WELCOME to the Lifeline Haiti Blog

WELCOME to the Lifeline Haiti Blog
(TO SEE OUR WEB SITE CLICK ON THE ABOVE PICTURE) Lifeline Haiti and Bridges of Hope exists to promote poverty relief and community empowerment within nations of the world. This mission is achieved in cooperation with Governments, donor organizations and individuals. Implementation is accomplished in cooperation with local business & Spiritual Leaders, individuals, & indigenous organizations within the region of operation and by building the capacity of these partners. The goal is to build the assets of these partners to become sustainable and reproducing agents and transition from beneficiaries to benefactors.

Friday, December 31, 2010

UPDATE DEC. 31/2010



...photo of just some of our staff and volunteers in Haiti...Happy New Year!!!

Our hope is for the best year ever for everyone. For those that have sponsored children that would like to send a letter to your sponsored child the address is:


For those that would like to see some of our pictures from our mission in Haiti please go to http://flickr.com/photos/lifelinehaiti

If you have not had a chance to vote for me just a reminder the voting is over on the 10th of January www.cbc.ca/change/vote2.html

Lifeline Haiti and Bridges of Hope exists to promote poverty relief and community empowerment within nations of the world. This mission is achieved in cooperation with Governments, donor organizations and individuals. Implementation is accomplished in cooperation with local business & Spiritual Leaders, individuals, & indigenous organizations within the region of operation and by building the capacity of these partners. The goal is to build the assets of these partners to become sustainable and reproducing agents and transition from beneficiaries to benefactors.

Bob & Linda

Thursday, December 23, 2010

PLEASE DON'T FORGET ABOUT HAITI



From our family to yours...Merry Christmas....During this busy time of the year of shopping, travel and family time, please do not forget about the children of Haiti...

Before year end please consider making a donation to help the children of Haiti...Our needs are still huge....The pictures are of just a few of the children you are helping.... "Lifeline Haiti" c/o Bridges of Hope, PO Box 81 Stn. Main,
Lethbridge, Alberta, T1J 3Y3..

Thank you to each of you for your support over the years....Without faithful people like yourselves this mission of love would not have been able to help in over 50 locations in Haiti.....There are thousands of children just like the ones in the photos above waiting for a lifeline....

Remember.....Jesus is the reason for the season.....
Bob & Linda

Thursday, December 16, 2010

UPDATE DEC 16/2010

I just spoke with our Director of Operations in Haiti and he informs me of the good news that the cholera seems to be decreasing.... There are fewer and fewer people contracting cholera....We are so grateful that all of our children are safe and none of them have been sick...The sanitation program we run at our schools has proven to be effective to prevent the spread of this disease....Providing clean drinking water has also been key.....We are still looking at different options for water purification systems....The cholera will be in the country for many years to come... We must keep up the effort to getting clean drinking water into all areas of Haiti......Not allowing people to take their dead relatives to bury them has seemed to have made a difference also....As hard as it has been for the families to go through this they are now seeing the difference it is making.....

For those that were not able to see the segment on CBC Connect with Mark Kelley, you can see it on the net at the following address.....voting goes until the 10th of January......

http://www.cbc.ca/change/2010/10/bob-davisson.html

Thank you to everyone for all your support...
There is still so much to do..
Bob & Linda

Monday, December 13, 2010

DESPERATE NEED FOR CLEAN WATER DEC.13/2010

THE SITUATION IS GETTING MORE DESPERATE EACH DAY.. WITH MORE THEN 100,000 PEOPLE INFECTED AND THOUSANDS THAT HAVE DIED THE SITUATION KEEPS GETTING WORSE WITH THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK.. ... THE ROADS HAVE BEEN BLOCKED COMING OUT OF PAP BECAUSE OF THE RIOTS WHICH HAS CAUSED THE SUPPLY OF FOOD TO BE AT AN EXTREME LOW....

I had put out a request for help for water purification systems that will help these
precious people.......I have found a supplier out of Jacksonville, Florida....
web site is....
www.aquavast.com... this will purify water of all diseases including Cholera..

This is a note I got from the company about one of the smaller systems....

I worked on some numbers for you regarding what the water will cost.
Depending your cost to get the system to Haiti and how much water you
have available to filter, at 50% of capacity or 1,314,000 gallons for
the first year your cost would be about $.01 per gallon. That would
fully amortize the initial cost of the unit ($10,000 FOB Jacksonville,
FL.) and installation in Haiti. After that at 50% capacity the cost
per gallon would drop to less than $.002 per gallon.
If the people can come to a central location and get
their water then a larger system could be used. AquaVast has built
systems with 20 gallons and 100 gallons per minute capacities. Those
systems would be need to be placed in a permanent installation. The
other problem would be the amount of water available. The water
source can be any non salt water regardless of how polluted it is.
The system will remove all bacteria and virus. The inventor is working
on systems that could use salt water, but they are not currently
available.

Thank you to those of you that have responded to our request for funds to buy these units...with shipping and installation we are looking at about $15,000 per unit...
To date I haven't found anything else that will produce the amount of water needed to help the 80,000 people that live close to our schools as this unit.....Most of our
schools are located in the remote mountain areas....The cost per gallon and the number
of gallons it will pump out each minute will be a big help.....There is also a
unit that has a submersible pump and a solar system to pump the water to feed this type of system in areas where we do not have electricity.....A unit like this would
be under $10,000.....


We desperately need to hear from you....Information to donate is on the home page of our blog for our friends in the United States and Canada.... BOB & Linda

Saturday, December 11, 2010

UPDATE DEC.11/2010

I will be speaking in Assiniboia, Sask with Pastor Terry at the Apostolic Church Sunday morning.


Champions of Change update. CONNECT with Mark Kelly will be running a special about
each of the finalists Monday evening the 13th at 8 PM Eastern time on CBC. If you
have not had a chance to vote go to www.cbc.ca/change/vote2.html

CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN HAITI: REPORTS THAT I HAVE BEEN GETTING IS THAT IT IS GETTING WORSE EVERY DAY... OVER 100,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH HALF OF THEM IN HOSPITALS...THOUSANDS HAVE DIED... WHOLE FAMILIES OF 8 TO 10 ARE ALL IN THE HOSPITAL... THEY HAVE CLOSED THE BOARDER TO THE DOMINICAN AND FLIGHTS ARE GROUNDED FROM LEAVING HAITI..STILL TO DANGEROUS TO TRY TO ATTEMPT TO GET TO THE AIRPORT EVEN IF FLIGHTS WERE ABLE TO GO... MOST PEOPLE DIE WITHIN 2 TO 3 HRS. ONCE THEY ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE CHOLERA... IT IS MUCH MORE CONTAGIOUS THEN THE WORLD HEALTH HAD PREVIOUSLY PREDICTED...
THEY ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF INTRAVENOUS WATER AND CLEAN DRINKING WATER... ONE OF THE WAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO STOP THE SPREAD OF CHOLERA IS BY NOT ALLOWING THE FAMILIES TO TAKE THEIR DEAD RELATIVES TO BE BURIED...THIS PREVENTS THE FAMILY FROM contacting CHOLERA FROM THE DISEASED...THIS MAKES IT VERY HARD ON THE FAMILIES TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEIR RELATIVE A FAMILY BURIAL ... EMERGENCY SHELTERS HAVE BEEN BUILT IN MANY PLACES TO ACCOMMODATE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AS THE HOSPITALS ARE FILLED TO THE RAFTERS.... PEOPLE HAVE TO TAKE THEIR OWN BEDS AND BLANKETS TO THE HOSPITAL OR SHELTERS AS THEY HAVE RUN OUT OF SPACE, BEDS, BLANKETS AND HEALTH CARE WORKERS... WE KNOW OF SOME SCHOOLS THAT HAVE CLOSED AS SOME OF THE CHILDREN HAVE DIED OF CHOLERA THAT WEre ATTENDING THESE SCHOOLS.... NONE OF THESE SCHOOLS ARE ANY OF OUR locations.... WITH ALL THE RIOTING AND KILLINGS THE COUNTRY IS ON THE VERGE OF A CIVIL WAR...
PLEASE PRAY FOR HAITI, HER PEOPLE AND ALL THE RELIEF WORKERS THAT ARE RISKING THEIR LIVES TO BE THERE TO HELP THESE PRECIOUS PEOPLE... IT IS ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF THE 9,000,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE CAUSING SUCH DESTRUCTION ...

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEMS UPDATE

Water purification systems are still needed...Received a report from New York with
the following information.....If you feel you can help with funds to purchase some
of these desperately needed water purification systems, please drop me an e-mail and
I will give you instructions how you can help....Check out their web site when you
get a chance...It works out to less than .02 cents per gallon of purified water...
This will save thousands of lives.....The cholera has spread to the south of Haiti
and we understand it is in all the rivers, streams and sea.....
Bob & Linda



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We are registered as a supplier to UNICEF and other United Nations Agencies. Our Vendor # is 187358.

We are pleased to now be offering what we feel are cost-effective solutions to providing clean water to the people of Haiti and other areas where clean water is scarce but much needed.

We are working with two Non Profit Agencies, Haitian People's Support Project (http://www.haitiansupportproject.org) and Lifeline Haiti (www.lifelinehaiti.com), in order to prevent Cholera in the schools and orphanages they operate throughout Haiti. Some rural locations do not have Medical Clinics in the event Cholera is diagnosed. Your purchase of a Water Filter on behalf of both Agencies is tax deductible.

Haitian People's Support Project started in 1990 and they have 14 locations providing services to 300 children. Lifeline Haiti started 2007 and have 51 locations providing services to 13,000 children. Both the Jerrycan and Personal Water Filter Bottle will eliminate bacteria, cysts, fungi, pesticides, heavy metals, parasites, viruses (including H1NI and Cholera) and all other microbiological water-borne contaminants and pathogens without the use of Chlorine, Iodine or any other chemicals. These represent a real breakthrough in portable, cost-efficient, water filtration technology.

Waterlocked Village In Haiti Battles Cholera With Clean Water (Video)

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The Jerrycan will produce 20,000 Gallons of safe, sterile drinking water. The Retail Price is $449.
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Thanks,
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Coordinator (914) 886-8505

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

SEASON OF GIVING... DEC. 1/2010



I met this little boy at our Jacmel school....It is his first year of school....He is
unable to use his legs....He walks on his hands and climbs onto the back of his brother to get up the stairs at the school.... For only $1 per day you can change
the life of a child in Haiti and give them a hope for the future....

His name is: Herby PEIRRE JN. DOB: 15 Dec. 99 ... he wants to be a Dr. when he grows up.. his favorite color is blue, he has 4 brothers and 4 sisters... both parents are still alive... just looking at his birthday being the 15th of this month.. it would be such a joy to inform him that he has a sponsor for his birthday...

If you would like to sponsor Herby or any other child.. we have thousands that need help contact... lifelinehaiti@gmail.com

Have a wonderful day..... will you be a blessing to a child in need !!!
 Bob & Linda

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

UPDATE NOV. 23/2010 FROM HAITI




JUST WRAPPING UP THINGS IN HAITI BEFORE MY RETURN TO CANADA... HAD A VERY BUSY 10 DAYS WITH THE LAST 3 DAYS WITH A CBC CAMERA MAN FOLLOWING ME EVERYWHERE IN HAITI... STILL HARD TO BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING WITH THE CHAMPION OF CHANGE THING.. THANK YOU ALL FOR VOTING.. PLEASE PASS ONTO YOUR FRIENDS TO VOTE ALSO... OVER THE LAST FEW SCHOOLS DAYS I GOT ALL THE PICTURES OF THE CHILDREN AT CHABIN, JACMEL, & SAVANETTE.. IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO PROCESS ALL OF THEM AND MATCH THEM TO THEIR SPONSORS.. THERE ARE SO MANY THAT STILL NEED SPONSORS... I'LL ATTACH A COUPLE TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE...

I AM SO GLAD TO REPORT THAT NONE OF OUR CHILDREN OR STAFF AT ANY OF OUR  LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN SICK WITH CHOLERA... PLEASE KEEP PRAYING FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI.... WITH THE ELECTIONS GOING ON AND ALL THEIR HORNS AND WHISTLES IN SUPPORT FOR THEIR CANDIDATE, THE RIOTS AND THE CHOLERA.. HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL SETTLE DOWN SOON...

THANKS EVERYONE FOR  ALL YOUR SUPPORT.. THERE IS STILL SO MUCH NEED BUT THOSE THAT ARE RECEIVING HELP THROUGH THE SCHOOLS ARE SO GREATFULL.. IT IS MAKING A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIVES.. THE PHOTO IS OF THE FIRST YEAR CHILDREN AT SAVANETTE..THEY ARE EATING THE PRAIRIE GLEANS FOOD FROM MEDICINE HAT & RICE.. THEY ALL NEED SPONSORS... WILL YOU CONSIDER HELPING... ONLY $1. PER DAY..PER CHILD...
THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE... ONE CHILD AT A TIME...
BOB & Linda

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

CHAMPION OF CHANGE..... TOP 10



www.cbc.ca/change/vote2.html


JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT WE HAVE BEEN NOMINATED BY THE JUDGES OF CHAMPION OF CHANGE TO BE ONE OF THE FINAL TOP 10...

