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Friday, January 21, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
CBC'S CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE.... UPDATE
Thank you to everyone for your votes and all your support over the years.....
We were awarded the Manulife Volunteer Award, International Winner....and the $25,000
awarded to our mission in Haiti. Thank you to Manulife Financial, Outpost Magazine and CBC....Also congratulations to Bobby Hayes in winning the National Award for his charity....Also to all the other finalists.... They are all Champions and an inspiration to us....Interviews start tomorrow a.m. CBC and TV and Radio early here in Toronto before we leave for Medicine Hat.
Thank you once again for the outstanding number of people that registered their votes......
Bob & Linda
We were awarded the Manulife Volunteer Award, International Winner....and the $25,000
awarded to our mission in Haiti. Thank you to Manulife Financial, Outpost Magazine and CBC....Also congratulations to Bobby Hayes in winning the National Award for his charity....Also to all the other finalists.... They are all Champions and an inspiration to us....Interviews start tomorrow a.m. CBC and TV and Radio early here in Toronto before we leave for Medicine Hat.
Thank you once again for the outstanding number of people that registered their votes......
Bob & Linda
Friday, January 14, 2011
UPDATE JAN.14/11
Cholera is still spreading to the outlying areas but has slowed down in the bigger centers......apparently 150,000 affected......all our children are doing well.....
We are leaving this morning to catch a flight to Toronto for the CBC Champions of Change Finale....The results will be shown on CBC Sunday night the 16th at 9:30 p.m. eastern time....We do not know the results a yet.....Thank you for all of you that voted for us....
Thank you to each one for all your support in so many ways......
Bob & Linda
We are leaving this morning to catch a flight to Toronto for the CBC Champions of Change Finale....The results will be shown on CBC Sunday night the 16th at 9:30 p.m. eastern time....We do not know the results a yet.....Thank you for all of you that voted for us....
Thank you to each one for all your support in so many ways......
Bob & Linda
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
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
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 ...
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
A Better World is a New York-based organization which serves the public in a few different ways, from weekly educational, community radio and TV shows to offering high-quality products to support both health and the environment.
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)
JerrycanBlue
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
JerrycanBlue
Special Offer For Relief Agencies
15,000 Gallon Jerrycan for $199
JerrycanBlue
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
Thanks,
Ed Koster,
Coordinator (914) 886-8505
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
A Better World is a New York-based organization which serves the public in a few different ways, from weekly educational, community radio and TV shows to offering high-quality products to support both health and the environment.
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)
JerrycanBlue
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
JerrycanBlue
Special Offer For Relief Agencies
15,000 Gallon Jerrycan for $199
JerrycanBlue
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
Thanks,
Ed Koster,
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
Bottle jerrycan-aid-version.png
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
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
Bottle jerrycan-aid-version.png
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.......
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. ...
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Doctors advised to watch for cholera, especially in travelers ...
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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
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. ...
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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
--------__ ____________________-----_____________________________-
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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