We've been deluged with offers of materials for Haiti. We - and those we partner with who help ship things to Haiti - cannot deal with anything more than those 3 priorities right now. HOM has established a committee that will review all in kind donations to ensure that we accept priority items that can be shipped quickly. Another problem we face is that the storage areas in Haiti have been damaged and are barely able to keep up with the food supplies needed.
So, pls limit in kind donations to specific foods (ask us and we'll explain that), 6 person tents for family shelters, and fresh meds (again, ask us, since we can only use in date in formularly meds and specific OTCs). We recommend that other collections be used to create yard or other sales and that the funds generated be donated for relief and reconstruction. shalom - Bill
A Samaritan's Purse team also began cleaning up the damage at the clinic in preparation for a Samaritan's Purse medical team working there. With the continuing shift of commerical air service to later dates (now Feb 20 at the earliest), we will have to see how that impacts our ability to accommodate early team trips.
We have the billeting materials heading down in a bit over a week. We are researching how to ship building materials in and always looking for local sources. The team accommodations set up will happen after the billeting materials arrive. The support organization will exist after air service resumes and our long term volunteers are in place to match up with the Haitian translators and leaders always there.
Here's some information provided by jacky. She mentions school reopening possibilities toward the end of her comments. We are coordinating with donors for tents that may have to be used as temporary classrooms while repairs are being made.
>> Jacky's comments: About the school children we can shout: " Eben Ezer!" So far we lost only one child of 3 years old from Blanchard school. Blocks from his house fell upon him. Please pray for this family whose other child a second grader, lost a finger under a block too during the earthquake. No one of my knowledge was hurt among our High School students. However Sirius Patrick, and Sirius Evanie lost their Mom. Prophete Jean Emmanuel lost his Mom too. They were vendors selling their products down town Port-au-Prince when where hit and died. They found them under rubbles. Please pray for those young people so the would not loose faith, specially for Prophete Jean Emmanuel who is in great dispear. The Lord made provisions for our High School students. On December 18-20 we held a successful retreat with 99 of them ( from 9th grade to university level ).
I was inspired to organize it earlier this year, normally we meet them in March/April around Easter Season. During that retreat we reinforced the need for them to abide closer to the Lord and to sanctify their lives. The left wing of the school in Cite Soleil where Yves Joseph has his office was severely damaged. We will not be able to use it for the rest of the school year. The small gate in the back of the school where we used to welcome the Preschool and Kindergarten children is unusable. The first grade class at the end of the other building by the cafeteria has lots of cracks in it. We will need to use another classroom. The wall of the kitchen fell. the ground (the floor) of the toilet area is broken.
A lot of repairs need to be done before we can possibly restart School in Cite Soleil by the end of the month of February or the first week of March. The students and their parents are still under fear and traumatic state three weeks after the earthquake. Many of them are facing real challenges, like the loss of their houses and relatives. Since January 12th most of the parents don't have work to do, and are relying on humanitarian food to sustain their lives. Many of our students and their parents are now in the country sides. They ran there in the hope to secure their lives.
Thousands of families fled Port-au-Prince. The ministry of Education ordered that the schools in the Central and the Northern departments where the earthquake didn't pass to be reopened on February 1st. That's a good move. Many and many schools were destroyed in Port-au-Prince. The heads of the ministry are doing an evaluation to be able to make decision for the reopening of the schools in the department of West which includes Port-au-Prince, Cite Soleil, Blanchard, ect... Every one in Port-au-Prince who has a roof to rest, and has no injuries in their bodies, legs and arms, can consider himself/herself blessed beyond measure. We are absolutely very grateful to the Lord for all His blessings, specially for His Peace.
The Outreach Foundation is very grateful for the gifts that we have received in support of our partner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Outreach Ministries (HOM). Those gifts so far have totaled nearly $100,000. All of these funds will go to the work of HOM in Cite Soleil, Blanchard, Repatriote and Ibo Beach.
On Sunday the congregations welcomed many visitors from the community to worship. The church buildings at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are not safe to use, so the people gathered outside on the soccer fields. 1500 worshipped at Cite Soleil where forty people responded to an invitation to give their lives in faith to Jesus Christ. God’s glory and grace are being revealed amidst the brokenness.
Daily food relief and housing of displaced people continues. The church grounds have become a kind of sanctuary for many who are homeless. More tents are on the way. Food is prepared in the compound for those now living there, and other food is taken into the communities to distribution points. The Mission of Hope U.S. medical team came to Blanchard again this weekend. They will be with HOM for a few more days before moving to another area. Youths are helping to bring older and less able patients to the team for treatment.
Your gifts are being used for immediate food and shelter for those in need and for supplies for the clinic at Cite Soleil. Gifts will also be used for a community-based housing replacement program. An initial effort will seek to build 250 simple, safe family homes at a cost of $5,000 each. A complementary program will address houses that can be repaired. Of course, separate from these efforts will be the need to repair and replace Haiti Outreach Ministries’ own damaged church, school and clinic facilities. Given the level of damage to the Cite Soleil school, one priority surely will be developing plans to accommodates students when schools can be reopened.
Leon Dorleans and Profaite met with a Samaritan's Purse representative on Monday, and Samaritan’s Purse will partner with HOM in Cite Soleil for relief distribution this Friday. HOM hopes to partner with Samaritan’s Purse in both near-term relief and long-term recovery activities. HOM staff are ordering supplies and working to put team dorms in place as soon as they can, hoping to begin repair and rebuilding efforts in February. Watch The Outreach Foundation’s website for more information about how teams can be of assistance.
Thank you for your prayers on behalf of Haiti – and for your gifts in support of Haiti Outreach Ministries and their efforts to show God’s love in word and deed amidst the loss and destruction of recent weeks.
You are all well aware that the ministry work in Haiti has been changed for the foreseeable future, if not for the rest of our lives. HOM is committed to assist our partner churches and communities in near term relief and long term rebuilding. We need substantial help from all who have a passion for Haiti and are able to assist.
Immediately after the earthquake displaced Haitians came to our compounds for haven. The recreation fields at Cite Soleil and Blanchard are now home to large numbers of Haitians. We will sustain and feed them as we sort out what to do next. Our facilities have been damaged. Leon’s assessment is that the churches at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are unstable and unusable. A wall at the Cite Soleil clinic collapsed, the oldest of the school buildings at Cite Soleil is likely beyond use, and the shed housing the clean water system in Cite Soleil is destroyed, along with its clean water system. The security wall at Cite Soleil has collapsed. The bridge between the two school buildings in Blanchard is cracked. The wells at Repatriote are now leaking. We do not have a report yet about Ibo Beach.
Leon is aware of several fatalities within the congregations. It is certain that, given the scale of destruction, the list will grow. There is widespread destruction or damage to homes. This is a disaster on the scale of Katrina, but with substantial practical problems in logistics.
Bill Glass posted on Facebook - Feb. 8, 2010 7:04pm
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=21613374963
HOM has a microloan program that we began after T/S Noel did so much damage. The program's purpose is to train people who wish to start businesses and then provide them a microloan to do so. We have had a few dozen individuals helped already. It is our plan to increase this effort to help folks recover from the earthquake. The scope of that ... See Moreeffort will be a function of how much we receive in relief donations and being able to divide those among immediate needs and the other, longer term relief needs like microloans to restart businesses.
---
This is the primary address for all checks into the HOM ministry. Because of this, it is important that you indicate the use of your check clearly in the memo line: "Disaster Relief" ; "Reconstruction" ; "Sponsorship" ; "General Fund" ; etc. so checks can be properly processed. Thank you for your attention to this detail.
The HOM website is now accepting Visa and MasterCard if you prefer to donate through this method. Visit: http://www.haitioutreachministries.org/
*PLEASE NOTE that 100% of your donation goes directly for the ministry. HOM is a non-profit completely run by volunteers.
Sat Jun 11 13:46:24 +0000 2011 by LPar:cat_notes: -> Just to be in contact with the group, I will be volunteering this summer as an ESL teacher with Haiti Outreach Ministries in Blanchard, Port au Prince. I leave tomorrow for the DR, go to Haiti by bus on the 18th and will be there at least until September 1. Thanks!!
Anne Fields
919 272 0771 (Home, 919 821 5785)
aafields923@gmail.com
(show/hide changes)Tue Feb 23 23:24:32 +0000 2010 by DNug:notes: 2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE
from facebook -
2-3-10 Update from Bill Glass and Jacky Dorleans
From Bill Glass: An American relief crew with heavy equipment has begun working in Cite Soleil. This crew was brought in by Samaritan's Purse and offered to help. God willing, by the end of the week the debris will be removed from the compound (or at least the debris... near the wall areas). There has been an offer to help rebuild the wall from a Samaritan's Purse team, as well. If that sorts out in their priorities, it would certainly help us restore security to the compound and provide a secure place for both shelter and other community assistance activities.
