Some Recent Haiti Updates

NPFS Fr. Rick message part onehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioYDFiwThqY
NPFS Fr. Rick message part twohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ibBB7hQn0

Apologies - I am very late posting this update.
Update: February 28, 2010
The Father Wasson Angels of Light on-site day camp in Tabarre is serving children from three tent communities on a rotating basis. Teams of Hermanos Mayores (youths that grew up at NPFS Haiti, St. Helene home) attend to ten other communities. All locations serve a
total of 1,500 children. Each child (on and off-site) receives breakfast, fresh roll with peanut butter and milk and lunch (currently only on-site) rice and beans, salad, fruit or juice. A percentage of the food and milk are donations received through the Dominican
Republic. The St. Francisville bakery provides 4,000 rolls for the program and any extras are distributed to the families of the children enrolled in the day camp program.

A former cook from the St. Helene home who has experience in preparing large-scale meals will start the second week of March to prepare lunch for the off-site camps. Our transportation team will deliver the prepared meals to the Hermanos Mayores activity teams in the tent
communities who will then distribute the meals to the children that attend the program. Our goal is to feed 2,000 children daily.

The Hermanos Mayores organize the daily activities in the camps. Each day begins with a prayer and singing. Then the children show off their creative abilities by a song contest. Afterwards they break into smaller groups for an array of activities such as frisbee, jumping rope and soccer. After a break there are more relaxed activities such as reading, Spanish, coloring, story telling and charades.

Hermanos Mayores from NPH Mexico and family members of Alfonso Leon, program director, arrived two weeks ago to help with coordination of the on-site camp. Luz has worked on developing the kitchen and activity schedule, supporting the director and warehouse coordination.
Salvador’s carpentry skills have been a great help in constructing benches, chairs and tables out of used wooden shipping palettes. We are very grateful that they are part of our team.

Day Camp Locations and number of children per day.
1 - Ambassade 120 children
2 - Pernier 150 children
3 - Meyotte-Duval 150 children
4 - Boukan Lapli 110 children
5 - Delmas 64 100 children
6 - Girado (My Father’s House) 80 children
7 - Delmas 2 200 children
8 – Cite Soleil 120 children
9 - Carrefour Airport 100 children
10 - Rue Capois 100 children
11 - Delmas 103 50 children
12 - Place Boyer 120 children
13 – Kenscoff 100 children
Emergency assistance to Hermanos Mayores is being distributed and many have already received money and food (rice and beans). Personal care kits and tents will be handed out as soon as they arrive.

Through a contact of the German office, the Friends of Waldorf Education Emergency Education Team offered their service to our program. They did a three day training with our activity teams. During the first day they asked the Hermano Mayores leaders to write how their personal earthquake experience and they broke into small groups to talk about their trauma. The Waldorf group then demonstrated activities that they could do with the children. The Hermanos liked the instructors and replied that they had very good ideas to share.
For the next two days the Waldorf team supported the Hermanos with the day camp activities in the on-site camp in Tabarre.