The emphasis is gradually shifting from immediate aid to long-term recovery. For Nativity’s Operation Starfish, this means continuing to provide funds and goods through Food For The Poor to help earthquake survivors, while simultaneously starting development of our next Nativity Village.
Fr. Printemps at Nativity Village at Merger has begun a healing project with teens and children. He has 762 youngsters registered for a program that provides 2 meals a day, along with activities and counseling to help them cope with the trauma of the earthquake. His hope is that this program will help ease the pain and grief, while preparing them for vocational training and future employment.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
NEW NATIVITY VILLAGE PROJECT ANNOUNCED
Construction on our 6th Nativity Village development, “Nativity Village at Shada,” will begin this summer. Fr. Martin and Nativity parishioners visited the site in November 2009 and agreed with Fr. Duken Augustin that the people in the Shada area of Cap Haitien desperately need safe shelter, clean water, access to health care, education and jobs. Fr. Duken has obtained about 75 acres of land for this new “Nativity Village,” and he will begin work as soon as our Lenten Operation Starfish funds are available. We anticipate that earthquake refugees, along with the Shada population, will have access to the new village housing.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Blind from Vitamin A Deficiency
Jennifer Schmidt found this young woman on her recent medical mission to Haiti.
The woman is blind from vitamin A deficiency. She has two young
children. Her blindness is irreversible...
Jim McDaniel: "At first this made me sad; then it made me angry; finally it made me more committed than ever to keep trying to make a difference."
Friday, February 26, 2010
Official Blog of Food For The Poor
What's it like right now in Haiti? Check out Bonnie Vanak's blog and Ben Rusnak's photos. Bonnie and Ben are with Food For The Poor. They have been working in Haiti and sharing their experiences.
http://officialfoodforthepoor.blogspot.com/
http://officialfoodforthepoor.blogspot.com/
Monday, February 22, 2010
Stop Hunger Now Event
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church hosted a Stop Hunger Now Event on Feb. 19-20. Volunteers from Nativity Church along with volunteers from other organizations joined Prince of Peace to help in this effort. Side by side, about 700 volunteers packaged 142,560 specially formulated meals all bound for Haiti. We filled a full sea container. In the process, we all had a lot of fun! What a blessing to have so many people joining forces to help our Haitian brothers and sisters. We even had a family from Haiti who survived the earthquake and are now currently staying with relatives in the DC area present to help. Many thanks to all our Nativity volunteers and to Prince of Peace for hosting this very successful event.
--Cynde Mausolf
--Cynde Mausolf
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Packing Meals for Haiti
Meal packing for Haiti yesterday at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church was AMAZING!! It was so awesome to see so many people, of all ages, working together to send healthy food to those that need it most. I was in the box packing room and packed 36 meals to a box. Each meal will feed 6 people. In an hour and a half, we packed 37,000 meals! Over 2 days, volunteers packed over 140,000 meals. You could just feel the LOVE going into each meal and each box!
--Jill
--Jill
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Three Foxes Vineyards Fundraiser for Haiti
Proprietors Holli and John Todhunter are hosting a benefit for Operation Starfish Haiti Earthquake Relief on Saturday, May 1, 2010, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Three Fox Vineyards in Delaplane, Virginia. Taste fine wines and picnic in this idyllic setting. The event will feature Chef Roland Mesnier, former White House Pastry Chef, who will present desserts popular with First Families. He will autograph his renowned cookbooks, and talk about his 25 years in the White House kitchen. Rev. Richard Martin, founder of Operation Starfish, and Jim McDaniel, representing Food For The Poor, Inc., will also be on hand. At about 3 p.m. Fr. Martin will officiate at the “Blessing of the Vines.” Proceeds from wine and book sales go to Operation Starfish to support the work of Food For The Poor, Inc. in Haiti. Food For The Poor is providing food, medical care, shelter and reconstruction assistance to earthquake victims.
The Dance of Haiti
"Two years ago when I was named chairperson for Project Starfish - Building a Village in Haiti at St. Joseph’s in Hope Valley I never dreamed where this journey would take me and the people of my parish family"...a commentary by Kiki Latimer in the Rhode Island Catholic.
http://www.thericatholic.com/detail.html?sub_id=2836
http://www.thericatholic.com/detail.html?sub_id=2836
Returning Home to Rescue and Recover
This blog attempts to document the medical mission in the Pro Longe' area of Cap Haitien, Haiti, and track Jennifer Schmidt and others from Northern VA right now....what they are seeing, and what they are doing.
http://saintanthonysclinic.wordpress.com/
http://saintanthonysclinic.wordpress.com/
Friday, February 19, 2010
Haiti Changed Our Parish And My Life
An article in Catholic Digest about the transformation of a parish and their mission in Haiti, Operation Starfish.
http://www.catholicdigest.com/articles/good_works/love_your_neighbor/2010/01-29/haiti-changed-our-parishhellipand-my-life
http://www.catholicdigest.com/articles/good_works/love_your_neighbor/2010/01-29/haiti-changed-our-parishhellipand-my-life
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