Haiti, Cholera, and Funding

The time is quickly passing by before the the Haiti mission trip and with the news this week of cholera in Haiti the situation on the ground is quite desperate. Now, to be fair, our plan in Haiti is to build a school, which will do nothing to help ease the physical pain or suffering of those that are still reeling from the earthquake or have been stricken by cholera. We do feel the school will represent hope to a community and without hope it can be hard to move forward in situations such as those in Haiti.

On a more practical level, we are are looking at some water purification technology we might be able to bring with us or build out of local materials. Some water filtration has been done on the previous trips in the Dominican Republic and we hope to learn from that as well as other inventions we have seen such as sterilization of water by sunlight or clay pot filter.

I promised an update of the fund raising for this trip. I am currently at $350 out of $2000. So please, if you feel you would like to donate to help support me on this trip I would truly appreciate it. You can donate electronically or send donations to the address below. Any amount is appreciate.

Acton Congregational Church

c/o Haitian Mission Trip / David Bainbridge

12 Concord Road

Acton, MA 01720