
cuffs, along with some very badly needed
surgical supplies.
Before the August trip, we gained a new
medical sponsor, Marshall Hospital, of
Placerville, CA. Over $8,000 worth of
supplies were donated to Children's Hope,
raising the new and welcome question of
how we can begin to arrange for shipping
ahead our medical supplies that can be
dispersed on our arrival. So far, PostNet
of El Dorado Hills has offered to discount
shipping by 20% to Florida, and another
shipper has offered free shipping from
Florida to Haiti. We still cannot afford to
ship donated supplies ahead, but we are
making headway toward that goal.
Also during the January trip, we helped
arrange treatment for malnourished
children in Shada, and discovered that
"Food and Meds For Kids" have been
very diligent about coming in each
Wednesday to Shada for the feeding
program. We are also hoping to build
the first dry toilet there soon. Since
the first toilet we helped fund in 2006,
over 30 ecological toilets have been
built and are working today.
We support a dozen schools throughout
Haiti, but always look forward to visiting the
first school we ever sponsored, the
Sopudep School in Port au Prince. We are
currently trying to find a generous source for
30 solar graphing calculators. Donations are
badly needed!
We recently returned from our most
successful trip ever in August. Because of
your generosity we were able to deliver more than $10,000 in medical supplies, school
supplies, and monetary donations. It was our
eighth trip in the last four years. Your kind
support has made a difference in the lives of
thousands of Haitian children.
We are always in need of medical supplies,
Nokia cell phones, gently used lap-top
computers, calculators and monetary
donations.
Please call Leisa for details at 916-801-4184.
Please consider what you can do to help.
Haiti is the poorest place in our half of the
world, but we can make a difference. So little
goes so far -- just $20 pays a teacher's salary
for an entire month, the feeling of knowing
you have helped raise a child up from misery
is always worth so much more.
