I'm off to Haiti tomorrow morning (Wed) for a quick trip (4 days), but with plenty to do! I'm really (really!) hoping that the cell phone program we're planning to use for the Anemia campaign works. Many of you will recall that I attempted to use this same program (Episurveyor) on a PDA last year, but that ended up being a failure. The PDAs were the problem.
Try and try again.
Some good news:
1. UNICEF will be supplying 3 months work of iron tablets for ALL kids in Pestel! I originally asked for enough for 1,400 kids (on the island), but Jen convinced me to go bolder and ask for enough for all kids (12,000). That adds up to something like 1 million iron tablets! Free!
2. Our church is doing a really neat fund-raiser this summer. They are giving 10 people $30 each at the beginning of the summer, and tying that in with the Parable of the Talents. By the end of the summer the 10 will have used the $30 as 'seed money' to raise funds for a Thriving Villages project: solar fruit dryers (designed by Johnny Zook). Also, a rummage sale will raise funds for Haiti as well as Japan. Very cool!!
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