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82 Church Street, Hamilton HM12, Bermuda PO Box HM 2243, Hamilton HM JX, Bermuda [T] 441-295-9640 [F] 441-295-4096 www.cfbermuda.org Cornerstone Foundation Bermuda REPORT of our 3rd Relief Mission into Haiti – May 24, 2010 to May 29, 2010 PART 3 Almost 5 months have passed since the January 12 th 7.0 earthquake caused such unimaginable damage to Haiti and its people. Cornerstone Foundation has just returned from their 3 rd relief effort to Haiti. The team, consisting of construction workers, a doctor, a teacher and lay volunteers continued the construction work from previous relief efforts and also served in 1 of 7 medical clinics in the Petionville tent camp. We also worked along side Save the Children at the Corrais Tent camp doing puppets and a children’s program. We fed hundreds of children in Delmas, continued to give care packages into the community and were able to employ a number of local Haitians. CF, also welcomed back from the earlier May relief effort a young man who had been released in April from the Bermuda Co-ed Correctional Facility, to assist in the construction team and feeding programs as part of CF’s ongoing mentoring program. Personnel CF construction team purchased construction materials, hired Haitian masons and laborers and prioritized the work for the team arriving on future relief efforts. 12 personnel from Bermuda travelled to Haiti with tools, medical supplies and craft activities for hundreds of children and adults suffering with PTSD. Feeding Programs/containers We continue to supply food to 2 feeding centers. We purchased and shipped an additional 10,000lbs of food consisting of sardines, rice, beans and tomato paste. Shipping 2 containers full of brand new shoes for children, women and men. In total over 10,000 pairs of brand new shoes will need to be distributed on the ground. 2 police officers continue to secure the feeding program 24 hours per day to guard food donated to feeding program.
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Cornerstone Foundation Bermuda REPORT of our 3rd Relief Mission into Haiti – May 24, 2010 to May 29, 2010
PART 3
Almost 5 months have passed since the January 12th 7.0 earthquake caused such unimaginable damage to Haiti and its people. Cornerstone Foundation has just returned from their 3rd relief effort to Haiti. The team, consisting of construction workers, a doctor, a teacher and lay volunteers continued the construction work from previous relief efforts and also served in 1 of 7 medical clinics in the Petionville tent camp. We also worked along side Save the Children at the Corrais Tent camp doing puppets and a children’s program. We fed hundreds of children in Delmas, continued to give care packages into the community and were able to employ a number of local Haitians. CF, also welcomed back from the earlier May relief effort a young man who had been released in April from the Bermuda Co-ed Correctional Facility, to assist in the construction team and feeding programs as part of CF’s ongoing mentoring program.
Personnel
CF construction team purchased construction materials, hired Haitian masons and laborers and prioritized the work for the team arriving on future relief efforts.
12 personnel from Bermuda travelled to Haiti with tools, medical supplies and craft activities for hundreds of children and adults
suffering with PTSD.
Feeding Programs/containers We continue to supply food to 2 feeding centers. We purchased and
shipped an additional 10,000lbs of food consisting of sardines, rice, beans and tomato paste.
Shipping 2 containers full of brand new shoes for children, women
and men. In total over 10,000 pairs of brand new shoes will need to be distributed on the ground.
2 police officers continue to secure the feeding program 24 hours per day to guard food donated to feeding program.
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Construction/other CF continues to donate labor hours and employ Haitian nationals in
various construction projects. This is helping the local economy. Designed, constructed and oversaw the completion of a water tank
that is now servicing several families living in the ravines.
CF has designed and built a simple and cost effective latrine that is for families in the ravines. This is reducing the spread of disease
and vaginal infections.
Children’s programs included puppets, crafts, coloring ( adults
joined in – to assist with post-traumatic stress disorder – (PTSD)
Next Steps Continue building cost effective latrines and water tanks where
appropriate in the ravines.( ravines are in the valleys of the mountains that house the poorest of the poor ).
Construction team assessing home rebuilding project
Planning 2 more trips into Haiti; personnel to include nurses, doctors, construction workers. Medical personnel will assist in
medical clinics in tent cities that have expressed a growing need for ongoing medical care to service over 40k people. Medical personnel to also assist with clinic at mission house.
2 Containers of shoes, other supplies shipped in June from Bermuda. Establish shoe centre to distribute over 10,000 pairs of
shoes Organizing a music concert for the July trip at the Petionville camp
and will continue other PTSD activities
Assisting local Haitian pastors in the tent camps.
… WHAT WAS DONE… WHAT IS STILL
GOING ON...
As a picture is worth 1,000 words. Join us as we invite you to share in some of the highlights of this trip made possible by your generosity.
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Pat Hall from Calvary Gospel Chapel, Corey Vance and Princeton Burrows repairing a roof
Damaged roof and wooden beams are being replaced
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This is a new roof replacing the old one damaged by falling rocks from the earthquake.
Early stages of the water tank.
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Water tank is almost complete.
A few of the CF construction team stand on the completed 8,000 gallon water tank.
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Kudzi treats a woman in the ravines whose foot was injured and infected. Kudzi volunteered with CF and worked both in the Petionville camp clinic and in the
ravines.
Care packages of beans, rice and flour are prepared. Lindos Foods donates 300 bags to assist with distribution.
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Food is prepared for over 300 children.
Hundreds of children enjoy a filling bowl of rice, beans and a tuna sauce at the
mission house.
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These tents are school to hundreds of children at Petionville camp. Here we did crafts and puppets with the children.
Are things improving in Haiti? Many schools have been open now since April and will stay open through the summer in an effort to salvage the school year. There are many more free health clinics available in Haiti than there were even prior to the earthquake. However, thousands of people still live in a tent. And so many homes still lay in rubble. Thousands of people suffer with post traumatic stress disorder. There still remains a high rate of unemployment and political unrest in Haiti but the people remain resilient and hopeful. They work very hard. The Haitian people are not looking for hand outs but rather a helping hand. Mary Samuels – VP Cornerstone Foundation
If you would like to donate to our ongoing relief effort please visit www.cfbermuda.org to give online or call our office for more information on how you can partner with us to make an impact in Haiti and Bermuda. Make an online donation directly to our HSBC Bermuda account: Bermuda Dollars 010-147304-011 or for US Dollars 010-147304-511. Checks must be payable to Cornerstone Foundation.
Since February, THE BERMUDA SUN has featured articles about CF in Haiti, the
last article dated May 28, 2010
