Record Details:

Wings Of Hope - St. Joseph's Home For Boys - Trinity (Supported by: Hearts With Haiti)

Website: http://www.heartswithhaiti.org/page2/page2.html


Mission: When French missionaries announced they were leaving Haiti and needed to find care for the disabled children under their supervision, Michael took some of the older boys from St. Joseph's to choose a child to bring home and care for. But the boys surprised Michael when they chose to adopt all the children, reminding him that he had taught them that with God, all things are possible. Indeed, Wings of Hope is now a thriving home for disabled children, recently rebuilt and expanded to include a day school for disabled community children and lovely guest facilities. Wings of Hope is largely staffed by graduates of St. Joseph’s.


Areas Served: Jacmel, Fermathe, PaP (locations of orphanages)



This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Temporary

Notes:

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Wings of Hope and St. Joseph's Home for Boys
From an adoptive parent:

This is info from people connected with Hearts With Haiti - the organization that supports St. Joseph's Family... Ed Wolterman, from their board of directors, spoke directly with Michael Geilenfeld, founder of St. Joe's, who was @ the building in PAP when it collapsed. They talked to him yesterday, shortly after it all happened. At that point, they also spoke with Renee Dietrich, one of the Americans living & working up at Wings, where my boy is... it's harder getting through to them today...

I got word yesterday that Delmace and the other kids at the home where he lives (Wings of Hope) are OK. They are all safe for now – but there was serious damage to whole back of their building (the area that houses all of the dorms and areas where they kids generally are). Last night they were all huddled in one rather small room, near the front of the building. The main home of the organization, St. Joseph’s Home for Boys (in Petionville), was not as lucky. Their building is a total loss, but thankfully, all of the boys survived - Bill, one of the directors, was injured jumping from the roof but is expected to recover. We also got reports that their house in Jacmel, Trinity House, was OK and everyone is safe. They are all scared, and we are worried about immediate needs – food, water, shelter, and also about the long term process of rebuilding. But are thankful that everyone is alive.

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Boston Globe update:
http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2010/03/26/lifting_fragile_lives_in_haiti/

source found-
http://haitiearthquakesurvivors.blogspot.com/2010/01/complete-orphanage-updates-m-z.html

Wings of Hope - all okay, structural damage
http://haitimedical.blogspot.com/2010/01/haiti-earthquake.html
http://kashaiti.blogspot.com/2010/01/wings-of-hope-and-st-josephs-home-for.html

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