notes: COTN's Haiti Response Effort (UPDATES: 1/20/10 - 1/21/10) http://www.cotni.org/news/298-cotn-s-haiti-response-effort-updates-1-20-10-1-21-10 Children of the Nations in the News: On Wednesday morning, Janet Larsen, director of surgical services at Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, NY), and her medical team boarded a plane at JFK International Airport headed for the Dominican Republic. Larsen and her team are part of COTN's medical response in Haiti. Read full story... "Frisbie Staffer Organizes Medical Team to Help Haitians" (courtesy of www.fosters.com) Please donate to COTN's Haiti Earthquake Response Effort TODAY! Haiti Earthquake Response Effort Your financial support is greatly needed. These first donations will go toward meeting the immediate needs of the earthquake victims: providing medical personnel, medical care/supplies, food, and water. Our response effort will be determined as funding allows. Mid-term and long-term needs are currently being identified. More details forthcoming. http://www.cotni.org/opportunities/142?tag=Most+Needed --- Donate Resources HAITI EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE SUPPLIES NEEDED We have a large supply of pre-packaged meals ready to send to the Dominican Republic. We need the following items to complete this shipment: Please contact our Resource Director, Dave Schertzer at 360-698-7227 for donation questions. Please mail physical donations from Needs List above to one of our offices listed in the following link. http://www.cotni.org/pages/245-donate-resources * This list will be updated as needed. Please check back regularly. ================== The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, roughly at a 2:1 ratio. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba). With its beautiful white sand beaches, impressive mountain ranges veined with spectacular rivers and waterfalls, pristine blue waters, and tropical climate, the Dominican Republic has become the Caribbean’s second largest tourist destination after Puerto Rico, attracting many wealthy tourists who stay at the many beachfront resorts. However, by extreme contrast, the vast majority of the national population live is distressed conditions. In the most southern regions of the Dominican Republic, nearest the border of Haiti, poverty runs rampant and families live in squalor. Our Barahona Ministry Center, constructed in 1997 by local contractors and Children of the Nations short-term mission teams, serves as our program headquarters in the Dominican Republic. The complex consists of our Administrative Office complex, which includes the offices of the Country Director as well as our Sponsorship, Education, and Accounting departments and various administrative staff. Our Medical/Dental/Surgical Center, which provides services to the children in our program as well as low-income families in the surrounding communities, is in an adjacent building on the same property. Nearby Casa Bethesda Mission House serves as a central meeting place and provides overnight guest accomodations for visiting Venture Program participants. -> http://www.cotni.org/pages/351-hands-on-haiti Moving Into a New Phase Emergency Response Ends. Rebuilding Begins. COTN Launches H4 Program! As the need for immediate relief has wound down, Children of the Nations has assessed the ongoing needs in Haiti and developed a strategy for our continuing involvement in meeting those needs. COTN has now called an end to our Emergency Response efforts and begun the implementation of our long-term plan. PROPOSAL - We call this plan H4: Health, Homes, and Hope for Haiti. • HEALTH: creating opportunities for physical and emotional healing • HOMES: providing shelter and helping to rebuild shattered communities • HOPE: encouraging and restoring spiritual hope in each person we touch While the Haitian people rebuild their structures and lives, COTN has committed to stand behind them, not losing sight of our vision of raising children who transform nations. To that end, we will work with our partners in Haiti to undertake the following three projects over the next six months: Project I: Rehabilitating and Reintegrating the Children Project II: Rebuilding for the Children, Rebuilding Homes, and Restoring Hope Project III: Creation of COTN–Haiti ----- COTN's Haiti Response Effort (UPDATES: 1/20/10 - 1/21/10) http://www.cotni.org/news/298-cotn-s-haiti-response-effort-updates-1-20-10-1-21-10 Children of the Nations in the News: On Wednesday morning, Janet Larsen, director of surgical services at Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, NY), and her medical team boarded a plane at JFK International Airport headed for the Dominican Republic. Larsen and her team are part of COTN's medical response in Haiti. Read full story... "Frisbie Staffer Organizes Medical Team to Help Haitians" (courtesy of www.fosters.com) Please donate to COTN's Haiti Earthquake Response Effort TODAY! Haiti Earthquake Response Effort Your financial support is greatly needed. These first donations will go toward meeting the immediate needs of the earthquake victims: providing medical personnel, medical care/supplies, food, and water. Our response effort will be determined as funding allows. Mid-term and long-term needs are currently being identified. More details forthcoming. http://www.cotni.org/opportunities/142?tag=Most+Needed --- Donate Resources HAITI EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE SUPPLIES NEEDED We have a large supply of pre-packaged meals ready to send to the Dominican Republic. We need the following items to complete this shipment: Please contact our Resource Director, Dave Schertzer at 360-698-7227 for donation questions. Please mail physical donations from Needs List above to one of our offices listed in the following link. http://www.cotni.org/pages/245-donate-resources * This list will be updated as needed. Please check back regularly. ================== The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, roughly at a 2:1 ratio. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba). With its beautiful white sand beaches, impressive mountain ranges veined with spectacular rivers and waterfalls, pristine blue waters, and tropical climate, the Dominican Republic has become the Caribbean’s second largest tourist destination after Puerto Rico, attracting many wealthy tourists who stay at the many beachfront resorts. However, by extreme contrast, the vast majority of the national population live is distressed conditions. In the most southern regions of the Dominican Republic, nearest the border of Haiti, poverty runs rampant and families live in squalor. Our Barahona Ministry Center, constructed in 1997 by local contractors and Children of the Nations short-term mission teams, serves as our program headquarters in the Dominican Republic. The complex consists of our Administrative Office complex, which includes the offices of the Country Director as well as our Sponsorship, Education, and Accounting departments and various administrative staff. Our Medical/Dental/Surgical Center, which provides services to the children in our program as well as low-income families in the surrounding communities, is in an adjacent building on the same property. Nearby Casa Bethesda Mission House serves as a central meeting place and provides overnight guest accomodations for visiting Venture Program participants.

