Thanks to the wonderful donation from Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church in Washington, D.C. under the leadership of Bishop Alfred Owens and First Lady Susie Owens, we have paid for the Harvester Solar Water Filtration System that was ordered on faith. Our plea was posted on line in early February. We are so grateful for their donation which not only paid for the filtration system, but has allowed us to expand our BioSand Water Filter Progam as well. Thank you Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church!
MOM has a local in-house Creole translater to help with phone calls directly to the villages in Haiti. Ms.Marie Decembre, a Haitian and a member of Greater Mt. Calvary Holy Church, is an invaluable partner with MOM, and has assisted MOM in determining and prioritizing requests for aid from the villages that are far removed from the international aid that have been given to Haiti.
Dr. Fritz Olivier, our director and officer in Haiti filters the requests further and makes his recommendation to MOM. This way, our funds are targeted for the most urgent areas of need. You can be sure that your contributions are being used for the greater good for the most number of Haitians affected by the earthquake.
MOM has received the donation of three tents from a local rental company in Laurel, Md. Thanks to Mr. Mark Nash of Select Event Rentals, we have a 40’x10’, a 30’x60’ and a 30’x’30 tent that will enable the collapsed GOC University to start classes on March 15, 2010. MOM purchased an additional tent (30’x60’) to assist in the rebuilding effort. The tents are on their way to Miami for transport to Haiti this weekend.
We purchased six (6) family-sized Global Solar Ovens to be distributed to pastors with feeding centers and schools. They are in Haiti and are awaiting pickup. Transportation is very expensive at this time, but they are scheduled to be picked up soon. We bought them from the assembly plant in Lambert and this contributes to the local economy.
Disaster Report from the Remote Areas
Petite Riviere De Nippes
Pastor Romane Nore has reported on the status of his area in Petite Riviere De Nippes . The area is divided into four sections and the center. The displaced numbers are as follows: section I – 253 persons, section II – 231 persons, section III – 358 persons; section IV – 112 persons and the center section – 506 persons. That is a total of 1460 displaced persons in need of shelter, food, medicines and clothes.
Pastor Romane and his organization are struggling to meet the needs in their community. We are partners with them, and we have been able to send money to buy food to feed the displaced victims, and to buy propane to cook at night or when there is no sun.
Thank God for the wonderful Villager Solar Ovens that are cooking food with the solar energy present!
The Solar Water Filtration System will be placed in this community to provide clean and safe drinking water. A meeting is scheduled on March 3 to organize and expand the Clean Water Program. Local Haitians will be taught clean water principles, how to clean and maintain the BioSand Filter and how to market the units. Ten technicians were trained and certified by the Center for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (Alberta, Canada) in 2006 and two in 2007.
Thousands of crayons, pencils, spiral notebooks and paper pads have been shipped to Haiti for our schools there. Schools will resume in March in spite of the devastating aftermath of the quake. Classes will meet out in the open when necessary, but the Haitian people are determined to pick up and go forward.
Women Initiative Project – Anse-a-veau
This project includes our sewing classes that teach basic sewing skills to enpower woman to better care for their households by repairing, altering, constructing and designing clothing for personal use and as a microenterprise to make money for their families. The classes will resume in March 2010, and are taught by Mde Gunette Duperval, a trained and certified haute couture. She is the wife of Pastor Duperval. She took it upon her self to go to school to get professional training so that she could go back to her village to teach the young women. She is a very courageous lady who has sacrificed much to help the women of Haiti. We applaud this gracious woman.
Young women are streaming to our sewing class because they are seeking a way to provide for themselves and their families by learning a skill. This project is extremely important to the economic development of Haiti and the stability of the Haitian family.
You can be a part of this development with a contribution of $500 to purchase a treadle sewing machine and sewing supplies for the school. We only have two machines for the class with up to 15-20 students! We need your help desperately. Seventy-two students have enrolled as of today!
