Do you know anyone who is interested in visiting the School of the Infant Jesus in Port-au-Prince. I'd like to have at least 2 first-time visitors from St. Simon Parish join me on the Lions Club medical mission in October 2012. Proceeds from this ice cream social would be used to help with their expenses.
Here is what Sr. Josseline wrote when she learned that we will be visiting with two ophthalmologists.
"You
see God's Providence is extraordinary. It was really hard to find an
ophthalmologist available to come to the School of the Infant Jesus, it
would cost us dearly enough. God in his goodness and infinite mercy
send us not one but two ophthalmologists, to treat children in need.
Many thanks for this great kindness for the School of the Infant Jesus.
Please tell these benefactors many thanks for their generosity in
adding the School of the Infant Jesus to their work. We wish you in
advance a warm welcome.
If the doctors do not have this club in Haiti, it would be a great
opportunity to put "the Lions Club in Haiti". There are many poor who
can not do a medical consultation due to lack of economic means and what
about the glasses. Glasses cost about 4,000 (= US$ 800) Haitian
gourdes at least."
Monday, August 6, 2012
Friday, August 3, 2012
"He's running for Haiti," Charles said, "so that someone can think about Haiti."
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti --
Four of Haiti's five Olympians at the London Games have something in common - they're not from Haiti.
With millions of Haitians living on $2 a day or less and hundreds of thousands of people rendered homeless by a devastating earthquake two years ago, the country struggles to produce world-class athletes. But those with Haitian links are still eager to represent the small Caribbean country.
There's nothing unusual about athletes from multiethnic nations like the United States or Britain representing other countries. But what may be surprising to some is that Haiti, which seems to lurch from one calamity to another, is being represented in London at all.
The country does pose unusual challenges for athletes. Three of the country's five competitive running tracks are home to thousands of people in tents and shanties who were displaced by the January 2010 earthquake. The office of the Haitian Olympic Committee overlooks a hillside shantytown and has a budget of only $400,000. The U.S. Olympic Committee's budget is about $170 million.
to learn more--see this Miami Herald article
With millions of Haitians living on $2 a day or less and hundreds of thousands of people rendered homeless by a devastating earthquake two years ago, the country struggles to produce world-class athletes. But those with Haitian links are still eager to represent the small Caribbean country.
There's nothing unusual about athletes from multiethnic nations like the United States or Britain representing other countries. But what may be surprising to some is that Haiti, which seems to lurch from one calamity to another, is being represented in London at all.
The country does pose unusual challenges for athletes. Three of the country's five competitive running tracks are home to thousands of people in tents and shanties who were displaced by the January 2010 earthquake. The office of the Haitian Olympic Committee overlooks a hillside shantytown and has a budget of only $400,000. The U.S. Olympic Committee's budget is about $170 million.
to learn more--see this Miami Herald article
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