OUR NEEDS ARE SO HUGE AND THE CHILDREN AT ALL OUR SCHOOL LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE.. THE EXPOSURE THIS WILL GIVE WILL BE SUCH A HELP FOR OUR PROJECTS.. THE ONLY WAY WE CAN WIN IS TO HAVE MORE VOTES IN OUR CATEGORY THEN ANYONE ELSE... THEY ALL ARE AMAZING BUT AS I ASK YOU TO VOTE FOR US.. I UNDERSTAND YOU EACH OF YOU GET 10 VOTES.. TO VOTE GO TO CBC.CA AND THEN TO CHAMPION OF CHANGE TOP 10 AND THEN YOU CLICK ON MY PICTURE.. http://www.cbc.ca/change/top10.html ...I AM THE ONE WITH ALL THE CHILDREN GATHERED AROUND ME as the picture above.......

 THE MOST WONDERFUL PEOPLE I HAVE AROUND ME INCLUDING THE MOST AMAZING WIFE AND FAMILY ANYONE COULD EVER HAVE... PASS THE VOTING PROCESS TO EACH OF YOUR FRIENDS.. VOTING IN OVER ON THE 10TH OF JAN..

CLEAN WATER DESPERATELY NEEDED

Here is more information on a previous posting on the water systems. There are pictures on the web site....

Both the Jerrycan and Personal Water Filter Bottle will eliminate bacteria, cysts, fungi, pesticides, heavy metals, parasites, viruses (including H1NI and Cholera) and all other microbiological water-borne contaminants and pathogens without the use of Chlorine or any other chemicals.

Jerrycan These represent a real breakthrough in portable, cost-efficient, water filtration technology.


The Jerrycan will produce 20,000 Gallons of safe, sterile drinking water. The Retail Price is $449.

We are offering it to Relief Agencies for $399

Special Offer For Relief Agencies 15,000 Gallon Jerrycan for $199

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The Water Bottle will provide 6,000 Liters of safe, sterile drinking water. The Retail Price is $229

We are offering it to Relief Agencies for $159


Additional Technical Information is available at our Website www.abetterworld.net

1200 DEAD FROM CHOLERA OUTBREAK

It has been an overwhelming couple of weeks both back in Canada and now in Haiti...
The death toll is now at 1200 from the cholera outbreak....We have a chance to help with clean drinking water...Contaminated water is the biggest problem...

We have an opportunity to help with a filtering system that will cost .013 cents per gallon to provide clean drinking water to all our locations.....The cost works out to $10,000 for 765,000 gallons of water plus shipping which we are working out as i write this.....These containers have a filer replacement where they can be reused for even less than half a cent per gallon... When you make your donation to Lifeline Haiti please mark on the donation that is is for the water purification system. They have dropped the price in half to help with this project......This is what is needed to stop the spread of cholera....The death toll could go to the hundreds of thousands...
As we labor together.......

Friday, November 12, 2010

UPDATE NOV.12/2010

Just a short note to say hi and thank you to all those in Medicine Hat and area that came and contributed to our fundraiser..... thank you to our friends in Winkler and area also with their fundraising banquet... also to High River Full Gospel Church with your love offering for the children of Haiti.... thank you so much.. your donations are making a huge difference..

Just a short update on something called "Champion of Change" ... our organization was nominated along with over 2000 other names in Canada.. it was announced on Monday that we are one of the top 50 chosen by a panel of judges.. they will announce on Monday the 16th the top 10 of which the public will then vote to determine who the winner will be and the recipient of $25,000. for their charity... watch CBC National for the final 10 on Monday.. First it is an honor to get nominated, then to be in the top 50 is amazing.. thank you to all that nominated us..

I leave for Haiti on Sunday.. as you know I have had to cancel all team for the next couple of months.. the Cholera is getting worse... I have attached a letter I just got from the Haiti Ministry of Health about this situation...

Thank you to each of you for making a difference.. your financial support goes a long way and saves many lives... God bless you.. Bob & Linda

CHOLERA

Latest NEWS

Please visit the Haiti MINISTRY OF HEALTH for cholera updates at : www.mspp.gouv.ht



Haiti cholera toll rises
1 hour ago

More than 650 people have died of cholera in Haiti since the start of an outbreak last month, the Haitian journalist group AlterPresse reports. ...

Times LIVE - 1498 related articles

Doctors advised to watch for cholera, especially in travelers ...
MiamiHerald.com - 2 related articles

Resource: Creole Educational flyer :/pulse/data/img/uploads/Cholera_KR%255B1%255D.pdf

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NHAHA-The news of cholera outbreak in Haiti broke in the midst of NHAHA's 3-day conference in Haiti from October 20-23, 2010. (See related press release: http://nhaha.org/docs/pressreleases/Cholera_outbreak_Press_Release.pdf ). Conference presentations will be available on NHAHA.org next week. We are working on the conference Proceedings which will be available in the next two weeks.

We are very concerned about the spread of the disease due to current sanitary condition conditions worsened by the earthquake and the recent hurricane. fear that we might be witnessing one of the worst public health disasters in modern time. Follow us on Facebook at:http://www.facebook.com/pages/NHAHA-NATIONAL-HAITIAN-AMERICAN-HEALTH-ALLIANCE/248642144648?ref=ts . F

NHAHA believes supports the following:

There is, at present, no effective vaccine against cholera. The only way to prevent its spread is to interrupt the fecal-oral cycle of contagion. The ways MSF teams do this include:

* providing health education on how to prevent diarrhea including hand-washing, disposal of feces
* Providing education on boiling water and or setting up adequate supplies of safe water. The minimum quantity required in an emergency population is 10 liters per person per day.
* Provision of soap.
* Providing education on proper disposal of human waste while working on the construction of pit latrines in the whole country. The minimum number required in an emergency situation is 1 latrine per 20 people.
* Begin immediate shelter reconstruction to relocate tents inhabitants
* Begin long term reconstruction of the country's infrastructure

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OVERVIEW: In 1817, a new and terrible disease moved out of Bengal and began to spread across the world. It caused profuse diarrhea and vomiting, and its sufferers died of profound dehydration, sometimes within a matter of hours. By the end of the nineteenth century it had killed many hundreds of thousands of people across Asia and then Russia, Europe, and the Americas. Like many diseases it was given a Greek name... cholera. The word means diarrhea.

Now, at the end of the 20th Century, the world is being circled by the seventh great pandemic of cholera. More than 60 countries report outbreaks each year. In recent years, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams have battled the disease in places as diverse as Guinea in West Africa, Guatemala and Peru in Latin America, and Bangladesh in southern Asia.

How cholera kills

The bacteria Vibrio cholerae is excreted by an infected person in the stools and vomit. It can then be spread directly to other people if they touch the patient and then fail to wash their hands before eating. The germ can also contaminate food or water supplies. In the latter case this will cause an explosive outbreak because many people will ingest the vibrion in a short period of time.