A Samaritan's Purse team also began cleaning up the damage at the clinic in preparation for a Samaritan's Purse medical team working there. With the continuing shift of commerical air service to later dates (now Feb 20 at the earliest), we will have to see how that impacts our ability to accommodate early team trips.
The steps in bringing teams are:
1. Air service resumption
2. Team billeting materials arrive via shipments (air mattresses, solar camp lights, camp showers)
3. Access to sufficient food to support teams
4. Building materials
5. Team accommodations in place
6. Team support organization in place
We have the billeting materials heading down in a bit over a week. We are researching how to ship building materials in and always looking for local sources. The team accommodations set up will happen after the billeting materials arrive. The support organization will exist after air service resumes and our long term volunteers are in place to match up with the Haitian translators and leaders always there.
Here's some information provided by jacky. She mentions school reopening possibilities toward the end of her comments. We are coordinating with donors for tents that may have to be used as temporary classrooms while repairs are being made.
>> Jacky's comments: About the school children we can shout: " Eben Ezer!" So far we lost only one child of 3 years old from Blanchard school. Blocks from his house fell upon him. Please pray for this family whose other child a second grader, lost a finger under a block too during the earthquake. No one of my knowledge was hurt among our High School students. However Sirius Patrick, and Sirius Evanie lost their Mom. Prophete Jean Emmanuel lost his Mom too. They were vendors selling their products down town Port-au-Prince when where hit and died. They found them under rubbles. Please pray for those young people so the would not loose faith, specially for Prophete Jean Emmanuel who is in great dispear. The Lord made provisions for our High School students. On December 18-20 we held a successful retreat with 99 of them ( from 9th grade to university level ).
I was inspired to organize it earlier this year, normally we meet them in March/April around Easter Season. During that retreat we reinforced the need for them to abide closer to the Lord and to sanctify their lives. The left wing of the school in Cite Soleil where Yves Joseph has his office was severely damaged. We will not be able to use it for the rest of the school year. The small gate in the back of the school where we used to welcome the Preschool and Kindergarten children is unusable. The first grade class at the end of the other building by the cafeteria has lots of cracks in it. We will need to use another classroom. The wall of the kitchen fell. the ground (the floor) of the toilet area is broken.
A lot of repairs need to be done before we can possibly restart School in Cite Soleil by the end of the month of February or the first week of March. The students and their parents are still under fear and traumatic state three weeks after the earthquake. Many of them are facing real challenges, like the loss of their houses and relatives. Since January 12th most of the parents don't have work to do, and are relying on humanitarian food to sustain their lives. Many of our students and their parents are now in the country sides. They ran there in the hope to secure their lives.
Thousands of families fled Port-au-Prince. The ministry of Education ordered that the schools in the Central and the Northern departments where the earthquake didn't pass to be reopened on February 1st. That's a good move. Many and many schools were destroyed in Port-au-Prince. The heads of the ministry are doing an evaluation to be able to make decision for the reopening of the schools in the department of West which includes Port-au-Prince, Cite Soleil, Blanchard, ect... Every one in Port-au-Prince who has a roof to rest, and has no injuries in their bodies, legs and arms, can consider himself/herself blessed beyond measure. We are absolutely very grateful to the Lord for all His blessings, specially for His Peace.
=======================
from -
http://www.theoutreachfoundation.org/haiti.html
January 26 Haiti update from The Outreach Foundation
Dear friends,
The Outreach Foundation is very grateful for the gifts that we have received in support of our partner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Outreach Ministries (HOM). Those gifts so far have totaled nearly $100,000. All of these funds will go to the work of HOM in Cite Soleil, Blanchard, Repatriote and Ibo Beach.
On Sunday the congregations welcomed many visitors from the community to worship. The church buildings at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are not safe to use, so the people gathered outside on the soccer fields. 1500 worshipped at Cite Soleil where forty people responded to an invitation to give their lives in faith to Jesus Christ. God’s glory and grace are being revealed amidst the brokenness.
Daily food relief and housing of displaced people continues. The church grounds have become a kind of sanctuary for many who are homeless. More tents are on the way. Food is prepared in the compound for those now living there, and other food is taken into the communities to distribution points. The Mission of Hope U.S. medical team came to Blanchard again this weekend. They will be with HOM for a few more days before moving to another area. Youths are helping to bring older and less able patients to the team for treatment.
Your gifts are being used for immediate food and shelter for those in need and for supplies for the clinic at Cite Soleil. Gifts will also be used for a community-based housing replacement program. An initial effort will seek to build 250 simple, safe family homes at a cost of $5,000 each. A complementary program will address houses that can be repaired. Of course, separate from these efforts will be the need to repair and replace Haiti Outreach Ministries’ own damaged church, school and clinic facilities. Given the level of damage to the Cite Soleil school, one priority surely will be developing plans to accommodates students when schools can be reopened.
Leon Dorleans and Profaite met with a Samaritan's Purse representative on Monday, and Samaritan’s Purse will partner with HOM in Cite Soleil for relief distribution this Friday. HOM hopes to partner with Samaritan’s Purse in both near-term relief and long-term recovery activities. HOM staff are ordering supplies and working to put team dorms in place as soon as they can, hoping to begin repair and rebuilding efforts in February. Watch The Outreach Foundation’s website for more information about how teams can be of assistance.
Thank you for your prayers on behalf of Haiti – and for your gifts in support of Haiti Outreach Ministries and their efforts to show God’s love in word and deed amidst the loss and destruction of recent weeks.
About your gifts:
The Outreach Foundation will forward 100% of the resources that we receive to Haiti Outreach Ministries for their work in addressing the immediate and longer-term needs of those whom they are serving. Gifts may be marked “Haiti Earthquake” and sent to: The Outreach Foundation, 318 Seaboard Lane, Suite 205 Franklin, TN 37067. Gifts may also be made on-line. Those gifts are subject to a 5% transaction fee.
-----------------
OPEN LETTER FROM BILL GLASS:
January 14, 2010
Dear Friends of Haiti:
You are all well aware that the ministry work in Haiti has been changed for the foreseeable future, if not for the rest of our lives. HOM is committed to assist our partner churches and communities in near term relief and long term rebuilding. We need substantial help from all who have a passion for Haiti and are able to assist.
Immediately after the earthquake displaced Haitians came to our compounds for haven. The recreation fields at Cite Soleil and Blanchard are now home to large numbers of Haitians. We will sustain and feed them as we sort out what to do next. Our facilities have been damaged. Leon’s assessment is that the churches at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are unstable and unusable. A wall at the Cite Soleil clinic collapsed, the oldest of the school buildings at Cite Soleil is likely beyond use, and the shed housing the clean water system in Cite Soleil is destroyed, along with its clean water system. The security wall at Cite Soleil has collapsed. The bridge between the two school buildings in Blanchard is cracked. The wells at Repatriote are now leaking. We do not have a report yet about Ibo Beach.
Leon is aware of several fatalities within the congregations. It is certain that, given the scale of destruction, the list will grow. There is widespread destruction or damage to homes. This is a disaster on the scale of Katrina, but with substantial practical problems in logistics.
facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=search&gid=21613374963
=======
Bill Glass posted on Facebook - Feb. 8, 2010 7:04pm
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=21613374963
HOM has a microloan program that we began after T/S Noel did so much damage. The program's purpose is to train people who wish to start businesses and then provide them a microloan to do so. We have had a few dozen individuals helped already. It is our plan to increase this effort to help folks recover from the earthquake. The scope of that ... See Moreeffort will be a function of how much we receive in relief donations and being able to divide those among immediate needs and the other, longer term relief needs like microloans to restart businesses.
---
***** DONATION INFORMATION *****
Please mail all checks to:
Haiti Outreach Ministries
c/o Ruby Butler
3100 Glenoa Rd.
Richmond, VA 23223
This is the primary address for all checks into the HOM ministry. Because of this, it is important that you indicate the use of your check clearly in the memo line: "Disaster Relief" ; "Reconstruction" ; "Sponsorship" ; "General Fund" ; etc. so checks can be properly processed. Thank you for your attention to this detail.
The HOM website is now accepting Visa and MasterCard if you prefer to donate through this method. Visit: http://www.haitioutreachministries.org/
*PLEASE NOTE that 100% of your donation goes directly for the ministry. HOM is a non-profit completely run by volunteers.
-> 2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE
from Facebook -
February 17 at 1:43pm
In kind donations
As we continue to work aggressively for relief and reconstruction, plus resume schools and sustain normal ministry activities, I'm sure everyone understands that HOM is pretty much flat out in terms of capacity. In the past, we've tried to work with folks who were tryi...ng to get items to Haiti for the ministry. Those have been very important as we've been able to ship Christmas toy, clothes et al along with food.
We've been deluged with offers of materials for Haiti. We - and those we partner with who help ship things to Haiti - cannot deal with anything more than those 3 priorities right now. HOM has established a committee that will review all in kind donations to ensure that we accept priority items that can be shipped quickly. Another problem we face is that the storage areas in Haiti have been damaged and are barely able to keep up with the food supplies needed.
