JANUARY 2017 NEWSLETTER

APPOINTMENT WITH DESTINY

NEWS FROM OUR SMALL COMMUNITY OF FAMILY

This Christmas holiday the children of Our Small Community of Family felt super blessed. Starting with a party hosted by Hunger Relief International on December 19th and ending with a Christmas Eve’s party in Fonds des Negres which is located on the Southeast of Haiti. Thanks to our longtime friend and partner Roslyn Parker from Travel To Do Good who enlisted the help of Ellen Burton and Jana Warren, these ladies recruited their family and friends to each sponsor a child  from Our Small Community of Family and bless the child with a new outfit, new shoes, a toy and new pajamas. Thank you so much ladies and thank you to all the sponsors.

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We also extend our gratitude to Ms. Anita McGruder, her network of friends and her organization, Simunye for allowing the children to experience the showers of the abundant blessings of God this holiday season. With their help and that of some of our faithful supporters, we were able to feed and distribute gifts to more than 60 destitute children and 25 adults in Fonds des Negres.

MESI ANPIL! MERCI BEAUCOUP! MUCHAS GRACIAS! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU ALL!

WHAT AN EXCITING HOLIDAY WE HAD!

We are ever so grateful to God for our volunteers who are the heartbeat of our organization. We value the passion and energy they bring to ensure that the children of Kominote Ti Fanmi Nou de Diakonos have a sense of belonging to a large loving family.

First, thank you to James Weldon for helping improve the living conditions in the children’s home just in time for the holidays; Our faithful Godmothers, Cindy Sterling and Kaylin Silva who are always so instrumental in helping us bring joy to the children of Small Community of Family. This year they went out of their way to travel to the cold city of Chicago to collect and bring back gifts for the children. Special thanks to Maribel Sisney who graciously donated her 1 day off to come and help bring gifts to orphans and needy children in Haiti. And last but definitely not least, thanks to Yui Young, Martee Henri, and Isis Prince who have gone over and above to see to it that the children of Our Small Community of Family enjoyed and fun filled Christmas holiday.




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OCTOBER 2016 Newsletter

APPOINTMENT WITH DESTINY

On Tuesday, October 18, 2016, a very small team of volunteers traveled with us to Ayiti to bring humanitarian aid and help build a couple of shelter homes in two areas in the South of Ayiti affected by hurricane Mathew.

Using our gift bags from our 2016 Art Day Celebration event, we prepared 20 bags filled with a flashlight, toilet paper, toothbrush, toothpaste, toiletries, adult and children cold medicine, antibiotics, sanitizer, dry milk, oatmeal, rice, beans, canned tuna, oil and spaghetti and distributed them to 20 families in Cazeau, a mountainside of a little town called Arniquet between Les Cayes and Port-Salut.

Thursday, October 20th – We traveled to Fonds des Negres and met Pastor Jean-Claude Laborde who assisted us in assessing who could we help. We identified a small shack whee an elderly man lived with his wife and 2 grandchildren. We purchased materials to include wood, aluminum tins, cement and sand to help them build a safe sheltered home.

On Friday October 21st –We got on the road to Les Cayes, and as we passed Cavaillon, a small village in Aquin we witnessed homes and businesses destroyed, crops lost due to flooding from a torrential rain the previous Thursday night.

Saturday and Sunday schedules were filled with early wake-up and having all hands on deck. We assisted Pastor Laborde and his church family clear out the water that flooded their church sanctuary, distributed the kits, along with clothes, shoes and stuffed animals to the 20 families.  We then purchased aluminum tins, wood, nails, cement and sand to help with the building of 1 sheltered home for a family of 4 whose makeshift shack was severely damaged by hurricane Mathew. We fixed the roof of 1 home of a family of 5, and provided materials to build a portion of the destroyed house of a blind man who lives with his wife, 2 children and 2 nephews.

We could not have done all this without you our wonderful supporters. So we thank you for your generous gestures of monetary and in-kind donations.

We thank you for trusting us with your resources. We feel confident that we used them wisely as the needs are great in Ayiti.

A special thank you to Angelo Cotanidis for helping us purchase some needed tools constructions, to Mr. and Mrs. Perry, Ms. Caldwell for your generous donation which helped 4 families we helped in construction will soon be living in a better home than what they had prior to Mathew. We will be going back sometime in November and December to visit the families we helped and see the finished properties. Hope you can join us the next time we go.

Please do not hardened your heart with your giving to help the downtrodden in Ayiti who have seen more of their share of misery in the last 3 decades. Thank you in advance, and may God multiply His blessings in your life and increase your resources as you faithfully give to those who are dear to His heart-those little children who are needy and poor.

Current News From Kominoté Ti Fanmi Nou de Diakonos

We thank God for all your prayers concerning our children in the face of hurricane Mathew. We are happy to report that they are all safe and that our home despite of existing challenges has remained intact after Mathew has done its ravage in the South of Haiti.

The kids have resumed their schooling and they are all happy.

Our newest Godchild, Christmina is so charming. Her and Rija have becoming best buddies as they are the only 2 remaining in the home when all the kids are off to school. A situation which will soon change as Christmina starts school in November.




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