Once inside the intestine, the organism multiplies and produces a toxin. This toxin causes the cells lining the intestine to secrete massive volumes of fluid and leads to diarrhea and vomiting. A patient under treatment can lose more than 50 liters of fluid during a bout of cholera.

A person who is not treated will die of dehydration well before this. In fact, death usually occurs when 10 to 15 per cent of the total body weight is lost. In severe cases this may take only a couple of hours.
Preventing cholera

There is, at present, no effective vaccine against cholera. The only way to prevent its spread is to interrupt the fecal-oral cycle of contagion. The ways MSF teams do this include:

* providing health education on how to prevent diarrhea. The messages include hand-washing, disposal of feces and protection of household water stocks.
* provision of soap.
* working with the community to ensure they have pit latrines. The minimum number required in an emergency situation is 1 latrine per 20 people.
* setting up adequate supplies of safe water. The minimum quantity required in an emergency population is 10 liters per person per day. In all of these preventive activities, MSF water and sanitation engineers and logisticians have a vital role to play - just as important as the role of doctors and nurses.

For example, during the floods in Bangladesh in 1998, many thousands of water wells across the country became contaminated by the rising waters. Cholera vibrios were washed down the pump shafts into the water table below. The greatest danger came after the flood waters started to recede, when people went home and began using their wells again. Part of the health education given by MSF teams to villagers was instruction on how to disinfect their wells.
How MSF teams treat cholera patients

Cholera is treatable. The main pathological process it causes is dehydration - therefore the treatment we use is simply to replace all the fluid being lost.

MSF treats many patients using oral re-hydration solution, called ORS. This is a mixture of glucose and electrolytes (such as sodium and potassium). The solution is stirred into a liter of water and provides the correct balance of electrolytes to re-hydrate a cholera patient. It has been said that in global terms, ORS is the most important medical discovery since penicillin.

Many of our cholera patients vomit so profusely that they cannot drink ORS. MSF therefore treats serious cases by putting in intravenous drips. These IV infusions contain fluid and electrolytes. Some patients lose fluid so quickly that they need two drips, one in each arm. Treating serious cases requires a high degree of skill and experience. In most situations MSF teams are able to limit the case fatality rate to less than 1 per cent. http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/issue_print.cfm?id=2390
Why not vaccines in Haiti? Oral cholera vaccines

There are two vaccines
that
give up to 90 percent protection against cholera - at least in the
short term. But don't expect them to get widespread use to contain
Haiti's current cholera epidemic.

Dr. Jon Andrus
is deputy director of the Pan American Health Organization
and a vaccination
specialist. He explained why cholera vaccine isn't the answer to
Haiti's problem at a Wednesday teleconference
.


NPR asked Andrus if the vaccine might be useful in targeted
populations in advance of new outbreak in Port-au-Prince. Such a "ring
vaccination
" strategy was critical in eradicating smallpox.

Andrus explained that ring vaccination worked in smallpox because
everyone who was infected had symptoms. So when a new case or a small
cluster popped up, it meant other people without symptoms were not yet
infected and were still eligible for a vaccine.

But with cholera, by the time the disease shows up, 80 percent of
people are carrying it - but without any symptoms.

"The horse is out of the barn," Andrus says, "so you can't determine
with any accuracy where that bacterium is circulating...You already
have transmission outside your ring."

There are other reasons why cholera vaccination isn't recommended
during an outbreak. It requires two doses in most people, and three in
young children. Keeping track of who's been vaccinated and getting
them back for a second and third dose presents enormous logistical
problems and a lot of personnel. And even with all that effort, it
still takes three weeks at the least for immunity to build in the
body, Andrus says.

The effort to mount a crash vaccination campaign would also surely
detract from other public health measures known to be effective, like
educating people about hand-washing and handing out safe water, soap
and oral rehydration . Such
measures prevent infections and reduce fatality rates to around 1
percent
.

"Measures to prevent and treat this disease are so effective...that we
don't vaccinate our own staff on the ground or staff we're sending
there," Andrus says.

Having said all that, though, Andrus says PAHO is discussing whether
to vaccinate some populations beyond the current reach of the
outbreak.

But one big problem is the supply of cholera vaccine. There may be
only 200,000 or so doses of Dukoral
,
the only vaccine that's been approved by WHO as safe. PAHO is trying
to find out if the other vaccine, Shanchol
, is
available in bigger quantities. (It's expected to get the green light
from WHO, but it's not clear when.)

So there may be an argument for using one or both vaccines in some
Haitians in the path of cholera. PAHO and Haitian authorities will
need to make that decision soon.

For ore about Cholera vaccine go to: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs107/en/index.html

Thursday, November 4, 2010

HARD DRIVE SAVED/AND MORE NOV. 4/2010


Good news from the tech at London Drugs.. Apple sent a new hard drive and all my info was retrieved.... what a relief.. today everything will be backed up....

Haiti is preparing for a direct hit from this hurricane coming their way...please pray for their safety.. some 2 ft. of rain could hit the mountain areas which will be devastating in the lower areas..all of our schools that are made of cement will be full to protect the precious people from the storm...there are the dangers of mud slides and streams that turn into torrent rivers... in the past there have been villages buried in the mud slides with thousands of lives lost.. since then they go to high ground when there is an announcement of a hurricane coming their way...

Our banquet on Thursday evening last week was a huge success... sorry we had to turn so many people away as we were filled to the max. of 200... next one will be at a larger facility.. thanks to everyone that helped, Alexa and Crissy doing all the organizing and all the sponsors that donated items for the auction ... this was such a huge encouragement as many more children will be able to attend school this year....
 THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE.. ONE CHILD AT A TIME......

Monday, October 25, 2010

UPDATE OCT.25/2010

Just after I got back home on the 20th my computer crashed so haven't been able to get to an update.. the tech at London Drugs is trying to retrieve all my info off my hard drive.... I had everything on my computer to do with our mission in Haiti.... will find out tomorrow how much he was able to retrieve.. . our banquet is nearly sold out for Thursday.. not only did we get a signed Saskatchewan Rough Rider Jersey from Keith Shologan but we got a signed Edmonton Oilers Jersey from Steve MacIntyre ... these will be hot items for the auction...

We have canceled all our teams from going to Haiti until it becomes safer not only from the disease that has broken out but the rioting that has been happening... we will probably look at the next teams going down after the Government takes power in Feb.... if things settle down before Feb. we will considering opening it up for teams again... sorry for those that had been so looking forward to going in Nov., Dec. & Jan...

Thank you to everyone for making a difference in the lives of the children in Haiti...