So, pls limit in kind donations to specific foods (ask us and we'll explain that), 6 person tents for family shelters, and fresh meds (again, ask us, since we can only use in date in formularly meds and specific OTCs). We recommend that other collections be used to create yard or other sales and that the funds generated be donated for relief and reconstruction. shalom - Bill
--------
from facebook -
2-3-10 Update from Bill Glass and Jacky Dorleans
From Bill Glass: An American relief crew with heavy equipment has begun working in Cite Soleil. This crew was brought in by Samaritan's Purse and offered to help. God willing, by the end of the week the debris will be removed from the compound (or at least the debris... near the wall areas). There has been an offer to help rebuild the wall from a Samaritan's Purse team, as well. If that sorts out in their priorities, it would certainly help us restore security to the compound and provide a secure place for both shelter and other community assistance activities.
A Samaritan's Purse team also began cleaning up the damage at the clinic in preparation for a Samaritan's Purse medical team working there. With the continuing shift of commerical air service to later dates (now Feb 20 at the earliest), we will have to see how that impacts our ability to accommodate early team trips.
The steps in bringing teams are:
1. Air service resumption
2. Team billeting materials arrive via shipments (air mattresses, solar camp lights, camp showers)
3. Access to sufficient food to support teams
4. Building materials
5. Team accommodations in place
6. Team support organization in place
We have the billeting materials heading down in a bit over a week. We are researching how to ship building materials in and always looking for local sources. The team accommodations set up will happen after the billeting materials arrive. The support organization will exist after air service resumes and our long term volunteers are in place to match up with the Haitian translators and leaders always there.
Here's some information provided by jacky. She mentions school reopening possibilities toward the end of her comments. We are coordinating with donors for tents that may have to be used as temporary classrooms while repairs are being made.
>> Jacky's comments: About the school children we can shout: " Eben Ezer!" So far we lost only one child of 3 years old from Blanchard school. Blocks from his house fell upon him. Please pray for this family whose other child a second grader, lost a finger under a block too during the earthquake. No one of my knowledge was hurt among our High School students. However Sirius Patrick, and Sirius Evanie lost their Mom. Prophete Jean Emmanuel lost his Mom too. They were vendors selling their products down town Port-au-Prince when where hit and died. They found them under rubbles. Please pray for those young people so the would not loose faith, specially for Prophete Jean Emmanuel who is in great dispear. The Lord made provisions for our High School students. On December 18-20 we held a successful retreat with 99 of them ( from 9th grade to university level ).
I was inspired to organize it earlier this year, normally we meet them in March/April around Easter Season. During that retreat we reinforced the need for them to abide closer to the Lord and to sanctify their lives. The left wing of the school in Cite Soleil where Yves Joseph has his office was severely damaged. We will not be able to use it for the rest of the school year. The small gate in the back of the school where we used to welcome the Preschool and Kindergarten children is unusable. The first grade class at the end of the other building by the cafeteria has lots of cracks in it. We will need to use another classroom. The wall of the kitchen fell. the ground (the floor) of the toilet area is broken.
A lot of repairs need to be done before we can possibly restart School in Cite Soleil by the end of the month of February or the first week of March. The students and their parents are still under fear and traumatic state three weeks after the earthquake. Many of them are facing real challenges, like the loss of their houses and relatives. Since January 12th most of the parents don't have work to do, and are relying on humanitarian food to sustain their lives. Many of our students and their parents are now in the country sides. They ran there in the hope to secure their lives.
Thousands of families fled Port-au-Prince. The ministry of Education ordered that the schools in the Central and the Northern departments where the earthquake didn't pass to be reopened on February 1st. That's a good move. Many and many schools were destroyed in Port-au-Prince. The heads of the ministry are doing an evaluation to be able to make decision for the reopening of the schools in the department of West which includes Port-au-Prince, Cite Soleil, Blanchard, ect... Every one in Port-au-Prince who has a roof to rest, and has no injuries in their bodies, legs and arms, can consider himself/herself blessed beyond measure. We are absolutely very grateful to the Lord for all His blessings, specially for His Peace.
=======================
from -
http://www.theoutreachfoundation.org/haiti.html
January 26 Haiti update from The Outreach Foundation
Dear friends,
The Outreach Foundation is very grateful for the gifts that we have received in support of our partner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Outreach Ministries (HOM). Those gifts so far have totaled nearly $100,000. All of these funds will go to the work of HOM in Cite Soleil, Blanchard, Repatriote and Ibo Beach.
On Sunday the congregations welcomed many visitors from the community to worship. The church buildings at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are not safe to use, so the people gathered outside on the soccer fields. 1500 worshipped at Cite Soleil where forty people responded to an invitation to give their lives in faith to Jesus Christ. God’s glory and grace are being revealed amidst the brokenness.
Daily food relief and housing of displaced people continues. The church grounds have become a kind of sanctuary for many who are homeless. More tents are on the way. Food is prepared in the compound for those now living there, and other food is taken into the communities to distribution points. The Mission of Hope U.S. medical team came to Blanchard again this weekend. They will be with HOM for a few more days before moving to another area. Youths are helping to bring older and less able patients to the team for treatment.
Your gifts are being used for immediate food and shelter for those in need and for supplies for the clinic at Cite Soleil. Gifts will also be used for a community-based housing replacement program. An initial effort will seek to build 250 simple, safe family homes at a cost of $5,000 each. A complementary program will address houses that can be repaired. Of course, separate from these efforts will be the need to repair and replace Haiti Outreach Ministries’ own damaged church, school and clinic facilities. Given the level of damage to the Cite Soleil school, one priority surely will be developing plans to accommodates students when schools can be reopened.
Leon Dorleans and Profaite met with a Samaritan's Purse representative on Monday, and Samaritan’s Purse will partner with HOM in Cite Soleil for relief distribution this Friday. HOM hopes to partner with Samaritan’s Purse in both near-term relief and long-term recovery activities. HOM staff are ordering supplies and working to put team dorms in place as soon as they can, hoping to begin repair and rebuilding efforts in February. Watch The Outreach Foundation’s website for more information about how teams can be of assistance.
Thank you for your prayers on behalf of Haiti – and for your gifts in support of Haiti Outreach Ministries and their efforts to show God’s love in word and deed amidst the loss and destruction of recent weeks.
About your gifts:
The Outreach Foundation will forward 100% of the resources that we receive to Haiti Outreach Ministries for their work in addressing the immediate and longer-term needs of those whom they are serving. Gifts may be marked “Haiti Earthquake” and sent to: The Outreach Foundation, 318 Seaboard Lane, Suite 205 Franklin, TN 37067. Gifts may also be made on-line. Those gifts are subject to a 5% transaction fee.
-----------------
OPEN LETTER FROM BILL GLASS:
January 14, 2010
Dear Friends of Haiti:
You are all well aware that the ministry work in Haiti has been changed for the foreseeable future, if not for the rest of our lives. HOM is committed to assist our partner churches and communities in near term relief and long term rebuilding. We need substantial help from all who have a passion for Haiti and are able to assist.
Immediately after the earthquake displaced Haitians came to our compounds for haven. The recreation fields at Cite Soleil and Blanchard are now home to large numbers of Haitians. We will sustain and feed them as we sort out what to do next. Our facilities have been damaged. Leon’s assessment is that the churches at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are unstable and unusable. A wall at the Cite Soleil clinic collapsed, the oldest of the school buildings at Cite Soleil is likely beyond use, and the shed housing the clean water system in Cite Soleil is destroyed, along with its clean water system. The security wall at Cite Soleil has collapsed. The bridge between the two school buildings in Blanchard is cracked. The wells at Repatriote are now leaking. We do not have a report yet about Ibo Beach.
Leon is aware of several fatalities within the congregations. It is certain that, given the scale of destruction, the list will grow. There is widespread destruction or damage to homes. This is a disaster on the scale of Katrina, but with substantial practical problems in logistics.
facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=search&gid=21613374963
=======
Bill Glass posted on Facebook - Feb. 8, 2010 7:04pm
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=21613374963
HOM has a microloan program that we began after T/S Noel did so much damage. The program's purpose is to train people who wish to start businesses and then provide them a microloan to do so. We have had a few dozen individuals helped already. It is our plan to increase this effort to help folks recover from the earthquake. The scope of that ... See Moreeffort will be a function of how much we receive in relief donations and being able to divide those among immediate needs and the other, longer term relief needs like microloans to restart businesses.
---
***** DONATION INFORMATION *****
Please mail all checks to:
Haiti Outreach Ministries
c/o Ruby Butler
3100 Glenoa Rd.
Richmond, VA 23223
This is the primary address for all checks into the HOM ministry. Because of this, it is important that you indicate the use of your check clearly in the memo line: "Disaster Relief" ; "Reconstruction" ; "Sponsorship" ; "General Fund" ; etc. so checks can be properly processed. Thank you for your attention to this detail.
