St Luke's Outreach Team
/St Luke's Outreach Team has set up a program for more than 60 families (specifically the most vulnerable pregnant women and those with children) at the sports center.
Read MoreSt Luke's Outreach Team has set up a program for more than 60 families (specifically the most vulnerable pregnant women and those with children) at the sports center.
Read MoreThis week when Wilflo returned home, everyone wanted to see him. His family and friends greeted him with a welcome worthy of a king. They surrounded the car excited to see and talk to him. The phrase "Oh dear Jesus!" is what they all said over and over.
Read MoreDear family and friends,
The last weekly update I sent was a strong attempt on my part to find a silver lining in many dark clouds,
I had hardly pushed the "send" button when another thunderhead roared at us, and threw lightening in all directions.
Marie Ange was kidnapped from our NPFS home for children called St Anne, the community made up of both disabled children and very small fully abled children.
Gunmen came over the wall, made their way across the roof of the pigpen (where we raise the pre Duvalier era Creole pig, to try to reintroduce it to the peasant farmers),
and without effort, climbed down the ladder used for reaching the cisterns where we reuse water from our Tilapia farm to irrigate the fields.
This is Jounal Odilan, he is 48 years old and has 3 children. He lives in Plaine Martin in the south. These last few days of his life and that of his community have become very strange. Days before the earthquake they prayed for rain because they almost all have gardens to feed themselves. Then came the earthquake which destroyed all their houses. Now they do not know if they should pray for the rain because they have no place to sleep and they also know if there is no rain they will not have water for the gardens and no food.
Read MoreThe St Luke team is doing huge work, and there are updates on the2021 Earthquake Response — St. Luke Foundation For Haiti (stlukehaiti.org) website
These particular messages are the work of my own team. The work is tough and requires a lot of rough driving, loading, carrying, walking, visiting people, listening to their challenges, and practical help.
"I was at a funeral at Sainte Famille Church in Camperin when the earthquake hit last August 14 in Haiti. Who would have thought? We were about fifty people who gathered to say goodbye to a young girl who had died. At 8:30 a.m. the earthquake passed and the church fell on us.
Read MoreWatch below for an update from Fr. Rick on Maniche.
Read MoreAs we slept under star stars in Les Cayes two nights ago, having led another caravan of medicines, supplies and building materials to the South,
and while mosquitos ate us alive, the heavens were spectacular and the earth was all music.
Read MoreIt's been 15 days since the earthquake, and our teams are still working. We're focusing our efforts to various areas severely affected by the earthquake in the south, at Port Salut, Camp-Perin, Maniche, Maceline, Rambo,St Louis du Sud .
Read More1. Our medical team is working daily with the people at the various tragic sites, with their base at Port Salut,
2. St Luc Hospital (among other hospitals) is receiving medically evaluated patients,
3. We are sending loads of supplies daily to our emergency medical team, to other St Luc clinics in the affected areas as they restart their function,
and to hospitals and clinics in Jeremie and Les Cayes as we receive requests,
4. We are starting to put a solid roof over peoples' heads.
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The St. Luke Foundation for Haiti is a 501 (c) (3) and tax-exempt charitable organization that supports Haitian-led programs.
A special thanks to Angela Altus, Rebecca Arnold, Giles Clark, Denso Gay and Ami Vitale for the photographs, as well as the teams of NPH and Artists for Peace and Justice.