name: Children Of the Nations -> Children Of the Nations- (Niños de las Naciones)

region: Caribbean -> Barahona Province
areas_served: -> Downtown Barahona is centrally located to our five Village Partnership Programs - of Algodon, Altagracia, Don Bosco, Los Robles, and Pueblo Nuevo
temp_perm: Temporary -> Permanent

notes: COTN's Haiti Response Effort (UPDATES: 1/20/10 - 1/21/10) http://www.cotni.org/news/298-cotn-s-haiti-response-effort-updates-1-20-10-1-21-10 Children of the Nations in the News: On Wednesday morning, Janet Larsen, director of surgical services at Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, NY), and her medical team boarded a plane at JFK International Airport headed for the Dominican Republic. Larsen and her team are part of COTN's medical response in Haiti. Read full story... "Frisbie Staffer Organizes Medical Team to Help Haitians" (courtesy of www.fosters.com) Please donate to COTN's Haiti Earthquake Response Effort TODAY! Haiti Earthquake Response Effort Your financial support is greatly needed. These first donations will go toward meeting the immediate needs of the earthquake victims: providing medical personnel, medical care/supplies, food, and water. Our response effort will be determined as funding allows. Mid-term and long-term needs are currently being identified. More details forthcoming. http://www.cotni.org/opportunities/142?tag=Most+Needed --- Donate Resources HAITI EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE SUPPLIES NEEDED We have a large supply of pre-packaged meals ready to send to the Dominican Republic. We need the following items to complete this shipment: * This list will be updated as needed. Please check back regularly. http://www.cotni.org/pages/245-donate-resources ================== The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, roughly at a 2:1 ratio. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba). With its beautiful white sand beaches, impressive mountain ranges veined with spectacular rivers and waterfalls, pristine blue waters, and tropical climate, the Dominican Republic has become the Caribbean’s second largest tourist destination after Puerto Rico, attracting many wealthy tourists who stay at the many beachfront resorts. However, by extreme contrast, the vast majority of the national population live is distressed conditions. In the most southern regions of the Dominican Republic, nearest the border of Haiti, poverty runs rampant and families live in squalor. Our Barahona Ministry Center, constructed in 1997 by local contractors and Children of the Nations short-term mission teams, serves as our program headquarters in the Dominican Republic. The complex consists of our Administrative Office complex, which includes the offices of the Country Director as well as our Sponsorship, Education, and Accounting departments and various administrative staff. Our Medical/Dental/Surgical Center, which provides services to the children in our program as well as low-income families in the surrounding communities, is in an adjacent building on the same property. Nearby Casa Bethesda Mission House serves as a central meeting place and provides overnight guest accomodations for visiting Venture Program participants. -> COTN's Haiti Response Effort (UPDATES: 1/20/10 - 1/21/10) http://www.cotni.org/news/298-cotn-s-haiti-response-effort-updates-1-20-10-1-21-10 Children of the Nations in the News: On Wednesday morning, Janet Larsen, director of surgical services at Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, NY), and her medical team boarded a plane at JFK International Airport headed for the Dominican Republic. Larsen and her team are part of COTN's medical response in Haiti. Read full story... "Frisbie Staffer Organizes Medical Team to Help Haitians" (courtesy of www.fosters.com) Please donate to COTN's Haiti Earthquake Response Effort TODAY! Haiti Earthquake Response Effort Your financial support is greatly needed. These first donations will go toward meeting the immediate needs of the earthquake victims: providing medical personnel, medical care/supplies, food, and water. Our response effort will be determined as funding allows. Mid-term and long-term needs are currently being identified. More details forthcoming. http://www.cotni.org/opportunities/142?tag=Most+Needed --- Donate Resources HAITI EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE SUPPLIES NEEDED We have a large supply of pre-packaged meals ready to send to the Dominican Republic. We need the following items to complete this shipment: Please contact our Resource Director, Dave Schertzer at 360-698-7227 for donation questions. Please mail physical donations from Needs List above to one of our offices listed in the following link. http://www.cotni.org/pages/245-donate-resources * This list will be updated as needed. Please check back regularly. ================== The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, roughly at a 2:1 ratio. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba). With its beautiful white sand beaches, impressive mountain ranges veined with spectacular rivers and waterfalls, pristine blue waters, and tropical climate, the Dominican Republic has become the Caribbean’s second largest tourist destination after Puerto Rico, attracting many wealthy tourists who stay at the many beachfront resorts. However, by extreme contrast, the vast majority of the national population live is distressed conditions. In the most southern regions of the Dominican Republic, nearest the border of Haiti, poverty runs rampant and families live in squalor. Our Barahona Ministry Center, constructed in 1997 by local contractors and Children of the Nations short-term mission teams, serves as our program headquarters in the Dominican Republic. The complex consists of our Administrative Office complex, which includes the offices of the Country Director as well as our Sponsorship, Education, and Accounting departments and various administrative staff. Our Medical/Dental/Surgical Center, which provides services to the children in our program as well as low-income families in the surrounding communities, is in an adjacent building on the same property. Nearby Casa Bethesda Mission House serves as a central meeting place and provides overnight guest accomodations for visiting Venture Program participants.

notes: COTN's Haiti Response Effort (UPDATES: 1/20/10 - 1/21/10) http://www.cotni.org/news/298-cotn-s-haiti-response-effort-updates-1-20-10-1-21-10 Children of the Nations in the News: On Wednesday morning, Janet Larsen, director of surgical services at Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, NY), and her medical team boarded a plane at JFK International Airport headed for the Dominican Republic. Larsen and her team are part of COTN's medical response in Haiti. Read full story... "Frisbie Staffer Organizes Medical Team to Help Haitians" (courtesy of www.fosters.com) Please donate to COTN's Haiti Earthquake Response Effort TODAY! Haiti Earthquake Response Effort Your financial support is greatly needed. These first donations will go toward meeting the immediate needs of the earthquake victims: providing medical personnel, medical care/supplies, food, and water. Our response effort will be determined as funding allows. Mid-term and long-term needs are currently being identified. More details forthcoming. http://www.cotni.org/opportunities/142?tag=Most+Needed ================== The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, roughly at a 2:1 ratio. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba). With its beautiful white sand beaches, impressive mountain ranges veined with spectacular rivers and waterfalls, pristine blue waters, and tropical climate, the Dominican Republic has become the Caribbean’s second largest tourist destination after Puerto Rico, attracting many wealthy tourists who stay at the many beachfront resorts. However, by extreme contrast, the vast majority of the national population live is distressed conditions. In the most southern regions of the Dominican Republic, nearest the border of Haiti, poverty runs rampant and families live in squalor. Our Barahona Ministry Center, constructed in 1997 by local contractors and Children of the Nations short-term mission teams, serves as our program headquarters in the Dominican Republic. The complex consists of our Administrative Office complex, which includes the offices of the Country Director as well as our Sponsorship, Education, and Accounting departments and various administrative staff. Our Medical/Dental/Surgical Center, which provides services to the children in our program as well as low-income families in the surrounding communities, is in an adjacent building on the same property. Nearby Casa Bethesda Mission House serves as a central meeting place and provides overnight guest accomodations for visiting Venture Program participants. -> COTN's Haiti Response Effort (UPDATES: 1/20/10 - 1/21/10) http://www.cotni.org/news/298-cotn-s-haiti-response-effort-updates-1-20-10-1-21-10 Children of the Nations in the News: On Wednesday morning, Janet Larsen, director of surgical services at Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, NY), and her medical team boarded a plane at JFK International Airport headed for the Dominican Republic. Larsen and her team are part of COTN's medical response in Haiti. Read full story... "Frisbie Staffer Organizes Medical Team to Help Haitians" (courtesy of www.fosters.com) Please donate to COTN's Haiti Earthquake Response Effort TODAY! Haiti Earthquake Response Effort Your financial support is greatly needed. These first donations will go toward meeting the immediate needs of the earthquake victims: providing medical personnel, medical care/supplies, food, and water. Our response effort will be determined as funding allows. Mid-term and long-term needs are currently being identified. More details forthcoming. http://www.cotni.org/opportunities/142?tag=Most+Needed --- Donate Resources HAITI EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE SUPPLIES NEEDED We have a large supply of pre-packaged meals ready to send to the Dominican Republic. We need the following items to complete this shipment: * This list will be updated as needed. Please check back regularly. http://www.cotni.org/pages/245-donate-resources ================== The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, roughly at a 2:1 ratio. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba). With its beautiful white sand beaches, impressive mountain ranges veined with spectacular rivers and waterfalls, pristine blue waters, and tropical climate, the Dominican Republic has become the Caribbean’s second largest tourist destination after Puerto Rico, attracting many wealthy tourists who stay at the many beachfront resorts. However, by extreme contrast, the vast majority of the national population live is distressed conditions. In the most southern regions of the Dominican Republic, nearest the border of Haiti, poverty runs rampant and families live in squalor. Our Barahona Ministry Center, constructed in 1997 by local contractors and Children of the Nations short-term mission teams, serves as our program headquarters in the Dominican Republic. The complex consists of our Administrative Office complex, which includes the offices of the Country Director as well as our Sponsorship, Education, and Accounting departments and various administrative staff. Our Medical/Dental/Surgical Center, which provides services to the children in our program as well as low-income families in the surrounding communities, is in an adjacent building on the same property. Nearby Casa Bethesda Mission House serves as a central meeting place and provides overnight guest accomodations for visiting Venture Program participants.

notes: The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, roughly at a 2:1 ratio. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba). With its beautiful white sand beaches, impressive mountain ranges veined with spectacular rivers and waterfalls, pristine blue waters, and tropical climate, the Dominican Republic has become the Caribbean’s second largest tourist destination after Puerto Rico, attracting many wealthy tourists who stay at the many beachfront resorts. However, by extreme contrast, the vast majority of the national population live is distressed conditions. In the most southern regions of the Dominican Republic, nearest the border of Haiti, poverty runs rampant and families live in squalor. Our Barahona Ministry Center, constructed in 1997 by local contractors and Children of the Nations short-term mission teams, serves as our program headquarters in the Dominican Republic. The complex consists of our Administrative Office complex, which includes the offices of the Country Director as well as our Sponsorship, Education, and Accounting departments and various administrative staff. Our Medical/Dental/Surgical Center, which provides services to the children in our program as well as low-income families in the surrounding communities, is in an adjacent building on the same property. Nearby Casa Bethesda Mission House serves as a central meeting place and provides overnight guest accomodations for visiting Venture Program participants. -> COTN's Haiti Response Effort (UPDATES: 1/20/10 - 1/21/10) http://www.cotni.org/news/298-cotn-s-haiti-response-effort-updates-1-20-10-1-21-10 Children of the Nations in the News: On Wednesday morning, Janet Larsen, director of surgical services at Frisbie Memorial Hospital (Rochester, NY), and her medical team boarded a plane at JFK International Airport headed for the Dominican Republic. Larsen and her team are part of COTN's medical response in Haiti. Read full story... "Frisbie Staffer Organizes Medical Team to Help Haitians" (courtesy of www.fosters.com) Please donate to COTN's Haiti Earthquake Response Effort TODAY! Haiti Earthquake Response Effort Your financial support is greatly needed. These first donations will go toward meeting the immediate needs of the earthquake victims: providing medical personnel, medical care/supplies, food, and water. Our response effort will be determined as funding allows. Mid-term and long-term needs are currently being identified. More details forthcoming. http://www.cotni.org/opportunities/142?tag=Most+Needed ================== The Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, roughly at a 2:1 ratio. Both by area and population, the Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation (after Cuba). With its beautiful white sand beaches, impressive mountain ranges veined with spectacular rivers and waterfalls, pristine blue waters, and tropical climate, the Dominican Republic has become the Caribbean’s second largest tourist destination after Puerto Rico, attracting many wealthy tourists who stay at the many beachfront resorts. However, by extreme contrast, the vast majority of the national population live is distressed conditions. In the most southern regions of the Dominican Republic, nearest the border of Haiti, poverty runs rampant and families live in squalor. Our Barahona Ministry Center, constructed in 1997 by local contractors and Children of the Nations short-term mission teams, serves as our program headquarters in the Dominican Republic. The complex consists of our Administrative Office complex, which includes the offices of the Country Director as well as our Sponsorship, Education, and Accounting departments and various administrative staff. Our Medical/Dental/Surgical Center, which provides services to the children in our program as well as low-income families in the surrounding communities, is in an adjacent building on the same property. Nearby Casa Bethesda Mission House serves as a central meeting place and provides overnight guest accomodations for visiting Venture Program participants.