The HOM website is now accepting Visa and MasterCard if you prefer to donate through this method. Visit: http://www.haitioutreachministries.org/
*PLEASE NOTE that 100% of your donation goes directly for the ministry. HOM is a non-profit completely run by volunteers.
(show/hide changes)Tue Feb 09 18:57:27 +0000 2010 by DNug:notes: 2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE
from facebook -
2-3-10 Update from Bill Glass and Jacky Dorleans
From Bill Glass: An American relief crew with heavy equipment has begun working in Cite Soleil. This crew was brought in by Samaritan's Purse and offered to help. God willing, by the end of the week the debris will be removed from the compound (or at least the debris... near the wall areas). There has been an offer to help rebuild the wall from a Samaritan's Purse team, as well. If that sorts out in their priorities, it would certainly help us restore security to the compound and provide a secure place for both shelter and other community assistance activities.
A Samaritan's Purse team also began cleaning up the damage at the clinic in preparation for a Samaritan's Purse medical team working there. With the continuing shift of commerical air service to later dates (now Feb 20 at the earliest), we will have to see how that impacts our ability to accommodate early team trips.
The steps in bringing teams are:
1. Air service resumption
2. Team billeting materials arrive via shipments (air mattresses, solar camp lights, camp showers)
3. Access to sufficient food to support teams
4. Building materials
5. Team accommodations in place
6. Team support organization in place
We have the billeting materials heading down in a bit over a week. We are researching how to ship building materials in and always looking for local sources. The team accommodations set up will happen after the billeting materials arrive. The support organization will exist after air service resumes and our long term volunteers are in place to match up with the Haitian translators and leaders always there.
Here's some information provided by jacky. She mentions school reopening possibilities toward the end of her comments. We are coordinating with donors for tents that may have to be used as temporary classrooms while repairs are being made.
>> Jacky's comments: About the school children we can shout: " Eben Ezer!" So far we lost only one child of 3 years old from Blanchard school. Blocks from his house fell upon him. Please pray for this family whose other child a second grader, lost a finger under a block too during the earthquake. No one of my knowledge was hurt among our High School students. However Sirius Patrick, and Sirius Evanie lost their Mom. Prophete Jean Emmanuel lost his Mom too. They were vendors selling their products down town Port-au-Prince when where hit and died. They found them under rubbles. Please pray for those young people so the would not loose faith, specially for Prophete Jean Emmanuel who is in great dispear. The Lord made provisions for our High School students. On December 18-20 we held a successful retreat with 99 of them ( from 9th grade to university level ).
I was inspired to organize it earlier this year, normally we meet them in March/April around Easter Season. During that retreat we reinforced the need for them to abide closer to the Lord and to sanctify their lives. The left wing of the school in Cite Soleil where Yves Joseph has his office was severely damaged. We will not be able to use it for the rest of the school year. The small gate in the back of the school where we used to welcome the Preschool and Kindergarten children is unusable. The first grade class at the end of the other building by the cafeteria has lots of cracks in it. We will need to use another classroom. The wall of the kitchen fell. the ground (the floor) of the toilet area is broken.
A lot of repairs need to be done before we can possibly restart School in Cite Soleil by the end of the month of February or the first week of March. The students and their parents are still under fear and traumatic state three weeks after the earthquake. Many of them are facing real challenges, like the loss of their houses and relatives. Since January 12th most of the parents don't have work to do, and are relying on humanitarian food to sustain their lives. Many of our students and their parents are now in the country sides. They ran there in the hope to secure their lives.
Thousands of families fled Port-au-Prince. The ministry of Education ordered that the schools in the Central and the Northern departments where the earthquake didn't pass to be reopened on February 1st. That's a good move. Many and many schools were destroyed in Port-au-Prince. The heads of the ministry are doing an evaluation to be able to make decision for the reopening of the schools in the department of West which includes Port-au-Prince, Cite Soleil, Blanchard, ect... Every one in Port-au-Prince who has a roof to rest, and has no injuries in their bodies, legs and arms, can consider himself/herself blessed beyond measure. We are absolutely very grateful to the Lord for all His blessings, specially for His Peace.
=======================
from -
http://www.theoutreachfoundation.org/haiti.html
January 26 Haiti update from The Outreach Foundation
Dear friends,
The Outreach Foundation is very grateful for the gifts that we have received in support of our partner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Outreach Ministries (HOM). Those gifts so far have totaled nearly $100,000. All of these funds will go to the work of HOM in Cite Soleil, Blanchard, Repatriote and Ibo Beach.
On Sunday the congregations welcomed many visitors from the community to worship. The church buildings at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are not safe to use, so the people gathered outside on the soccer fields. 1500 worshipped at Cite Soleil where forty people responded to an invitation to give their lives in faith to Jesus Christ. God’s glory and grace are being revealed amidst the brokenness.
Daily food relief and housing of displaced people continues. The church grounds have become a kind of sanctuary for many who are homeless. More tents are on the way. Food is prepared in the compound for those now living there, and other food is taken into the communities to distribution points. The Mission of Hope U.S. medical team came to Blanchard again this weekend. They will be with HOM for a few more days before moving to another area. Youths are helping to bring older and less able patients to the team for treatment.
Your gifts are being used for immediate food and shelter for those in need and for supplies for the clinic at Cite Soleil. Gifts will also be used for a community-based housing replacement program. An initial effort will seek to build 250 simple, safe family homes at a cost of $5,000 each. A complementary program will address houses that can be repaired. Of course, separate from these efforts will be the need to repair and replace Haiti Outreach Ministries’ own damaged church, school and clinic facilities. Given the level of damage to the Cite Soleil school, one priority surely will be developing plans to accommodates students when schools can be reopened.
Leon Dorleans and Profaite met with a Samaritan's Purse representative on Monday, and Samaritan’s Purse will partner with HOM in Cite Soleil for relief distribution this Friday. HOM hopes to partner with Samaritan’s Purse in both near-term relief and long-term recovery activities. HOM staff are ordering supplies and working to put team dorms in place as soon as they can, hoping to begin repair and rebuilding efforts in February. Watch The Outreach Foundation’s website for more information about how teams can be of assistance.
Thank you for your prayers on behalf of Haiti – and for your gifts in support of Haiti Outreach Ministries and their efforts to show God’s love in word and deed amidst the loss and destruction of recent weeks.
About your gifts:
The Outreach Foundation will forward 100% of the resources that we receive to Haiti Outreach Ministries for their work in addressing the immediate and longer-term needs of those whom they are serving. Gifts may be marked “Haiti Earthquake” and sent to: The Outreach Foundation, 318 Seaboard Lane, Suite 205 Franklin, TN 37067. Gifts may also be made on-line. Those gifts are subject to a 5% transaction fee.
-----------------
OPEN LETTER FROM BILL GLASS:
January 14, 2010
Dear Friends of Haiti:
You are all well aware that the ministry work in Haiti has been changed for the foreseeable future, if not for the rest of our lives. HOM is committed to assist our partner churches and communities in near term relief and long term rebuilding. We need substantial help from all who have a passion for Haiti and are able to assist.
Immediately after the earthquake displaced Haitians came to our compounds for haven. The recreation fields at Cite Soleil and Blanchard are now home to large numbers of Haitians. We will sustain and feed them as we sort out what to do next. Our facilities have been damaged. Leon’s assessment is that the churches at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are unstable and unusable. A wall at the Cite Soleil clinic collapsed, the oldest of the school buildings at Cite Soleil is likely beyond use, and the shed housing the clean water system in Cite Soleil is destroyed, along with its clean water system. The security wall at Cite Soleil has collapsed. The bridge between the two school buildings in Blanchard is cracked. The wells at Repatriote are now leaking. We do not have a report yet about Ibo Beach.
Leon is aware of several fatalities within the congregations. It is certain that, given the scale of destruction, the list will grow. There is widespread destruction or damage to homes. This is a disaster on the scale of Katrina, but with substantial practical problems in logistics.
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Bill Glass posted on Facebook - Feb. 8, 2010 7:04pm
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HOM has a microloan program that we began after T/S Noel did so much damage. The program's purpose is to train people who wish to start businesses and then provide them a microloan to do so. We have had a few dozen individuals helped already. It is our plan to increase this effort to help folks recover from the earthquake. The scope of that ... See Moreeffort will be a function of how much we receive in relief donations and being able to divide those among immediate needs and the other, longer term relief needs like microloans to restart businesses. -> 2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE
from facebook -
2-3-10 Update from Bill Glass and Jacky Dorleans
From Bill Glass: An American relief crew with heavy equipment has begun working in Cite Soleil. This crew was brought in by Samaritan's Purse and offered to help. God willing, by the end of the week the debris will be removed from the compound (or at least the debris... near the wall areas). There has been an offer to help rebuild the wall from a Samaritan's Purse team, as well. If that sorts out in their priorities, it would certainly help us restore security to the compound and provide a secure place for both shelter and other community assistance activities.
