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.