Updates
From Arkansas to Haiti
August 03, 2010
By Alan Hunt, Vice President of Advocacy
In June the first World Orphans Church team traveled from Arkansas to Haiti to meet their Haitian Church partner.
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Detailed Description
Just last week, World Orphans secured a location for our new guesthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. With the introduction of the Haiti Orphan & Vulnerable Child Program (OVC) we saw a need for an inviting and restful place for the visiting church ministry teams to stay.
World Orphans desires that this guesthouse be a place of rest, connection, support, encouragement, nurture, and preparation for service.
Through the generous support of one of our churches we have a beautiful home leased to serve as our Haiti Guesthouse but we need to raise $8,000 to secure a generator, create a secure environment, buy appliances for the kitchen, get furnishings, and the various other items needed.
We have a team arriving at the guesthouse on June 11th ready to put in the work to make this place a temporary home for our first mission team that will arrive on the 19th.
Your gift of any amount will help us raise this money quickly!
Here's just a sample of SOME of the things that need to be purchased and their approximate in-country cost.
12 bunk beds $540
24 mattresses $720
10 fans $100
Freezer $200
Refrigerator $400
Stove $300
Dining tables 75
Cookware $200
Chairs $170
Generator $1060
Inverter $1500
Country Profile
The Republic of Haiti, along with the Dominican Republic, occupies the island of Hispaniola.
With an estimated 9.8 million people, Haiti occupies 10,714 sq. mi. and is the poorest country in the Americas.
Before the earthquake of January 11, 2010 there were an estimated 380,000 orphans.
Poverty has forced at least 225,000 Haitian children to work as restavecs (unpaid household servants).