A Samaritan's Purse team also began cleaning up the damage at the clinic in preparation for a Samaritan's Purse medical team working there. With the continuing shift of commerical air service to later dates (now Feb 20 at the earliest), we will have to see how that impacts our ability to accommodate early team trips.
The steps in bringing teams are:
1. Air service resumption
2. Team billeting materials arrive via shipments (air mattresses, solar camp lights, camp showers)
3. Access to sufficient food to support teams
4. Building materials
5. Team accommodations in place
6. Team support organization in place
We have the billeting materials heading down in a bit over a week. We are researching how to ship building materials in and always looking for local sources. The team accommodations set up will happen after the billeting materials arrive. The support organization will exist after air service resumes and our long term volunteers are in place to match up with the Haitian translators and leaders always there.
Here's some information provided by jacky. She mentions school reopening possibilities toward the end of her comments. We are coordinating with donors for tents that may have to be used as temporary classrooms while repairs are being made.
>> Jacky's comments: About the school children we can shout: " Eben Ezer!" So far we lost only one child of 3 years old from Blanchard school. Blocks from his house fell upon him. Please pray for this family whose other child a second grader, lost a finger under a block too during the earthquake. No one of my knowledge was hurt among our High School students. However Sirius Patrick, and Sirius Evanie lost their Mom. Prophete Jean Emmanuel lost his Mom too. They were vendors selling their products down town Port-au-Prince when where hit and died. They found them under rubbles. Please pray for those young people so the would not loose faith, specially for Prophete Jean Emmanuel who is in great dispear. The Lord made provisions for our High School students. On December 18-20 we held a successful retreat with 99 of them ( from 9th grade to university level ).
I was inspired to organize it earlier this year, normally we meet them in March/April around Easter Season. During that retreat we reinforced the need for them to abide closer to the Lord and to sanctify their lives. The left wing of the school in Cite Soleil where Yves Joseph has his office was severely damaged. We will not be able to use it for the rest of the school year. The small gate in the back of the school where we used to welcome the Preschool and Kindergarten children is unusable. The first grade class at the end of the other building by the cafeteria has lots of cracks in it. We will need to use another classroom. The wall of the kitchen fell. the ground (the floor) of the toilet area is broken.
A lot of repairs need to be done before we can possibly restart School in Cite Soleil by the end of the month of February or the first week of March. The students and their parents are still under fear and traumatic state three weeks after the earthquake. Many of them are facing real challenges, like the loss of their houses and relatives. Since January 12th most of the parents don't have work to do, and are relying on humanitarian food to sustain their lives. Many of our students and their parents are now in the country sides. They ran there in the hope to secure their lives.
Thousands of families fled Port-au-Prince. The ministry of Education ordered that the schools in the Central and the Northern departments where the earthquake didn't pass to be reopened on February 1st. That's a good move. Many and many schools were destroyed in Port-au-Prince. The heads of the ministry are doing an evaluation to be able to make decision for the reopening of the schools in the department of West which includes Port-au-Prince, Cite Soleil, Blanchard, ect... Every one in Port-au-Prince who has a roof to rest, and has no injuries in their bodies, legs and arms, can consider himself/herself blessed beyond measure. We are absolutely very grateful to the Lord for all His blessings, specially for His Peace.
=======================
from -
http://www.theoutreachfoundation.org/haiti.html
January 26 Haiti update from The Outreach Foundation
Dear friends,
The Outreach Foundation is very grateful for the gifts that we have received in support of our partner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Outreach Ministries (HOM). Those gifts so far have totaled nearly $100,000. All of these funds will go to the work of HOM in Cite Soleil, Blanchard, Repatriote and Ibo Beach.
On Sunday the congregations welcomed many visitors from the community to worship. The church buildings at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are not safe to use, so the people gathered outside on the soccer fields. 1500 worshipped at Cite Soleil where forty people responded to an invitation to give their lives in faith to Jesus Christ. God’s glory and grace are being revealed amidst the brokenness.
Daily food relief and housing of displaced people continues. The church grounds have become a kind of sanctuary for many who are homeless. More tents are on the way. Food is prepared in the compound for those now living there, and other food is taken into the communities to distribution points. The Mission of Hope U.S. medical team came to Blanchard again this weekend. They will be with HOM for a few more days before moving to another area. Youths are helping to bring older and less able patients to the team for treatment.
Your gifts are being used for immediate food and shelter for those in need and for supplies for the clinic at Cite Soleil. Gifts will also be used for a community-based housing replacement program. An initial effort will seek to build 250 simple, safe family homes at a cost of $5,000 each. A complementary program will address houses that can be repaired. Of course, separate from these efforts will be the need to repair and replace Haiti Outreach Ministries’ own damaged church, school and clinic facilities. Given the level of damage to the Cite Soleil school, one priority surely will be developing plans to accommodates students when schools can be reopened.
Leon Dorleans and Profaite met with a Samaritan's Purse representative on Monday, and Samaritan’s Purse will partner with HOM in Cite Soleil for relief distribution this Friday. HOM hopes to partner with Samaritan’s Purse in both near-term relief and long-term recovery activities. HOM staff are ordering supplies and working to put team dorms in place as soon as they can, hoping to begin repair and rebuilding efforts in February. Watch The Outreach Foundation’s website for more information about how teams can be of assistance.
Thank you for your prayers on behalf of Haiti – and for your gifts in support of Haiti Outreach Ministries and their efforts to show God’s love in word and deed amidst the loss and destruction of recent weeks.
About your gifts:
The Outreach Foundation will forward 100% of the resources that we receive to Haiti Outreach Ministries for their work in addressing the immediate and longer-term needs of those whom they are serving. Gifts may be marked “Haiti Earthquake” and sent to: The Outreach Foundation, 318 Seaboard Lane, Suite 205 Franklin, TN 37067. Gifts may also be made on-line. Those gifts are subject to a 5% transaction fee.
-----------------
OPEN LETTER FROM BILL GLASS:
January 14, 2010
Dear Friends of Haiti:
You are all well aware that the ministry work in Haiti has been changed for the foreseeable future, if not for the rest of our lives. HOM is committed to assist our partner churches and communities in near term relief and long term rebuilding. We need substantial help from all who have a passion for Haiti and are able to assist.
Immediately after the earthquake displaced Haitians came to our compounds for haven. The recreation fields at Cite Soleil and Blanchard are now home to large numbers of Haitians. We will sustain and feed them as we sort out what to do next. Our facilities have been damaged. Leon’s assessment is that the churches at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are unstable and unusable. A wall at the Cite Soleil clinic collapsed, the oldest of the school buildings at Cite Soleil is likely beyond use, and the shed housing the clean water system in Cite Soleil is destroyed, along with its clean water system. The security wall at Cite Soleil has collapsed. The bridge between the two school buildings in Blanchard is cracked. The wells at Repatriote are now leaking. We do not have a report yet about Ibo Beach.
Leon is aware of several fatalities within the congregations. It is certain that, given the scale of destruction, the list will grow. There is widespread destruction or damage to homes. This is a disaster on the scale of Katrina, but with substantial practical problems in logistics.
facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=search&gid=21613374963
=======
Bill Glass posted on Facebook - Feb. 8, 2010 7:04pm
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/group.php?gid=21613374963
HOM has a microloan program that we began after T/S Noel did so much damage. The program's purpose is to train people who wish to start businesses and then provide them a microloan to do so. We have had a few dozen individuals helped already. It is our plan to increase this effort to help folks recover from the earthquake. The scope of that ... See Moreeffort will be a function of how much we receive in relief donations and being able to divide those among immediate needs and the other, longer term relief needs like microloans to restart businesses.
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***** DONATION INFORMATION *****
Please mail all checks to:
Haiti Outreach Ministries
c/o Ruby Butler
3100 Glenoa Rd.
Richmond, VA 23223
This is the primary address for all checks into the HOM ministry. Because of this, it is important that you indicate the use of your check clearly in the memo line: "Disaster Relief" ; "Reconstruction" ; "Sponsorship" ; "General Fund" ; etc. so checks can be properly processed. Thank you for your attention to this detail.
The HOM website is now accepting Visa and MasterCard if you prefer to donate through this method. Visit: http://www.haitioutreachministries.org/
*PLEASE NOTE that 100% of your donation goes directly for the ministry. HOM is a non-profit completely run by volunteers.
(show/hide changes)Tue Feb 09 18:52:26 +0000 2010 by DNug:notes: 2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE
from facebook -
2-3-10 Update from Bill Glass and Jacky Dorleans
From Bill Glass: An American relief crew with heavy equipment has begun working in Cite Soleil. This crew was brought in by Samaritan's Purse and offered to help. God willing, by the end of the week the debris will be removed from the compound (or at least the debris... near the wall areas). There has been an offer to help rebuild the wall from a Samaritan's Purse team, as well. If that sorts out in their priorities, it would certainly help us restore security to the compound and provide a secure place for both shelter and other community assistance activities.