Take care... Bob & Linda

Saturday, October 16, 2010

BANQUET ON THE 28TH (SASK. ROUGHRIDER JERSEY)

Just a reminder to everyone about our fundraiser banquet on the 28th.....

Got confirmation today the Pat Shologan family have donated a jersey from the
Saskatchewan Roughriders for the auction at the banquet....It will be Keith Shologan's
jersey #74 an up and coming star in the NFL.....He said many of the players have
autographed it also....Be sure to get your tickets.......

Thanks Keith and your family for your support...

Bob & Linda

Team helping with containers













Just to add to my previous message are some of the children that helped and we so excited to get a cap... thanks again for everyone that helped with the containers.. it is a huge job at both ends ... Take care... Bob & Linda

Update Oct. 16/2010














































It has been an amazing time with lots of hard work... the team helped with unloading a sea can today ... what a challenge as the sea cans were unloaded at the port by the custom inspectors and every box was opened and everything examined... the boxes that were made out of wood were taken apart and the boards scattered throughout the trailer... then when it arrived the trailer had to be unloaded at night time at our location so they could pry the sea can off the trailer and then it reloaded still at night time... so going through them was a huge challenge... we have been building shelving to store things inside and have some kind of order.. much has been delivered to the orphanage and schools already but there is still much to distribute... and another container to sift through and organize... thank you to everyone that sent everything they could think of... in the pictures you will see we had help from the children and adults at Chabin... two team members from Coastal Church flew back home today... the rest of the team leave Monday and then the rest of us fly home on Tuesday... more to follow.. everyone is doing great.. no one sick.. thanks for your prayers and all the support for making a difference... one child at a time...
Take care... Bob & Linda

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

CONTACT INFO FOR TICKET FOR BANQUET THE 28TH

Here is the info to contact Alexa for purchasing ticket for our fund raising banquet for our mission in Haiti...

alexa.gossard@mhcbe.ab.ca or ph. 403-581-6385

Thank you for making a difference....If you are unable to attend the banquet but would like to make a donaation, please follow the instructions on my web site or blog....
Your support is so needed with all the children that want to attend school this year...

Bob & Linda

FUNDRAISING BANQUET FOR HAITI OCT.28TH 6PM

















LITTLE ONES LIKE THIS ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF OUR HELP.. PLEASE WILL HELP MAKE A
DIFFERENCE... JOIN US OUT OUR FUND RAISING BANQUET IN MEDICINE HAT ON THE 28TH...

 Alexa just dropped me a note to say that ticket sales are slow for the banquet in Medicine Hat on the evening of the 28th at the Shinook Village ..

No bid have come in for the paintings I have posted... we are in a huge need financially to open all our schools.. please help get the word out and lets fill the banquet room... 200 seats available ....

Contact Alexa as soon as possible to book your table... please go back on my blogs to get her contact info...

Thank you for making a difference... one child at a time...

Update Oct. 12/2010











All our schools are in session where we have been able to supply some kind of covering with tents or tarps... it has been challenging to say the least... not enough support to pay all the teachers and support staff but we are still working on that... We are in Port au Prince over for a couple of days wrapping things to do with immigration, customs and picking up Don & Linda from Brooks today... I drove our van for the first time and it runs great, has lots of power to get through the mountains... it is a diesel with a 5 speed standard... this will be a huge asset for us for picking up teams at the airport in Port au Prince...

The team has been working hard, painting and building bunk beds... the rains have let off for the last couple of days and have left us with very hot days... around 36 to 38C..

Pictured is a photo of the Coastal team with me on top of the mission house in Jacmel... thank you for making a difference.. one child at a time...

Friday, October 8, 2010

Update Oct. 8/2010






Everyone is doing well ... the team has been very busy... just some pictures show some of what is happening.. the team painted the front of our mission house in Cayes Jacmel... the tents are from Winkler that are so need for a school or ours at Carrefour Raymond where 200 children will be attending starting this Monday...... thank you Winkler team for the tents as they will be used for much needed classroom throughout the country....we put up 8 tents at this location... pictured are a couple of men cutting up a log into planks...they were cutting all day.... and pictures at the orphanage as some of the team got to spend the day there today and a I got a big hug from the children... two more team members arrive from the Coastal Church tomorrow.. we will building bunk beds and painting along with some electrical and plumbing... Don & Linda arrive on Tuesday from Brooks, Alberta......

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Update Oct. 6/2010
























It was a beautiful day here in Haiti with the temperature right around 36... got to the job sites and got the lumber and paint ordered.. went to each of the job sites to see what parts we needed for the plumbing and electrical... the team got to our Chabin school which is now in session.. many of the children haven't started yet as word has to travel into the mountain areas as they don't have calendar....within the next two weeks the classrooms will be full... some of the children walk up to 3 hrs. each way so it will be awhile before word gets out to their areas... pictures of of some of the children in class...the team from Coastal (Noushin) with some of the children... three of the team speak French .... tomorrow we will start painting and doing some plumbing and a visit to the orphanage... it was awesome seeing the children having a hot meal at the schools today... thanks to each of you for making a difference.....
Bob, Linda & Team

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Vancourver Coastal Church and more update....
























The team from the Vancouver Coastal Church arrived this afternoon ... first team to use our new 18 passengar van... we were able to purchase this vehicle from the funds we made from the work of our water trucks... this will then continue to earn funds for the high school teachers salaries.. this will generate about $1600. per month profit... the water trucks are still busy and the funds raised from them also goes towards the salaries for our high school teachers... school started at most of our schools today.. put up several tents at some locations that don't have a building to help with having classroom space... more to follow...
Bob & Linda

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Update Sept. 30/2010
























We have been getting lots of rain the last 4 or 5 days... the pictures attached are just a couple of items that came from our friends in Winkler... what a blessing this has been.. there is much more and I will have more pictures later...

We took two of the team from Minneapolis to Port au Prince yesterday.. I'll take you on the trip with us just to give you a glimpse how things can be down here... we were just leaving Jacmel ready to take the curve to the left onto the straightaway that goes past the Texico when we met a gravel truck, one of the smaller type, that had something under the front of his truck... there were sparks flying and smoke coming from underneath and he had the truck floored as hard as he could go but it was dragging him to a stop... as we got closer to him we could see it was a motor cycle under the front of his truck.. we went about 400 yards and right in front of the Texico was the body of the guy that had been driving the motor cycle... we were the first ones on the scene.... a few people had gathered and the body was twisted badly and he was taking his last breaths.. as a crowd gather some of the young men got tire irons and went to the gravel truck.. the driver had fled because he knew what was coming if he stuck around.. they would have beat him to death if they would have found him... he is probably gone to the Dominican... we had called the police and they arrived shortly after... talking about the police the report is that 650 people have been arrested and are in jail as a result of the police man friend of mine that had been killed last week... just giving you a glimpse of what happens down here...

