Haiti Earthquake one year later.

As the country of Haiti and the World remembers the anniversary of the January 12, 2010 Earthquake, life for many in Haiti remains largely unchanged from 1 year ago. For the families of the over 300,000 who's loved ones were killed in last January's earthquake, life will never be the same. But also for over a million people who lost their homes in the earthquake, life has become more like a night mare than a life. One tenth of the population of Haiti are basically homeless, most of these people rented and the landlords are not rebuilding yet.

Homes have not been replaced, the corruption in a failed November 2010 Election is creating unrest among the population, the AID that was given has trickled in at a snails pace. Many donors don't trust the government to use the AID correctly, and so are apprehensive about the release of money.

As I traveled through the north side of Port Au Prince viewing the 1000's of stick & tarp covered shanties, and tents it's staggering to look at...even more today than 6 months ago. According to former President Bill Clinton, the UN envoy to Haiti, progress is being made, but admits progress is to slow.

Haiti has been in crisis for a long time and that will not change soon. The coverage on the news is active again at this 1 year anniversary, but that will go away again like it did before.

That is a fairly grim way to start a Haiti update but it is the reality of where Haiti as a country is today. But the facts are too disturbing to ignore.

I just arrived home from Haiti yesterday after a trip with Pastors, Paul Galbraith, and Wes Ireton. We had a great opportunity to help the Haitians in the north end of Gonaives Haiti, by installing 2 more water purification system. 1 was installed at Luc's home and the other at Ireton House. This is great for them, but just as importantly, how it affects all the surrounding families who now come to them for drinking water. This is reaching out to neighbors and helping in the name of Jesus.


Wes Ireton (grandson of Jess & Dorie Ireton) & Luc Joseph install the signs above the entrance of each Building, honoring their commitment to Christ and the role they have played in lives of many associated with this work in Haiti.

Cholera hit the country in October and is still a major threat, that will be with them for years to come, medical reports indicate 3 years minimum to see improvement. With over 20,000 known infections to date and 3000 dead in 3 months the toll could be high from this water borne disease.

God prompted me many years ago that we needed to Provide the Living water of Jesus Christ and as well the clean water that these systems represent. We desire to see that come to pass in the months ahead, out of the 11 sites that we are working we have 3 systems in place to date.

Below are some pictures of the installation and training of Clean water systems we installed.

MacDonalds teaching some of the older boys of the Orphanage.

Luc & Macdonalds checking the water after chlorination.


Within 24hrs of Chlorination there is no taste of the chlorination.

Children of Christ Compassion Orphanage gather the night before Paul & Wes leave, for time of worship and picture viewing. Great fun!

God is in control and we are not to lament over the state of the country of Haiti however you and I have a responsibility to make a difference in the lives of those who we can help.

Prayerfully consider your part in Haiti's future.

Clean water in Drouin tonight

I received the Good News tonight our church and the village
of Drouin now has clean water ...
Due to God working in and through the lives of
Fountain Of Hope! Thank you Jesus.


Bill Farrar Of Fountains Of Hope in Drouin with Pastor Luc.


Water Source for the Village of Drouin


Water Purification System Installed.


Training on Water Purification.


Testing Water Purification.


Bill Farrar meets Luc's Mom & extended family in Drouin


Thank you Fountains Of Hope.

Please Prayerfully consider Donation through the web site, to help bring clean water to the country of Haiti.

http://www.fountainsofhope.org/

Good News concerning Cholera, Bad News concerning Hurricane

Bill Farra of Fountains of Hope let me know Sunday about 1:00am that he was going to try to install a water purification system in Drouin even though we hadn't received the $3,500 need to install a system ... that's a major praise, however we really need to get the monies for that system so he can meet the high demand for his systems in so many places. http://www.fountainsofhope.org/

Luc called me today about the water purification system that will hopefully be installed in Drouin by the end of the week trying to work out the logistics. Fountains of Hope is trying to get a system installed while they are in Haiti, what a blessing this will be for those in this village. He was very pleased.

About 1 hour later he called me to give me the bad news Hurricane Tomas Destroyed 2 church structures . Our churches at Moulin and Botso have sustain major damage due to the hurricane. As well the pastor at Botso, Arnold Etienne brother was kill. the churches are quite a distance from each other so the hurricane swept across a large area leaving destruction on the high mountain tops.