A Samaritan's Purse team also began cleaning up the damage at the clinic in preparation for a Samaritan's Purse medical team working there. With the continuing shift of commerical air service to later dates (now Feb 20 at the earliest), we will have to see how that impacts our ability to accommodate early team trips.
The steps in bringing teams are:
1. Air service resumption
2. Team billeting materials arrive via shipments (air mattresses, solar camp lights, camp showers)
3. Access to sufficient food to support teams
4. Building materials
5. Team accommodations in place
6. Team support organization in place
We have the billeting materials heading down in a bit over a week. We are researching how to ship building materials in and always looking for local sources. The team accommodations set up will happen after the billeting materials arrive. The support organization will exist after air service resumes and our long term volunteers are in place to match up with the Haitian translators and leaders always there.
Here's some information provided by jacky. She mentions school reopening possibilities toward the end of her comments. We are coordinating with donors for tents that may have to be used as temporary classrooms while repairs are being made.
>> Jacky's comments: About the school children we can shout: " Eben Ezer!" So far we lost only one child of 3 years old from Blanchard school. Blocks from his house fell upon him. Please pray for this family whose other child a second grader, lost a finger under a block too during the earthquake. No one of my knowledge was hurt among our High School students. However Sirius Patrick, and Sirius Evanie lost their Mom. Prophete Jean Emmanuel lost his Mom too. They were vendors selling their products down town Port-au-Prince when where hit and died. They found them under rubbles. Please pray for those young people so the would not loose faith, specially for Prophete Jean Emmanuel who is in great dispear. The Lord made provisions for our High School students. On December 18-20 we held a successful retreat with 99 of them ( from 9th grade to university level ).
I was inspired to organize it earlier this year, normally we meet them in March/April around Easter Season. During that retreat we reinforced the need for them to abide closer to the Lord and to sanctify their lives. The left wing of the school in Cite Soleil where Yves Joseph has his office was severely damaged. We will not be able to use it for the rest of the school year. The small gate in the back of the school where we used to welcome the Preschool and Kindergarten children is unusable. The first grade class at the end of the other building by the cafeteria has lots of cracks in it. We will need to use another classroom. The wall of the kitchen fell. the ground (the floor) of the toilet area is broken.
A lot of repairs need to be done before we can possibly restart School in Cite Soleil by the end of the month of February or the first week of March. The students and their parents are still under fear and traumatic state three weeks after the earthquake. Many of them are facing real challenges, like the loss of their houses and relatives. Since January 12th most of the parents don't have work to do, and are relying on humanitarian food to sustain their lives. Many of our students and their parents are now in the country sides. They ran there in the hope to secure their lives.
Thousands of families fled Port-au-Prince. The ministry of Education ordered that the schools in the Central and the Northern departments where the earthquake didn't pass to be reopened on February 1st. That's a good move. Many and many schools were destroyed in Port-au-Prince. The heads of the ministry are doing an evaluation to be able to make decision for the reopening of the schools in the department of West which includes Port-au-Prince, Cite Soleil, Blanchard, ect... Every one in Port-au-Prince who has a roof to rest, and has no injuries in their bodies, legs and arms, can consider himself/herself blessed beyond measure. We are absolutely very grateful to the Lord for all His blessings, specially for His Peace.
=======================
from -
http://www.theoutreachfoundation.org/haiti.html
January 26 Haiti update from The Outreach Foundation
Dear friends,
The Outreach Foundation is very grateful for the gifts that we have received in support of our partner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Outreach Ministries (HOM). Those gifts so far have totaled nearly $100,000. All of these funds will go to the work of HOM in Cite Soleil, Blanchard, Repatriote and Ibo Beach.
On Sunday the congregations welcomed many visitors from the community to worship. The church buildings at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are not safe to use, so the people gathered outside on the soccer fields. 1500 worshipped at Cite Soleil where forty people responded to an invitation to give their lives in faith to Jesus Christ. God’s glory and grace are being revealed amidst the brokenness.
Daily food relief and housing of displaced people continues. The church grounds have become a kind of sanctuary for many who are homeless. More tents are on the way. Food is prepared in the compound for those now living there, and other food is taken into the communities to distribution points. The Mission of Hope U.S. medical team came to Blanchard again this weekend. They will be with HOM for a few more days before moving to another area. Youths are helping to bring older and less able patients to the team for treatment.
Your gifts are being used for immediate food and shelter for those in need and for supplies for the clinic at Cite Soleil. Gifts will also be used for a community-based housing replacement program. An initial effort will seek to build 250 simple, safe family homes at a cost of $5,000 each. A complementary program will address houses that can be repaired. Of course, separate from these efforts will be the need to repair and replace Haiti Outreach Ministries’ own damaged church, school and clinic facilities. Given the level of damage to the Cite Soleil school, one priority surely will be developing plans to accommodates students when schools can be reopened.
Leon Dorleans and Profaite met with a Samaritan's Purse representative on Monday, and Samaritan’s Purse will partner with HOM in Cite Soleil for relief distribution this Friday. HOM hopes to partner with Samaritan’s Purse in both near-term relief and long-term recovery activities. HOM staff are ordering supplies and working to put team dorms in place as soon as they can, hoping to begin repair and rebuilding efforts in February. Watch The Outreach Foundation’s website for more information about how teams can be of assistance.
Thank you for your prayers on behalf of Haiti – and for your gifts in support of Haiti Outreach Ministries and their efforts to show God’s love in word and deed amidst the loss and destruction of recent weeks.
About your gifts:
The Outreach Foundation will forward 100% of the resources that we receive to Haiti Outreach Ministries for their work in addressing the immediate and longer-term needs of those whom they are serving. Gifts may be marked “Haiti Earthquake” and sent to: The Outreach Foundation, 318 Seaboard Lane, Suite 205 Franklin, TN 37067. Gifts may also be made on-line. Those gifts are subject to a 5% transaction fee.
-----------------
OPEN LETTER FROM BILL GLASS:
January 14, 2010
Dear Friends of Haiti:
You are all well aware that the ministry work in Haiti has been changed for the foreseeable future, if not for the rest of our lives. HOM is committed to assist our partner churches and communities in near term relief and long term rebuilding. We need substantial help from all who have a passion for Haiti and are able to assist.
Immediately after the earthquake displaced Haitians came to our compounds for haven. The recreation fields at Cite Soleil and Blanchard are now home to large numbers of Haitians. We will sustain and feed them as we sort out what to do next. Our facilities have been damaged. Leon’s assessment is that the churches at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are unstable and unusable. A wall at the Cite Soleil clinic collapsed, the oldest of the school buildings at Cite Soleil is likely beyond use, and the shed housing the clean water system in Cite Soleil is destroyed, along with its clean water system. The security wall at Cite Soleil has collapsed. The bridge between the two school buildings in Blanchard is cracked. The wells at Repatriote are now leaking. We do not have a report yet about Ibo Beach.
Leon is aware of several fatalities within the congregations. It is certain that, given the scale of destruction, the list will grow. There is widespread destruction or damage to homes. This is a disaster on the scale of Katrina, but with substantial practical problems in logistics.
facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&ref=search&gid=21613374963
-> 2010 HAITI EARTHQUAKE
from facebook -
2-3-10 Update from Bill Glass and Jacky Dorleans
From Bill Glass: An American relief crew with heavy equipment has begun working in Cite Soleil. This crew was brought in by Samaritan's Purse and offered to help. God willing, by the end of the week the debris will be removed from the compound (or at least the debris... near the wall areas). There has been an offer to help rebuild the wall from a Samaritan's Purse team, as well. If that sorts out in their priorities, it would certainly help us restore security to the compound and provide a secure place for both shelter and other community assistance activities.
A Samaritan's Purse team also began cleaning up the damage at the clinic in preparation for a Samaritan's Purse medical team working there. With the continuing shift of commerical air service to later dates (now Feb 20 at the earliest), we will have to see how that impacts our ability to accommodate early team trips.
The steps in bringing teams are:
1. Air service resumption
2. Team billeting materials arrive via shipments (air mattresses, solar camp lights, camp showers)
3. Access to sufficient food to support teams
4. Building materials
5. Team accommodations in place
6. Team support organization in place
We have the billeting materials heading down in a bit over a week. We are researching how to ship building materials in and always looking for local sources. The team accommodations set up will happen after the billeting materials arrive. The support organization will exist after air service resumes and our long term volunteers are in place to match up with the Haitian translators and leaders always there.
Here's some information provided by jacky. She mentions school reopening possibilities toward the end of her comments. We are coordinating with donors for tents that may have to be used as temporary classrooms while repairs are being made.