We spent time in Leogane yesterday and I'll share some of the problems we are having with schools starting this year.. for example in Leogane we had 340 children attending a school in a house that we were renting for $2000. per year.. the house has been repaired since the quake but so many houses are still destroyed so now the demand for housing has gone up to where the rent is now $12,000. for the year which makes it impossible for us to open the school.. we drove down streets where every house on the street was flat to the ground... these were house in the upper class of the city... 85% of the houses were destroyed in Leogane...

On the way back the storms got strong and made the trip through the mountains very interesting to say the least...

For good news we got word yesterday that the Haitian Government is giving us $2500. for two of our schools to help with teachers salaries...this works out to about 4 month salary for the 2 schools...  they are also going to supply some desks...also the Senator from Jacmel  is having a meeting with us tonight to discuss the problems we had at the port with our containers and all the duties and taxes we had to pay..... he assures us we will get some of the money back that we had to pay... we are encouraged by these small jesters and are hoping this is just the beginning of what is to come ...

We must keep patient and keep pressing in to help the children...


Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Update Sept.29th

Just a short note to say hi and that we are all safe... I haven't been able to get to the internet as often as I would like to give updates... we were able to pick up a new welder in Port au Prince yesterday... thank you to those of you that donated towards this to make it possible.. it has help us up with the construction of our cinder block plant but now we will be able to get our welder Jerome going full speed on construction.. back to PAP today to take Jill and her team back... preparing for the team from Coastal Church to arrive on Tuesday... we have been getting lots of rain over the last few days...
Bob & Linda

Saturday, September 25, 2010

PIC. OF THE DAY



















Two of our precious orphans...thank you for making a difference... Bob & Linda

Haitian Policeman killed last night 24th
















It was a sad day to hear of a friend of mine that was killed the night of the 24th.. it was a full moon night and I can remember in the years of police work there were always crazy things that would happen on the night of a full moon... my friend went to arrest a man during the day and the man came at him with a large bolder to smash him over the head so my fiend shot him in the leg and arm and then took him to the hospital where he is recovering fine.. later in the evening some of the victims family were worked up and showed up at the police station... the other office ran out the back but my friend stayed back to explain to the family what happened.. they didn't wait for an explanation, they just attacked him with machetes and killed him and then set him on fire... in the photo attached he is sitting in the back row with a stripped shirt and a white hat...he is sitting in the picture but is a big man and had a gentle spirit... the cells are now full as many have been arrested...

Medical team from Lethbridge




























































This team had a number of nurses and a Dr. from Alberta.. they held clinics up at Chabin and saw and treated over 80 patients per day for the week... they also visited our orphanage a couple of times.. the children are doing so well.. we had one little girl that was experiencing eye problems... one of the nurses recognized she could be lacking vitamin A and after a couple of days taking vitamin A her eyes cleared up... pictured are some of the nurses with some of the children at the orphanage...

Minneapolis team.. departed Sept. 24th.











Team from Evergreen and Urban Refuge... photo attached... they got out just in time... they planted trees in our orchard in Chabin, unloaded containers, painted and tiled at the orphanage, spent time with many of the families, preached at the Jacmel church...thank you for making a difference one child at a time...
Bob & Linda

Update Sept.25/2010 from Haiti (Survived the storm)

We are safe and grateful to back in Jacmel after a day in Port au Prince yesterday... we took the Minneapolis team back for their flight and while we were there there was an up expected storm come up.. it must of been part of a hurricane as the winds were tearing off the corrugated steel of buildings and fences and tossing it like Frisbee's .. the rain was coming down sideways with visibility only a matter of meters...the report we got was 5 people were killed and a number of others injured.. Pastor was separated from us picking up something from the hospital... he had these huge sheets of steel flying over him as he was running for cover... even many of the patients left the hospital as they feared an earthquake was going to happen...the roads were partly blocked on the way back home during the night from the landslides... it took over 4 hrs. to get out of Port au Prince... the storm hit Jacmel but not as sever...
Thanks for your support.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

UPDATE SEPT. 18/2010 FROM HAITI

This has been the first change to get to catch up... seems to be never ending challenges but with every challenge there is always a solution..... when checking into Air Canada in Montreal on Tuesday morning it turned out one of my suitcases was over by 3 lbs. and the other one was right at the max... the lady wanted to charge me $100. for being overweight by these 3 lbs. .. maybe not such a big deal but $100. would feed many children a hot meal here in Haiti... anyway I tried to explain to her the mission we have here in Haiti and if they would waive the charge.. I could not get her to change her mind so I asked for the supervisor... after a short conversation with him he saw it my way and waved the charges.. one small victory.....

The teams arrived all the same day on Tuesday, with Miles and Rosemary on the same flight I was on and the medical team from Lethbridge about 1 hr. later.. the Dr. was not able to come because of a death in the family but he is arriving today...
Chad & Tim's team arrived last night from Urban Refuge and Evergreen.. they all pitched there tents on the roof of our school in Chabin.. I will have more updates and pictures in the days to come...

By the time we arrived in Jacmel on Tuesday night it was after midnight and then up at 3:30 AM to go back to PAP to work on the release of the containers.. it proved to be successful as two of the containers arrived last night at Chabin... the Winkler container and the Medicine Hat containers are on our property in Chabin....the third will be release Monday... we have found that there were some items missing from the containers at the Port in PAP... I guess it is the price a person has to pay for helping in Haiti but it just is not right... besides that they charges us over $20,000. for the 3 containers of which most of it was food for the children...this will be our last containers.. next we will ship over a school bus with with supplies and barge it over from Miami... now the challenge to unload these containers off the trailer.. no equipment like we are use to back home....the trailers don't have rollers or chains...

Also last night three of our staff had to go into Jacmel to get gasoline for the generator for the team staying at Chabin.. Nel, and two of our drivers.. the guy driving my truck is a good driver and operates on of our water trucks..on their way back to Chabin at around midnight they come to a very sharp corner on the road and met a semi that was a runaway.. they moved over as far as possible up against the guard rail but the semi still clipped the front end of our truck.. it was a matter of inches and they would have all been killed...by the time we finished up with the police reports it was around 3AM this morning.. the driver of the semi spent the night in jail... we are so thankful they are safe.. the truck can be repaired...

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It's Never Too Late
Any day could be the day if you don't give up.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

UPDATE SETP. 11/2010

Our banquet is on the 28th of Oct. at 6PM at Chinook Village on 13th St. ... Alexa will be doing the organizing and selling the tickets for the fund raiser... I will post more when I have the info...Ph. 403-581-6385 for tickets or to purchase a table of 8.... there will be a live and silent auction...

