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From The Blue Ridge to the Mountains of Haiti

September 1st, 2010

The World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina,

The Dept. of Political Science at UNCA, and

The North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement

Present

From The Blue Ridge to the Mountains of Haiti:

Asheville’s Mission Manna in Haiti

Tuesday, September 7, 7:30, Manheimer Room at the Reuter Center

On the UNC-A Campus

(Refreshments beginning at 7:00)

Teams of volunteer health care providers who have established programs in Haiti, report on their work there, the situation in Haiti both before and after the earthquake earlier this year, and review the challenges facing Haitians and prospects for the country.

Mission Manna provides medical care for malnourished children and continuing health care education for adults in and around the Haitian town of Montrouis, while nurturing relationships through respect and creation of understanding between our two cultures.

Dr. Tim Plaut, a physician at MAHEC and an organizer in Mission Manna’s program in Haiti, heads a panel of other WNC health care and medical professionals who have been to the country and will talk about the issues and complexities they have encountered in working there.

This program is free to subscribing members of the World Affairs Council of Western North Carolina, joint NCCCR – WAC-WNC members, and full time UNCA students. Admission is $8.00 for all others.

For further information call George Peery at (828) 242-6380 or email: gpeery@mhc.edu

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Mission Manna Video – 880 The Revolution Interview

May 25th, 2010

Todd Kaderabek was interviewed by  hosts Lesley Groetsch and Blake Butler of 880 The Revolution, Asheville’s Progressive Talk Radio. This happened on May 21st, 2010.

Topics covered were: Mission Manna’s clinics, feeding program and goat projects; Haiti’s current needs during the earthquake crisis; and info on the benefit at Jack of the Wood, 6-10 Tuesday May 25th, 2010.

Listen to this station on 880 AM in the Asheville, NC area.
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The video is a  Bourne Media Production

ABOUT US

Mission Manna provides medical care for malnourished children and continuing health care education for adults in and around the Haitian town of Montrouis. Our work focuses in three main areas:

1) Community Health Agents providing malnutrition relief, medical care and education to improve the overall health in the Montrouis area and the surrounding communities.
2) Providing leadership for medical mission teams to travel to Haiti to conduct clinics for thousands of Haitian children each year.
3) Sustainable Nutrition in the form of providing and maintaining goatherds in and around Montrouis.

Keep up with our latest updates on our NEWS Page.

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Bruisin’ Ales to Host Mission Manna Benefit

January 27th, 2010

Thursday Tasting 2/4: New Belgium Brewery to benefit Haiti/Mission Manna

From Julie Atallah:

Ryan from New Belgium Brewing Company is coming to town for a tasting on Thursday, Feb. 4 and we’re partnering together with the brewery for the cause of Asheville non-profit, Mission MANNA, as a fundraiser for Haiti. Mission Manna is a faith-based organization located in Western North Carolina that provides medical care for malnourished children and continuing healthcare education for adults in and around the Haitian town of Montrouis. The non-profit has been actively involved with Haiti for ten years. The following is from Todd J. Kaderabek, Chairperson of Mission MANNA, Inc.:

As you are aware, on January 12, Haiti was hit with a devastating earthquake and is now in need of humanitarian assistance to a degree above and beyond what we have ever known. As such, Mission Manna is continuing our efforts in three major areas: health care access, malnutrition rehabilitation, and sustainable nutrition.

Establishing a sustainable source of food and income is a key component in ultimately improving the health and quality of the lives of children and their families in Haiti. This project contemplates the use of agriculture to provide impoverished families with nutrition and income and will initially focus on the introduction of goats as to better the lives of poor families in and around the Montrouis community. We are fortunate to report that our Montrouis clinic site was largely unaffected and all of our staff, friends and immediate family survived. That said, we are feeling the impact of the earthquake in the form of food prices tripling and fuel costs as high as $40 per gallon. That said, we are adapting to current conditions and our core mission will remain unchanged.

This four-flight beer tasting will include the new Ranger IPA, Mighty Arrow Pale Ale (seasonal), 1554 Black Ale, and La Folie Flemish Sour.

$5/per person gets you into the tasting, plus a raffle ticket with a chance to win three different prizes:

New Belgium glass
Bruisin’ Ales t-shirt
6-pack of Prestige (the official beer of Haiti!)

Drawings will start at 6:40 pm, though we will welcome donations up until we conclude at 7:00 pm.

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The Latest From Mission Manna

January 27th, 2010

As you are aware, on January 12, Haiti was hit with a devastating earthquake and is now in need of humanitarian assistance to a degree above and beyond what we have ever known. As such, Mission Manna is continuing our efforts in three major areas.

I. HEALTH CARE ACCESS

Teams of volunteers consisting of medical and non-medical personnel provide week-long medical clinics for children at various locations in and around Montrouis, thus bringing medical care to a large population that otherwise would have not access to such care.

II. MALNUTRITION REHABILITATION

Using community health agents retained by Mission Manna, a select number of children suffering from severe malnutrition are enrolled in a program to rehabilitate their bodies, which in turn will promote their health and general well being. The community health agents provide nutritional supplements to the families of these children as well as health and wellness education. These children are monitored to ensure that the intervention is having the intended results.

III. SUSTAINABLE NUTRITION

Establishing a sustainable source of food and income is a key component in ultimately improving the health and quality of the lives of children and their families in Haiti. This project contemplates the use of agriculture to provide impoverished families with nutrition and income and will initially focus on the introduction of goats as to better the lives of poor families in and around the Montrouis community. We are fortunate to report that our Montrouis clinic site was largely unaffected and all of our staff, friends and immediate family survived.

That said, we are feeling the impact of the earthquake in the form of food prices tripling and fuel costs as high as $40 per gallon. We are adapting to current conditions and our core mission will remain unchanged.

The bottom line is this: Haiti needs your help. Please, consider Haiti and support of Mission Manna.

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Mission Manna Bumper Stickers

January 27th, 2010

We now have Mission Manna bumper stickers! If you’d like one (or more to share), contact Todd at tkaderabek@gmail.com.

Consider Haiti Bumper Sticker

Consider Haiti Bumper Sticker

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