Moulin Church in 2008 when it was started. Pastor Imfranc


Botso church at dedication in 2008. Pastor Arnold Etienne

Hurrican Tomas Hits Haiti!

ALL THE CHILDREN ARE OK


Gonaives as you see in the pictures below got hit with a lot of rain,
but since the children were on Higher Ground they are fine.

Luc said many people flocked to the mission house as well as the Orphanage

to find a dry place, they are very thankful to all who have helped provide the

safe places for them.

The Face of Poverty

click on link below article on ....Cholera In Haiti may help you understand the situation.

http://tinyurl.com/36ylrcv

Main Caregiver of Orphanage - Rosanna's Mother Died

I'm so Sorry to report what I just learned, that Roseanna's Mother, Concilia Constant Carlemont who faithfully cared for the children of the Orphanage has died tonight.




She was from the same village as Luc's father and although I do not have the details, must assume that she has also died of Cholera.

Rossanna is taking it hard, she and her mother were best friends, and spent much time together when possible.

She loved Jesus very much and Heaven is rejoicing even as we morn her passing.

Please Pray for the family, but because she was like a mother to the Orphans, and took care of them night and day, pray for the children, as well people to help fill her shoes she did the work of several people.

Luc's Father passes into eternity!

Last night I received the Sad News from Haiti..... Luc's father .... Verilus Joseph ... died in Cholera outbreak that heavily affected the southern Arbonite area and village of Douin where he lived. We are sorry for the loss and ask Luc to express our sorrow to his mother Anita Louis Joseph.


The village water supply is from the Arbonite river and feeder canals that are used to flood the rice plain with water.

In early assessment it appears that the area affected follow this water source which at best is contaminated with parasites, and worse case spreading diseases like Cholera to the whole area of unsuspecting people.

Luc sent 1000 gals of water to the village yesterday to help with immediate problem.


Heaven will be rejoicing as he entered into the presence of Jesus and we do also, however we morn the loss with the family and friends please pray that Christ can be glorified in his passing.

He was a wonderful man of God!


Douin Church was the first church that Luc started and we dedicated a nice new building back in 2005 however the water supply that runs by the front of the church needs to be replaced with a well, for this village to prevent this type of disease spreading.




This Photo of the Church and some of it's children was taken standing on the banks of this polluted water supply, all are at risk.

news report.....
Haiti scrambles to contain cholera
Health officials warn the outbreak, which has killed at least 194 and infected about 2,300 others, could get worse. "We do know however that poor sanitation, poor infrastructure in terms of water provision, is one of the main ways that cholera does spread. Normally it spreads when feces gets back into the water system and people are forced to use water which hasn't been cleaned.

"Cholera has not been seen in Haiti for a long time, for about a century actually, so there is not a lot of experience on the part of the population and on the part of the the medical community within Haiti on how to treat this. So this is a big challenge in a number of ways."

Relief organisations were mobilising to ship medicine, water filtration units and other relief supplies to the Artibonite region.

"We have been afraid of this since the earthquake," Robin Mahfood, the president of Food for the Poor, said while the group was preparing to airlift donations of antibiotics, oral dehydration salts and other supplies.

The outbreak is being blamed on the Artibonite river, an artery crossing Haiti's rural centre that thousands of people use for much of their daily activities from washing to cooking.

Charles Henry Baker, a presidential candidate, travelled to the stricken area and pleaded for help.

"The situation is terrible. Inside the hospital, they're overcrowded. They're not overcrowded, it's beyond
overcrowded," he said.

"They need some field hospitals put up as quickly as possible to be able to take in the amount of
people they have. They need doctors. They need nurses. People are all over, on the floor, the way it was after the 12th of January [earth quake]. We need help; we need quick help."

Cholera is transmitted by water but also by food that has been in contact with unclean water contaminated by cholera bacteria.

It causes serious diarrhoea and vomiting, leading to dehydration. The disease is easily treatable by rehydration and antibiotics, but with a short incubation period, it can be fatal if not treated in time.

The World Health Organisation defines cholera as "an extremely virulent disease. It affects both children and adults and can kill within hours".