Pastor Placide, our Director of Operations from Haiti will be our guest speaker and then the following week he will be in Winkler... watch for info on when and where he will be speaking in Winkler.. Cornie Remple is the Winkler contact..chremple@hotmail.com

I will be ministering at Pastor Les Fischer's, Full Gospel Church in Strathmore, Ab on Sept. 12th and leave for Haiti on Sept. 13th..

WATCH FOR UPDATES... Bob & Linda

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

FUNDRAISING BANQUET FOR HAITI






















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We will be having a fund raising banquet for our Mission in Haiti sometime near the end of Oct. or the 1st. of Nov here in Medicine Hat.... we will have more information in the next few days of the  date and location... we are hoping for the 28th of Oct...
Part of the fund raiser is to auction of three amazing paintings and drawings that were prepared by some of the girls at the Cascade Colony near McGregor, Man.... we will be auctioning these paintings and drawings at the banquet... you can bid on them on line by e-mailing me your bid and the picture you are bidding for... if you are the highest bid on line this is the amount the bidding will start at the banquet. Should no one bids a high amount you would be deemed the winner. DOUBLE CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO GET A BETTER LOOK....
E-mail me with your bid... lifelinehaiti@gmail.com

WATCH FOR UPDATES...

Monday, September 6, 2010

School Locations and more...















The picture I have added marks the locations of our schools in Haiti.. as it looks right now we will not be able to support all of them financially this year as the funds have not come in to cover operations.. we are doing the best we can with volunteers to open all the schools but we have very few books, no uniforms, unable to pay the teachers and everything else that goes with the operation of a school... we will keep trying to raise the funds and we know in time funds will come in... we can not give up...
I will be leaving for Haiti next Monday ... we have teams coming in from Lethbridge and Minneapolis.. the team from Lethbridge is a medical team of 11..there are two teams coming in from Minneapolis during the next month, first Chad with a team to help with construction, planting trees and much more and then later Jill will be coming in with a team from Evangelical Free to look at the possibility of helping with the purchasing of some school books in some of the areas where we are needing help... Don & Linda Weisbeck will be coming in to look at the mico loan projects we have going and may get involved in helping run this program.. they are from Brooks.. Don is the former Mayor of Brooks...
We are so gratefully for the teachers and staff of the Catholic School Division from Medicine Hat that are providing schools books for 4 of our schools ... this is in honor of Mr. Love who has been a long time teacher and principal here in Medicine Hat.. he was forced into early retirement because of a health problem and in honor of him they took up a collection from the teachers and staff and with this money will be providing schools books to 1200 of our students... there will be more info and pictures on this down the road... THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE...
We return from Haiti on the 20th of Oct. then returning back again on the 16th of Nov.
Book early if you are wanting to go during this time.. there are a few spots left...

Update on containers... still stuck at the port... hopefully they will be released by the time I get there next week.. this has been very frustrating as we have about a million meals in these containers along with building material and tools, tents, blankets and much more... we have been having to purchase food now for some time locally which puts a huge burden on our budget as we did not anticipate to having to purchase food when we knew this food in the containers would be there... they also charge us $40. per day per container while they are at the Port... they are only hurting their own people with these stall tactics... we have had staff going to Port au Prince every day to try to speed up the process...containers have been there since May...

THERE WAS TO BE FUNDING AVAILABLE THIS YEAR TO HELP WITH THE PROJECTS FROM THE HAITIAN GOVERNMENT BUT THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED... THESE FUNDS WERE TO BE SUPPLIED FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AS A RESULT OF THE EARTHQUAKE... MAYBE TOMORROW... WE CAN NEVER GIVE UP HOPE.....

I will have further updates as soon as they become available.. in the mean time thanks for hanging in there with me and helping any way you can..

Friday, August 27, 2010

RE STRUCTURING OUR ORGANIZATION

For some time I have been looking at re structuring of our organization as our mission has grown.  We are greatfull for all who have partnered with us to see the impact that it has made for many thousands of children in Haiti...

We are in the process of partnering with Bridges of Hope out of Lethbridge, Ab. Canada... the transition will be in place by the 1st of Sept... the partnership will give us much needed human resource support... Lifeline Haiti will keep the same name and the tax receipts will be issued by Bridges of Hope... all donations will be made out to Lifeline Haiti... address to send in donations effective immediately is ...

Lifeline Haiti, P.O. BOX 81, STN MAIN, LETHBRIDGE, AB. T1J 3Y3

PHONE TOLL FREE CALLS: 1-877-460-6036

Our United States friends can now make donations to our office in Jacksonville, Florida

You can make your donation out to Bridges of Hope and a note with it that it is for Lifeline Haiti project...

P.O. BOX 351148, JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, U.S.A. 32235-1148

We are in the process in setting it up to make the cheques out to Lifeline Haiti in the U.S. but in the mean time you can make them out Bridges of Hope....

Further updates to come.... thank you for making a difference.. one child at a time...


Sunday, August 15, 2010

Aug. 15/2010

On my return from my Uncles funeral I got word of a friend that died in Brooks which is about an hours drive from here... he was far too young.. he was a great guy... I hope that is it for funerals for a long time...

I wish I had good news to share about our containers that are in Port au Prince on the docks waiting for clearance from Customs... they were going to have it cleared up weeks ago but still nothing... when these things happen they are hoping for bribes from us to get them cleared but we won't go that route... we are now working directly with the Minister of Customs ... sure hope this works... with the elections of Haiti happening at the end of Nov. it is even harder to get anything done through the government as everyone is on the campaign trail and others don't know if they will have a job after the elections... I will post as soon as I get word of the release of the containers and the charges they will demand for them... these are the containers from Winkler, Medicine Hat and Minneapolis...

I will post again next week to give an update on the schools and where we are with the fund raising in hopes to support all the schools...

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Return from my Sister's Funeral

Dear friends... thanks for your prayers... it was a wonderful celebration of a life of such a precious person... Geraldine was a foster Mom to over 63 special needs children over the last 36 yrs... she was such an inspiration to all that knew her.. she will always have a special place in my heart... Geraldine is the third oldest and the first of the siblings to pass away.. I have 8 brothers and 6 sisters... all are half brothers and sisters... on our return home got word that my Uncle Don passed away today... he had been ill for some time... he lived in Unity, Sask. and will be going to the funeral on Wednesday... God bless... Bob & Linda

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Passing of family members.....

A week ago I was up to a funeral for one of my cousins who passed away unexpectedly of a heart attack... Ronny was far too young...


Last night a sister of mine passed away... Geraldine was a precious person with the biggest heart you could imagine.. she was a foster Mom to so many special needs children... she only found out recently she had cancer... Geraldine is a sister from my biological Dad's side of the family.. her funeral is Saturday in Kensella..

