Well drilling Macine donated by Blackbird Technologies

Supplying much needed water in the Nord-Est area of Haiti, just got easier thanks to Peggy Styer, Steve Pann, and Richard Moxley, owners of Blackbird Technologies, Inc. from Herndon, VA.

Randy Brown and Fr. Joseph Waters of Corpus Christi parish in Tampa, FL, worked diligently to get the well drilling machine donated. Thanks to their efforts and the generosity of Blackbird Technologies, those efforts were a success.

The well drilling machine has arrived in Haiti with all the drilling pipes and supplies needed to help the Haitians get the much needed wells dug. The machine has the capability to drill up to 650’ in depth. The well machine has been donated to Bishop Chilby Langlois, the Bishop of Nord-Est diocese. He will coordinate the efforts to start the well drilling process.

Truck donated to Radio Soleil

An anonymous donor donated a diesel truck to Radio Soleil and to Fr. Jean to be used in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. This truck will be used for remote broadcasting in Haiti plus other transportation needs for the radio station.

Radio Soleil is the major Catholic radio station in Haiti. It is responsible for programming that is used in all the stations throughout the entire island of Haiti.

3 Mission groups travel to Haiti this summer

Three groups traveled to Haiti this summer in May and June. The first group was the young adult group, consisting of young adults, adults and teens. The second group was a medical team of doctors, dentist, nurses, lay people and teens. The third group was a teen mission of teens and adults.

These three groups worked hard in the extreme heat with the help of the Haitian villagers. Much was accomplished and learned by both the Americans and Haitians. A close bond was developed that will carry on forever!

Village Scenes

2007 Young Adult Mission Trip

A group of twenty-one flew to Cap Haitian, Haiti, then took a 2 hour trip by van into the mountains to St. Suzanne, Haiti. We were welcomed with smiles and waves as we came into the village.

We had much work to do this week with several major projects to complete. We had a contingent of adults, young adults and teens. We had one group working on the new shade nursery, another group working on erosion control and fixing the foundation of the old school, another group setting up the pharmacy and getting ready for the medical clinic, and still another working on the old wells. And in between, time to have some fun with the villagers and with each other!

Agriculture Program started by HBHH

John & Patricia met with all the local farmers to see how HBHH could help them in their current farming needs. Discussions about types of seed, and plants that are needed were very helpful.

From that group an agriculture advisory council was put together to work with HBHH. Council members are given seeds and banana trees to get the agriculture program started.

Young Adults build Shade Nursery

Teen Mission Week 3

Mission Teams visit 2 Schools

Mission teams visit 2 of the schools supported by HBHH. They were able to visit classrooms and visit with the students.

Florida teachers in the St. Suzanne School

Florida teachers and college graduates help spread knowledge at the Notre Dame School in St. Suzanne, Haiti.
A highlight of the mission trip for us was hearing Jayne teach the students American songs and hearing those joyful voices as the other mission teams worked to repair the school nearby.

Painting New CTK School

Teen Mission Trip

Medical Mission: June 2007 (week 2)

Five medical doctors, two dentist, three nurses, two college students, five adults, and four teens traveled to the remote mountain village of St. Suzanne, Haiti, this June. Eleven hired Haitian interpreters assisted the medical team who saw over 2000 patients in 4 ½ days. The two dentists pulled more than 570 teeth in that short time. The medical staff worked past exhaustion in the extreme heat and gave all they had to serve the poorest of the poor.

Three Haitian nurses were hired to teach hygiene and health classes. The patients were required to attend these classes before they could see a doctor. All patients were dosed with worm medicine after the class. Care packages of vitamins, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, eye drops, small toy, and over the counter pain reliever are some of the items that were distributed after each class was over.

The pharmacy was the last stop, where the team members worked hard to fill all the medical prescriptions that the doctors ordered for those patients. Many of the medications were donated in the US. Peanut butter, collected in Tampa and shipped to Haiti, was given to those most malnourished and to as many as possible.

The birth of baby Christian was joyous. The team also did several minor surgeries. All were exhausted at the end of the trip, but felt that they had done what they could to make life a bit better for the villagers.

 

 

 

Medical Mission June 2007

 

2007 3rd Mission Trip: Teen Mission

18 teens, college students and adults traveled to St. Suzanne, Haiti, to help where they could in a beautiful mountain village. The goal of this trip was to paint the new school built by HBHH in the remote village of Cotlette. The team traveled by foot or truck to and from Cotlette every day, a 30 minute car ride or an hour walk through the mountains.

The group also installed tether ball poles at the existing school in St. Suzanne and taught teachers and students how to play volley ball and tether ball. The teens played soccer with the village kids, always a joyful experience!

The teens distributed rosaries that were sent to HBHH by numerous rosary maker groups from all parts of the United States and Cananda. Many other projects were done by this great group of Americans willing to bring hope to the Haitian people. The group loved the joy of the Haitian people and know their experience this summer will change their lives forever!

WELLS: Ron & Michael

Ron’s passion since finding out about our work in Haiti has been wells, even though he had no experience in that area. God worked a wonderful miracle by having Michael, from Montana, find us in Florida.

Twenty years ago Michael put in the first 3 wells in St. Suzanne. Those wells have stopped working. HBHH has successfully installed one new working well in the center of the village, but more wells are needed.

Wells are desperately needed at the clinic and school, and in the village of Cotlette, where we have built the new school. Ron, under Michael’s direction, led the mission teams this summer to help solve those problems. The team also worked on trying to fix the 3 older existing wells. Although the wells didn’t get finished, the problems have been identified and the solution has been found. Ron & Michael are getting the supplies they need to finish the wells and are planning their next trip to finish their work in the near future.

Trying to find Water

Mission team members help Ron and Michael try to get the old and new wells working.