>> Jacky's comments: About the school children we can shout: " Eben Ezer!" So far we lost only one child of 3 years old from Blanchard school. Blocks from his house fell upon him. Please pray for this family whose other child a second grader, lost a finger under a block too during the earthquake. No one of my knowledge was hurt among our High School students. However Sirius Patrick, and Sirius Evanie lost their Mom. Prophete Jean Emmanuel lost his Mom too. They were vendors selling their products down town Port-au-Prince when where hit and died. They found them under rubbles. Please pray for those young people so the would not loose faith, specially for Prophete Jean Emmanuel who is in great dispear. The Lord made provisions for our High School students. On December 18-20 we held a successful retreat with 99 of them ( from 9th grade to university level ).
I was inspired to organize it earlier this year, normally we meet them in March/April around Easter Season. During that retreat we reinforced the need for them to abide closer to the Lord and to sanctify their lives. The left wing of the school in Cite Soleil where Yves Joseph has his office was severely damaged. We will not be able to use it for the rest of the school year. The small gate in the back of the school where we used to welcome the Preschool and Kindergarten children is unusable. The first grade class at the end of the other building by the cafeteria has lots of cracks in it. We will need to use another classroom. The wall of the kitchen fell. the ground (the floor) of the toilet area is broken.
A lot of repairs need to be done before we can possibly restart School in Cite Soleil by the end of the month of February or the first week of March. The students and their parents are still under fear and traumatic state three weeks after the earthquake. Many of them are facing real challenges, like the loss of their houses and relatives. Since January 12th most of the parents don't have work to do, and are relying on humanitarian food to sustain their lives. Many of our students and their parents are now in the country sides. They ran there in the hope to secure their lives.
Thousands of families fled Port-au-Prince. The ministry of Education ordered that the schools in the Central and the Northern departments where the earthquake didn't pass to be reopened on February 1st. That's a good move. Many and many schools were destroyed in Port-au-Prince. The heads of the ministry are doing an evaluation to be able to make decision for the reopening of the schools in the department of West which includes Port-au-Prince, Cite Soleil, Blanchard, ect... Every one in Port-au-Prince who has a roof to rest, and has no injuries in their bodies, legs and arms, can consider himself/herself blessed beyond measure. We are absolutely very grateful to the Lord for all His blessings, specially for His Peace.
=======================
from -
http://www.theoutreachfoundation.org/haiti.html
January 26 Haiti update from The Outreach Foundation
Dear friends,
The Outreach Foundation is very grateful for the gifts that we have received in support of our partner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Outreach Ministries (HOM). Those gifts so far have totaled nearly $100,000. All of these funds will go to the work of HOM in Cite Soleil, Blanchard, Repatriote and Ibo Beach.
On Sunday the congregations welcomed many visitors from the community to worship. The church buildings at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are not safe to use, so the people gathered outside on the soccer fields. 1500 worshipped at Cite Soleil where forty people responded to an invitation to give their lives in faith to Jesus Christ. God’s glory and grace are being revealed amidst the brokenness.
Daily food relief and housing of displaced people continues. The church grounds have become a kind of sanctuary for many who are homeless. More tents are on the way. Food is prepared in the compound for those now living there, and other food is taken into the communities to distribution points. The Mission of Hope U.S. medical team came to Blanchard again this weekend. They will be with HOM for a few more days before moving to another area. Youths are helping to bring older and less able patients to the team for treatment.
Your gifts are being used for immediate food and shelter for those in need and for supplies for the clinic at Cite Soleil. Gifts will also be used for a community-based housing replacement program. An initial effort will seek to build 250 simple, safe family homes at a cost of $5,000 each. A complementary program will address houses that can be repaired. Of course, separate from these efforts will be the need to repair and replace Haiti Outreach Ministries’ own damaged church, school and clinic facilities. Given the level of damage to the Cite Soleil school, one priority surely will be developing plans to accommodates students when schools can be reopened.
Leon Dorleans and Profaite met with a Samaritan's Purse representative on Monday, and Samaritan’s Purse will partner with HOM in Cite Soleil for relief distribution this Friday. HOM hopes to partner with Samaritan’s Purse in both near-term relief and long-term recovery activities. HOM staff are ordering supplies and working to put team dorms in place as soon as they can, hoping to begin repair and rebuilding efforts in February. Watch The Outreach Foundation’s website for more information about how teams can be of assistance.
Thank you for your prayers on behalf of Haiti – and for your gifts in support of Haiti Outreach Ministries and their efforts to show God’s love in word and deed amidst the loss and destruction of recent weeks.
About your gifts:
The Outreach Foundation will forward 100% of the resources that we receive to Haiti Outreach Ministries for their work in addressing the immediate and longer-term needs of those whom they are serving. Gifts may be marked “Haiti Earthquake” and sent to: The Outreach Foundation, 318 Seaboard Lane, Suite 205 Franklin, TN 37067. Gifts may also be made on-line. Those gifts are subject to a 5% transaction fee.
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OPEN LETTER FROM BILL GLASS:
January 14, 2010
Dear Friends of Haiti:
You are all well aware that the ministry work in Haiti has been changed for the foreseeable future, if not for the rest of our lives. HOM is committed to assist our partner churches and communities in near term relief and long term rebuilding. We need substantial help from all who have a passion for Haiti and are able to assist.
Immediately after the earthquake displaced Haitians came to our compounds for haven. The recreation fields at Cite Soleil and Blanchard are now home to large numbers of Haitians. We will sustain and feed them as we sort out what to do next. Our facilities have been damaged. Leon’s assessment is that the churches at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are unstable and unusable. A wall at the Cite Soleil clinic collapsed, the oldest of the school buildings at Cite Soleil is likely beyond use, and the shed housing the clean water system in Cite Soleil is destroyed, along with its clean water system. The security wall at Cite Soleil has collapsed. The bridge between the two school buildings in Blanchard is cracked. The wells at Repatriote are now leaking. We do not have a report yet about Ibo Beach.
Leon is aware of several fatalities within the congregations. It is certain that, given the scale of destruction, the list will grow. There is widespread destruction or damage to homes. This is a disaster on the scale of Katrina, but with substantial practical problems in logistics.
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HOM has a microloan program that we began after T/S Noel did so much damage. The program's purpose is to train people who wish to start businesses and then provide them a microloan to do so. We have had a few dozen individuals helped already. It is our plan to increase this effort to help folks recover from the earthquake. The scope of that ... See Moreeffort will be a function of how much we receive in relief donations and being able to divide those among immediate needs and the other, longer term relief needs like microloans to restart businesses.
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January 26 Haiti update from The Outreach Foundation
Dear friends,
The Outreach Foundation is very grateful for the gifts that we have received in support of our partner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Outreach Ministries (HOM). Those gifts so far have totaled nearly $100,000. All of these funds will go to the work of HOM in Cite Soleil, Blanchard, Repatriote and Ibo Beach.
On Sunday the congregations welcomed many visitors from the community to worship. The church buildings at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are not safe to use, so the people gathered outside on the soccer fields. 1500 worshipped at Cite Soleil where forty people responded to an invitation to give their lives in faith to Jesus Christ. God’s glory and grace are being revealed amidst the brokenness.
Daily food relief and housing of displaced people continues. The church grounds have become a kind of sanctuary for many who are homeless. More tents are on the way. Food is prepared in the compound for those now living there, and other food is taken into the communities to distribution points. The Mission of Hope U.S. medical team came to Blanchard again this weekend. They will be with HOM for a few more days before moving to another area. Youths are helping to bring older and less able patients to the team for treatment.
Your gifts are being used for immediate food and shelter for those in need and for supplies for the clinic at Cite Soleil. Gifts will also be used for a community-based housing replacement program. An initial effort will seek to build 250 simple, safe family homes at a cost of $5,000 each. A complementary program will address houses that can be repaired. Of course, separate from these efforts will be the need to repair and replace Haiti Outreach Ministries’ own damaged church, school and clinic facilities. Given the level of damage to the Cite Soleil school, one priority surely will be developing plans to accommodates students when schools can be reopened.
Leon Dorleans and Profaite met with a Samaritan's Purse representative on Monday, and Samaritan’s Purse will partner with HOM in Cite Soleil for relief distribution this Friday. HOM hopes to partner with Samaritan’s Purse in both near-term relief and long-term recovery activities. HOM staff are ordering supplies and working to put team dorms in place as soon as they can, hoping to begin repair and rebuilding efforts in February. Watch The Outreach Foundation’s website for more information about how teams can be of assistance.
Thank you for your prayers on behalf of Haiti – and for your gifts in support of Haiti Outreach Ministries and their efforts to show God’s love in word and deed amidst the loss and destruction of recent weeks.
About your gifts:
The Outreach Foundation will forward 100% of the resources that we receive to Haiti Outreach Ministries for their work in addressing the immediate and longer-term needs of those whom they are serving. Gifts may be marked “Haiti Earthquake” and sent to: The Outreach Foundation, 318 Seaboard Lane, Suite 205 Franklin, TN 37067. Gifts may also be made on-line. Those gifts are subject to a 5% transaction fee.
