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Opportunities for Transformation:
There are numerous opportunities for change to occur in the communities of Grand-Goave, Haiti. The following are the initial and long-term stages of what it will take to bring about community transformation while working alongside the people and furthering the ministries of Haiti ARISE Ministries.
- Water Wells
- Medical Clinic Development
- Church Building
- Trade School Expansion
- Micro Finance
- Health/ Hygiene & HIV/ AIDS Training
- Agricultural Training & Community Gardening
- Medical Team Clinics
- Building Family Homes
- Primary School
- Student Education
- Children's Care Village
- Feeding Program
- Sports Camps
Annual Activities:
These regular community transformation initiatives help battle malnutrition, deal with HIV and AIDS, and injects small amounts of capital into the local economy.
- Water wells ($6500 / Water well)- The needs for clean drinking water is the highest priority and the greatest needs in the community. Women and children from the surrounding area typically will walk around 5 km two or three times a day. Drilling for a clean source of water typically reduces disease in rural communities by over 50%. The community of Grand-Goave would benefit from at least 10 more water well.
- Food Distribution ($2000 /month)- The HAM church engages in a food distribution to members of its congregation and the community, which occurs once per month and provides-100 families with rice and beans. There is a fine line in distributing food between helping people and creating dependency which helps nobody.
- Widow care- full care of widows would cost-$150 /month. For $30-40 /month a widow can receive a basket of food items an hygiene supplies.
- Home care kits-Provide home care kits to care givers as they go out into the community showing compassion to those who need some help with day-to-day supplies.
- Home transformation programs- Provide items for homes that would improve the lifestyle and health of people in the community. This could also include buckets, water filters, propane stove, etc.
- Health care kits- Provide home based health care kits to care givers as they go out into the community showing compassion to those with HIV/AIDS.
- French/ Creole Bibles ($15 each)-Provide bibles to the local church so that they can effective in evangelism.
- Community Education-Provide education and aid to the community in the areas of hygiene, cooking clean water, latrines, and sanitation.
- Ministry conferences/Seminars ($1,000-$8,000 /event)-Provide a special week or days of meetings for leaders, women, men, youth or children including providing a daily meal or snacks.
- Community outreaches and Socials activities ($1000 / event)-special activities done out in the community to share Christ in a practical way including activities such a house to house visitation, street dramas, neighborhood clean-ups, or sports camps. This can include providing alternative social activities for youth like games in an effort of preventing HIV/AIDS (organize soccer, volleyball, bicycle raced athletics).
- Goat farm goat purchase ($100 /goat)-HAM is currently partnership Farmhouse Natural Cheeses in Aggasiz, BC, to establish a goat farm &cheese factory in Haiti to help provide dairy to the community and training for goat farmers. You can help sponsor the purchase of a goat for the farm and families involved.
- Computer class laptops ($700- 1500 /laptop)- Provide a laptop and it software to enable the computer class to accommodate its expanding size. Laptops are preferred over desktop because of the erractic supply of electricity.
- Carpentry Class Tool ($10-2000 /Item)- Provide tool for the carpentry class to be able to operate. Please visit HAM website to find an updated list of needs.
- Residence Building Furnishings ($700-2500 /item)- Provide specific items for the Residence Building. Current needs are a commercial kitchen sink, dishwasher, and freezer, a propane/gas six burner cook top/ grill oven and a water ionization unit for purifying drinking water.
- Micro-finance/Agricultural Training-This is being researched for this community and includes the possibility of networking with an organization that specializes in this type aid. The focus would be to start by equipping the students who are completing education at the trade school and then focus on helping those in the community.
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How You Can Help
