50 trips to Haiti and counting, missionary Helen Little is still going strong, turning 80 years old in December 2010. Helen LIttle was among the surviving missionaries in Haiti during the 2010 Haiti Earthquake.
Helen's lifetime efforts to help the people of Haiti and Yvon's persistent work for his people created the spark that led Ginger to found M4M.
A video stream time lapse of the first part of the orhpanage to go up in April 2010.
Recent Video of the last trip to Haiti (April 2010) to construct the part of the orphanage building.
As of March 5, 2010, SUMC's Haiti Initiative in all raised close to $50,000 since May 2009.
Your Money At Work See how your funds are working and will go to work in Haiti.
Immediate needs since the earthquake include raising funds for purchase of (through UMCOR):
Health Kits (see below)
Tarps
Medical supplies
Food
Water
Current Needs:
Birth & Newborn Kits (Learn how to send a kit)
Ongoing Needs and projects since May 2009:
Health Kits - Disaster Response to Haiti began immediately after the earthquake. Kits are being sent and assembled via MERCI and UMCOR. They are being shipped directly from Raleigh. Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation & Swansboro United Methodist Church are drop off points for the kits. A Health Kit includes: visit Ginger's blog for more information
Do not assemble the bags. You can donate any amount of any item. Kits will be assembled by and prepped for shipping to Haiti by volunteers.
new hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27", no kitchen towels)
new washcloth
comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, No child-size brushes)
adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages
large tube of toothpaste with expiration date of at least 6 months out
(re)Building a (new) Orphanage after the earthquake
The Goat Fund - providing goats to families in Haiti so they can become self-sustaining
Haiti Bags - Ginger designed organic cotton totes, exclusively for Stop Hunger Now, in order to feed Haitian children. Each bag sold ($10) provides 40 high protein meals through the Stop Hunger Now not for profit organization. Purchase bags through ginger@music4haiti.org or at SUMC by calling the office at 910.326.4822. All donations are tax-deductible.
November team to Haiti pictured above left to right - Lynn Rouse, Adele Hyla-Brewster, Rachel Moser, Deanna Scroggs Read a full report here
Providing educational assistance for children
May 2009 - present - Making dresses and clothing for girls and boys ages 4-8 years old
October 2009 - Stop Hunger Now - Packaging 30,000 high protein meals for school children through Stop Hunger Now
August 2009 - Heifer International - Providing over $7000 in animals, livestock, and tree seedlings through Heifer International
July 2009 - Children's Effort - Sending over 400 pairs of flip flops to children in Haiti
Making and sending Newborn Kits - Coming Mother's Day/Spring 2010
Making and sending Birthing Kits - Coming Mother's Day/Spring 2010
Recent Work In Haiti
WHERE YOUR MONEY IS GOING
February 28, 2011 - All proceeds from the M4M March 5 event will benefit the Ryan Epps Home for Children in Michaud, Haiti. There, work is well underway to build an orphanage and a school that will educate all of the children in the community of Michaud.
M4M will designate all funds raised from the March 5, 2011 concert to installation of electrical and plumbing/water needs for the orphanage and school.
Want to give now?
Designate your funds as being donated through M4M on the memo line of your check. Download Sponsorship Form
September 13, 2010 Update - Just under $4000 was raised, 100% of which was sent to the Ryan Epps Home for Children in Michaud, Haiti.
May 27, 2010
Yvon travels from Haiti to visit his supporters in North Carolina.
Ginger Garner and Lynn Rouse presenting funds to Yvon for the orphanage construction (see you tube video at left) and purchasing goats
SUMC raises $15, 693 in 2 weeks for MERCI Disaster/Emergency Relief shipments. The truck pictured above is leaving MERCI center in Raleigh, where SUMC Haiti Initiative team members worked tirelessly to package thousands of pounds of relief food, health kits, and supplies. Helen Little reports that the shipment is scheduled to arrive at Cap Haitian this week, at a northern port which was spared by the earthquake.
PERSONAL STORIES FROM LOCAL NC WORKERS SERVING IN HAITI
NOVEMBER 2009
Goat Story - SUMC mIssionary Deanna Scroggs shares her recollection of serving in Haiti and the "goat" mission read more >
Goat Market outside Port Au Prince
Owners of new goats (as of May 2010, Yvon reports the owners of the new goats are now giving the first offspring to their fellow neighbors in the community).
Signing Contracts for Goats
Deanna Scroggs with water goat and owners of new goats in front of their church
NOVEMBER 2009
Madame Andrea Story - SUMC Missionary Lynn Rouse shares a poignant story of love and loss while in Haiti read more>
Helen Little, long time missionary with 46 trips to Haiti and counting, stands beside her longtime friend Madame Andrea. (above and below)
Al Carpenter and fellow NCUMC partner missionaries Valerie Carpenter, & Helen LIttle give a report on work done prior to November 2009. read more>
M4M
operates through 501(c)(3) organizations who support maternal and child health in Haiti.
M4M and Haiti Initiative is staffed entirely by volunteers, which means M4M and HIS Mission Events donate 100% of ALL PROCEEDS to children and maternal health in Haiti.