This morning a nephew Roland passed away with Cancer ...he also hadn't found out too many months ago... he also was far too young leaving behind a precious wife and 3 children...

While typing this note we received a call from the Winnipeg area where Linda's (my wife) sister Rita has just had a massive heart attack... Rita is Roland's Mom...

Keep looking up.... Bob & Linda

LATEST UPDATES AUG. 4TH.


















It has been awhile since my last update.. I have been on the road fund raising and attending some family gatherings... a special thank you for those that have responded to sponsoring a child... this is a huge help... thank you for making a difference... there are still thousands that need sponsors... the three containers that have been sent to Haiti with food, tents, and rebuilding supplies are at the port in Haiti and now tied up in the red tape of customs... hopefully we will have some answers in the next day or two... they are making it so difficult to help this way that we are thinking twice about trying to help this way again... thank you to everyone for your help... we are still in so much need of more financial support to open and support all of our 56 schools... my next trip into Haiti will be departing home on the 13th and arriving in Haiti on the 14th of Sept. and returning on the 20th of Oct.... the next return is expected to be on the 22nd of Nov. returning on the 15th of Dec. We have teams coming in from different parts of Canada and the States through this time... picture is of a little girl from Jacmel that is so thank full for your help.....

Thank you everyone for all your help... Bob & Linda

Friday, July 23, 2010

CHILDREN HELPING CHILDREN


What a joy to see how children are helping our children in Haiti.... In the photo
is Tyler & Brooklyn Phillips from Medicine Hat that have collected from their neighborhood an assortment of items that will help so much in Haiti....This will be shipped down in our next container in the next 6 weeks or so......this is just a small example of what children have been doing to help across the country.....this is above what you have seen in my previous blog with how the children from the Minneapolis area were helping with packaging up food for the children in our schools....Many have been doing fundraisers in their class rooms where the money goes toward providing school books for the children.....we are hoping to raise enough to provide an education for 13,000 children this year....thank you Tyler and Brooklyn and all the other children
across the country for making a difference ... one child at a time....
Bob & Linda

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

CHILDREN NEEDING SPONSORS



SPONSORED































I AM BACK IN THE HAT AFTER A TRIP TO SLAVE LAKE IN NORTHERN ALBERTA....WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SUPPORTERS IN THIS AREA HELPING WITH OUR MISSION IN HAITI... THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE... LOOKING FORWARD TO A TEAM GOING TO HAITI FROM THIS AREA THIS WINTER...

WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT 13,000 CHILDREN AT OUR 56 SCHOOLS THIS YEAR... WE ARE NEEDING SPONSORS AT $1. PER DAY FOR THE CHILDREN... THE PICTURES ARE OF JUST A FEW OF THE CHILDREN NEEDING YOUR HELP... THEY SO WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL THIS FALL... WILL YOU CONSIDER SPONSOR A CHILD?

NAMES OF CHILDREN FROM TOP TO BOTTOM ARE: .. ALILENE..LOUIDONNE...LOVELY...JNFILS...DIALINE .... THEY WOULD BE ATTENDING OUR SAVANETTE SCHOOL IN THE MOUNTAINS TO THE EAST OF JACMEL...DROP ME AN E-MAIL IF YOU ARE WANTING TO HELP SPONSOR A CHILD.... lifelinehaiti@gmail.com

THANK YOU FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE... ONE CHILD AT A TIME...

GOD BLESS... BOB & Linda

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

HEALTH CARE




We have returned from a trip to Manitoba meeting with supporters from Selkirk, Steinback, Winkler, Morden and area... I now leave for Slave Lake, Ab. for meetings the 17, 18, & 19th...

I spoke to the teachers that arrived in Haiti Tuesday from Medicine Hat.. they had a wonderful trip... stay posted for updates...

Regarding our specific work in Jacmel, we will be establishing a medical clinic in Chabin located just 15 minutes West of the city.
 The clinic will provide basic outpatient services. Any urgent cases will be referred to the government Hospital in Jacmel. There will be full time Haitian staff: physician, nurse, registration clerk and pharmacy technician. Volunteer teams will include four triage stations, two primary care providers , pharmacist/nurse pharmacist and up to four general support staff. Our goal is to supplement the training of the local staff so they can run the clinic independently in the future.

MEDICAL DEPOT

Since the earthquake, we have been involved with the storage and distribution of medical supplies in Jacmel. Currently, the supplies at the depot are limited but we expect a new shipment soon from Direct Relief International. The Aid Matrix Foundation will provide training to workers in inventory supply and management. Calvary Chapel will be constructing a new depot in August with climate control. We are looking for a partner for funding for this essential project to continue.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

TEACHERS FROM MEDICINE HAT GOING TO HAITI





Two of our teachers from Medicine Hat are leaving for Haiti on July 12...They will be staying
at and helping at our "Little Angels of Jacmel"
Orphanage.   Not only helping with the children
but teaching English to the children that are old
enough and to our staff and teachers.  Andrea
and Alexa are from St.Michael's elementary
school in Medicine Hat.  They will be staying for 3 weeks...Thanks for making a difference.



Sunday, July 4, 2010

FUNDRAISING FOR JULY




We will be on the road fundraising in Manitoba
and Alberta until July 21st....Winnipeg, Selkirk,
Steinbach, Winkler, Slave Lake and Lethbridge.

Pictured above are just a few of the children
we are hoping to be able to put through school
this year.  We need your help!!!!



LIFELINE HAITI

Saturday, June 26, 2010

STATS THAT CAN INSPIRE OR DISCOURAGE... DEPENDS ON YOU...
















MY TRIP TO MINNEAPOLIS HAS BEEN VERY ENCOURAGING AS I HAVE MET SOME AMAZING PEOPLE... WILL FINISH UP MY MEETINGS TODAY AND TOMORROW AND FLY BACK TO GREAT FALL THEN DRIVE UP THE MEDICINE HAT MONDAY... THERE ARE SO PEOPLE THAT I HAVE MET UP WITH THAT WILL BE ABLE TO HELP... WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WILL BE OUR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT VOLUNTEER ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PARTS OF RESEARCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE....

SOME STATS CAME ACROSS MY DESK WHILE I AM STAYING AT CHADS IN MINNEAPOLIS......
JUST THINK WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF WE ALL DID OUR PART....
BOB & Linda

* The total annual income of American churchgoers: $5.2 trillion

* Amount available if each of them gave 10% of their salary: $520 billion

* Estimated annual cost to eliminate extreme poverty in the world: $65 billion

* Annual cost for universal primary education for ALL children in the world: $6 billion

* Annual cost to bring clean water to most of the world: $9 billion

* Annual cost to bring basic health and nutrition for the world: $13 billion

* Total to eradicate the world's greatest problems: $93 billion (1.8% of American Christian's income)