Hospitals and Children: Haiti Earthquake Recovery

In Haiti the situation remains critical. A very poor country, moreover with vast territories controlled by criminal gangs, it is unable to recover after the earthquake of August 15th.

Specchio dei tempi and Specchio d’Italia were immediately close to these people that we know well having worked there also after the 2010 earthquake (when we renovated the operating theatres of the Saint Camille Hospital in Port-Au-Prince), thanks to the 88,000 euros raised in a few weeks.

Now we want to continue to help these people and we have sent a large container full of sanitary equipment, personal protective equipment (masks, gloves, leggings, gowns) as well as rice, diapers and canned goods. Anyone can help us with a donation, to make this shipment and those that will follow more prominent.

While 2021 is coming to an end, there is a special message we want to share with you: small acts of kindness and love, especially if repeated over time, can make the difference.

We are saying that because any new monthly donation started before December 17 will be matched at 200% by GlobalGiving after four (4) total payments – that means, if you start today, in March your offer will be tripled!

And Haiti, hit by the terrible earthquake in August 2021, still needs your help: by Christmas, it will be delivered a container with medical equipment, personal safety protection devices (masks, gloves, etc), rice, diapers, and canned goods. Specchio dei tempi plans to do further in-site interventions to sustain the Saint Camille hospital in Port-au-Prince and the city of Jérémie.

Thank you for all your help, since this project started. We wish you Happy Holidays and the best for the incoming New Year with our warmest gratitude and a quotation that drives our everyday job:

Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love
( ~Gandalf (J.R.R. Tolkien ~ The Hobbit)

To enroll in our Newsletter: 
(ENG) specchiodeitempi.org/en/#specchio-riga-newsletter 
(ITA) specchiodeitempi.org/#specchio-riga-newsletter

Links:

• The project
• What we have done in one month
• The container

The situation is still critical. 

Two months after the earthquake, the 2,500 dead bodies have finally been buried. Now, our attention focuses on the hundreds of injuredwho still need care and treatments, without considering how the earthquake magnified the great poverty dominating the island.

On Friday, October 29th, a container delivering medical equipment, personal safety protection devices (like masks, gloves, and coats), rice, diapers, and canned goods will leave for Haiti. Destination: children,poor families, and hospitals.

We plan to send more food and equipment in the following weeks, alongside in-site interventions to sustain the hospital, Saint Camille, in Port-au-Prince and the city of Jérémie.