Rivers of Hope orphanage in Haiti

Summary

The project seeks to provide medical care for some of Haiti's neediest orphaned children and provide basic supplies to the Rivers of Hope orphanage. project reportread updates from the field

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The Red Thread Promise is a 501(c)(3) organization devoted to providing medical care to orphans. The organization has established a relationship with the Rivers of Hope orphanage in Manothe, Haiti. After our successful supply drive and trip to Haiti, we are establishing this project to help supply ongoing funding, which will be used for supplies and medical intervention, when necessary. In addition, anyone interested in adopting one of these beautiful children should contact us.

Activities

Provide basic supplies and medical care to orphans.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $5,825
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $4,175
Total Funding Goal: $10,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

We can make a difference! Haiti is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere with an 80% unemployment level and 54% of the population living on less than $1 per day. Almost three out of every ten children in Haiti die before their fifth birthday.

Project Message

We can help children who have no other options with minor or major medical needs, all over the world. Join us to change a life!
- Sonja Beals Iribarren, Board Member

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Sonja Beals
Board Member
1833 Elmwood Ave
Wilmette, IL 60091
United States
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Project Sponsor

Sonja Iribarren

Organization

The Red Thread Promise
1833 Elmwood Ave
Wilmette,, IL 60091
United States
513.420.9741
http://www.redthreadpromise.blogspot.com/

The Red Thread Promise's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

Haiti Orphanage Supply Drive
Haiti Orphanage Supply Drive

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in HaitiHaiti and can also be found under ChildrenChildren.

For more information about Haiti, read the Human Development Report on Haiti or the Wikipedia entry for Haiti.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on January 27, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 18, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

Christopher

By Sonja Iribarren - Board Member, January 27, 2010 08:57 AM

We are so grateful to all of you who have reached out to us to see how you can help "our kids" in Haiti after the earthquake. We are particularly concerned about Christopher, the adorable two-year-old with sickle-cell disease. Previously, when Christopher would suffer a sickle-cell attack, the orphanage staff would take him to a hospital just outside Port au Prince for emergency treatments. We had tentatively arranged with Tulane University to bring Christopher to New Orleans for a more sustainable and preventative treatment plan, and were working out the details when the earthquake hit. If Christopher's treatment plan was unacceptable then, it is impossible now, and we have accelerated our plans to bring him to New Orleans. Please check in for more details in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime, if you want to make a real difference in the life of one needy Haitian orphan, please consider donating a few dollars to cover his expenses. Tulane has put together an incredibly generous package but we still need your help to cover travel and other expenses.

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