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OPEN LETTER FROM BILL GLASS:
January 14, 2010
Dear Friends of Haiti:
You are all well aware that the ministry work in Haiti has been changed for the foreseeable future, if not for the rest of our lives. HOM is committed to assist our partner churches and communities in near term relief and long term rebuilding. We need substantial help from all who have a passion for Haiti and are able to assist.
Immediately after the earthquake displaced Haitians came to our compounds for haven. The recreation fields at Cite Soleil and Blanchard are now home to large numbers of Haitians. We will sustain and feed them as we sort out what to do next. Our facilities have been damaged. Leon’s assessment is that the churches at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are unstable and unusable. A wall at the Cite Soleil clinic collapsed, the oldest of the school buildings at Cite Soleil is likely beyond use, and the shed housing the clean water system in Cite Soleil is destroyed, along with its clean water system. The security wall at Cite Soleil has collapsed. The bridge between the two school buildings in Blanchard is cracked. The wells at Repatriote are now leaking. We do not have a report yet about Ibo Beach.
Leon is aware of several fatalities within the congregations. It is certain that, given the scale of destruction, the list will grow. There is widespread destruction or damage to homes. This is a disaster on the scale of Katrina, but with substantial practical problems in logistics.
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2-3-10 Update from Bill Glass and Jacky Dorleans
From Bill Glass: An American relief crew with heavy equipment has begun working in Cite Soleil. This crew was brought in by Samaritan's Purse and offered to help. God willing, by the end of the week the debris will be removed from the compound (or at least the debris... near the wall areas). There has been an offer to help rebuild the wall from a Samaritan's Purse team, as well. If that sorts out in their priorities, it would certainly help us restore security to the compound and provide a secure place for both shelter and other community assistance activities.
A Samaritan's Purse team also began cleaning up the damage at the clinic in preparation for a Samaritan's Purse medical team working there. With the continuing shift of commerical air service to later dates (now Feb 20 at the earliest), we will have to see how that impacts our ability to accommodate early team trips.
The steps in bringing teams are:
1. Air service resumption
2. Team billeting materials arrive via shipments (air mattresses, solar camp lights, camp showers)
3. Access to sufficient food to support teams
4. Building materials
5. Team accommodations in place
6. Team support organization in place
We have the billeting materials heading down in a bit over a week. We are researching how to ship building materials in and always looking for local sources. The team accommodations set up will happen after the billeting materials arrive. The support organization will exist after air service resumes and our long term volunteers are in place to match up with the Haitian translators and leaders always there.
Here's some information provided by jacky. She mentions school reopening possibilities toward the end of her comments. We are coordinating with donors for tents that may have to be used as temporary classrooms while repairs are being made.
>> Jacky's comments: About the school children we can shout: " Eben Ezer!" So far we lost only one child of 3 years old from Blanchard school. Blocks from his house fell upon him. Please pray for this family whose other child a second grader, lost a finger under a block too during the earthquake. No one of my knowledge was hurt among our High School students. However Sirius Patrick, and Sirius Evanie lost their Mom. Prophete Jean Emmanuel lost his Mom too. They were vendors selling their products down town Port-au-Prince when where hit and died. They found them under rubbles. Please pray for those young people so the would not loose faith, specially for Prophete Jean Emmanuel who is in great dispear. The Lord made provisions for our High School students. On December 18-20 we held a successful retreat with 99 of them ( from 9th grade to university level ).
I was inspired to organize it earlier this year, normally we meet them in March/April around Easter Season. During that retreat we reinforced the need for them to abide closer to the Lord and to sanctify their lives. The left wing of the school in Cite Soleil where Yves Joseph has his office was severely damaged. We will not be able to use it for the rest of the school year. The small gate in the back of the school where we used to welcome the Preschool and Kindergarten children is unusable. The first grade class at the end of the other building by the cafeteria has lots of cracks in it. We will need to use another classroom. The wall of the kitchen fell. the ground (the floor) of the toilet area is broken.
A lot of repairs need to be done before we can possibly restart School in Cite Soleil by the end of the month of February or the first week of March. The students and their parents are still under fear and traumatic state three weeks after the earthquake. Many of them are facing real challenges, like the loss of their houses and relatives. Since January 12th most of the parents don't have work to do, and are relying on humanitarian food to sustain their lives. Many of our students and their parents are now in the country sides. They ran there in the hope to secure their lives.
Thousands of families fled Port-au-Prince. The ministry of Education ordered that the schools in the Central and the Northern departments where the earthquake didn't pass to be reopened on February 1st. That's a good move. Many and many schools were destroyed in Port-au-Prince. The heads of the ministry are doing an evaluation to be able to make decision for the reopening of the schools in the department of West which includes Port-au-Prince, Cite Soleil, Blanchard, ect... Every one in Port-au-Prince who has a roof to rest, and has no injuries in their bodies, legs and arms, can consider himself/herself blessed beyond measure. We are absolutely very grateful to the Lord for all His blessings, specially for His Peace.
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January 26 Haiti update from The Outreach Foundation
Dear friends,
The Outreach Foundation is very grateful for the gifts that we have received in support of our partner in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Outreach Ministries (HOM). Those gifts so far have totaled nearly $100,000. All of these funds will go to the work of HOM in Cite Soleil, Blanchard, Repatriote and Ibo Beach.
On Sunday the congregations welcomed many visitors from the community to worship. The church buildings at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are not safe to use, so the people gathered outside on the soccer fields. 1500 worshipped at Cite Soleil where forty people responded to an invitation to give their lives in faith to Jesus Christ. God’s glory and grace are being revealed amidst the brokenness.
Daily food relief and housing of displaced people continues. The church grounds have become a kind of sanctuary for many who are homeless. More tents are on the way. Food is prepared in the compound for those now living there, and other food is taken into the communities to distribution points. The Mission of Hope U.S. medical team came to Blanchard again this weekend. They will be with HOM for a few more days before moving to another area. Youths are helping to bring older and less able patients to the team for treatment.
Your gifts are being used for immediate food and shelter for those in need and for supplies for the clinic at Cite Soleil. Gifts will also be used for a community-based housing replacement program. An initial effort will seek to build 250 simple, safe family homes at a cost of $5,000 each. A complementary program will address houses that can be repaired. Of course, separate from these efforts will be the need to repair and replace Haiti Outreach Ministries’ own damaged church, school and clinic facilities. Given the level of damage to the Cite Soleil school, one priority surely will be developing plans to accommodates students when schools can be reopened.
Leon Dorleans and Profaite met with a Samaritan's Purse representative on Monday, and Samaritan’s Purse will partner with HOM in Cite Soleil for relief distribution this Friday. HOM hopes to partner with Samaritan’s Purse in both near-term relief and long-term recovery activities. HOM staff are ordering supplies and working to put team dorms in place as soon as they can, hoping to begin repair and rebuilding efforts in February. Watch The Outreach Foundation’s website for more information about how teams can be of assistance.
Thank you for your prayers on behalf of Haiti – and for your gifts in support of Haiti Outreach Ministries and their efforts to show God’s love in word and deed amidst the loss and destruction of recent weeks.
About your gifts:
The Outreach Foundation will forward 100% of the resources that we receive to Haiti Outreach Ministries for their work in addressing the immediate and longer-term needs of those whom they are serving. Gifts may be marked “Haiti Earthquake” and sent to: The Outreach Foundation, 318 Seaboard Lane, Suite 205 Franklin, TN 37067. Gifts may also be made on-line. Those gifts are subject to a 5% transaction fee.
-----------------
OPEN LETTER FROM BILL GLASS:
January 14, 2010
Dear Friends of Haiti:
You are all well aware that the ministry work in Haiti has been changed for the foreseeable future, if not for the rest of our lives. HOM is committed to assist our partner churches and communities in near term relief and long term rebuilding. We need substantial help from all who have a passion for Haiti and are able to assist.
Immediately after the earthquake displaced Haitians came to our compounds for haven. The recreation fields at Cite Soleil and Blanchard are now home to large numbers of Haitians. We will sustain and feed them as we sort out what to do next. Our facilities have been damaged. Leon’s assessment is that the churches at Cite Soleil and Repatriote are unstable and unusable. A wall at the Cite Soleil clinic collapsed, the oldest of the school buildings at Cite Soleil is likely beyond use, and the shed housing the clean water system in Cite Soleil is destroyed, along with its clean water system. The security wall at Cite Soleil has collapsed. The bridge between the two school buildings in Blanchard is cracked. The wells at Repatriote are now leaking. We do not have a report yet about Ibo Beach.
Leon is aware of several fatalities within the congregations. It is certain that, given the scale of destruction, the list will grow. There is widespread destruction or damage to homes. This is a disaster on the scale of Katrina, but with substantial practical problems in logistics.
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