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ESPWA Orphanage ~ Hope Village - (Pwoje Espwa - Hope in Haiti MISSION) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Organization:
Facility Type: Shelter
Status: Open

Address:
Les Cayes, HT 00000

Region:Haiti, Caribbean
County/Parish:Sud



Main/General Business Number: Main - 336.272.9376 | Volunteer - 1-888-684-3543 or 1-888-6-THEKIDS - Dee Orlowski
Website: http://www.freethekids.org/







This organization provides Temporary or Permanent Service? Temporary

Notes:

3/12/10 LTel: Spoke at length with Dee Orlowski - The 100 children referenced in the blog notes below are all well taken care of. Pre-quake they had 680 children at their orphanage. The newly orphaned kids (including kids who's families can no longer care for them) do not need to be moved and Project Hope/Free the Kids has taken 100% responsibility for them.

At this time, they have no urgent critical needs but they'll keep CAT's info on file if needs arise in the future.

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FROM THE FREE THE KIDS BLOG:

These children belong to a group of 100 or so homeless orphans who have no place to go. A crew of volunteers from the US have gathered them up over the past month and have done all that they can to provide very basic care and outdoor shelter in the form of make shift tarps. Their stories are varied. But they all have one thing in common: Their families are all gone and there's no one left to care for them. The charitable Americans thought if they could provide temporary assistance to these children, that surely some authority or aid organization would come forward and accept responsibility for these displaced kids. That has not happened. The earthquake has taken the lives of some 250,000 people and the homes of millions have been destroyed. There just aren't enough resources available to provide earthquake victims the basic needs, considering the size and scope of this disaster.

Now the American volunteers must head home to Michigan and Florida and the children under their temporary care are out of time. They've asked us to take in these children so that they don't have to walk away from 100 or more homeless orphans. Our resources are already spread so thin, that it will be incredibly difficult to find a way to feed more mouths and provide more care. We are willing to do the work here on the ground, but we are going to need more money. Please make a donation here. A monthly recurring donation helps even more because financial support is needed every single month to provide care for these children. Please help our brothers and sisters in Haiti with a donation today.

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Give a Hungry Person a Fish, Or Teach Him to Fish?
Which would you rather do?

At Hope Village hundreds of children are receiving the care and education they need to fight the viscous cycle of poverty.

In this village of hope:

•Over 600 children are receiving shelter and care.
•Over 1,700 children are provided with academic and vocational educations.
•3,500 meals are prepared and served daily.

And these numbers continue to grow. But here's what makes this mission different from most others. The children are the solution. They are pitching in to help built their own dormitories and schools. They are learning trades such as masonry, carpentry, farming, and agriculture. They are becoming self-sufficient so that as adults, they will be able to care for themselves. And one day, they will be able to care for their own children. Something their own parents were unable to do for them.

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Volunteer & Visitor Info
Volunteering to serve at Hope Village allows you to journey hand-in-hand with the poorest of the poor: the homeless children of southern Haiti. It is a journey of faith and friendship. It is a unique opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of real people, all while working with an exciting team of dedicated individuals. For more information or to request a copy of our volunteer visitor policy, please contact Dee Orlowski at dee @freethekids.org, or call 1-888-684-3543 or 1-888-6-THEKIDS.

Dee Orlowski
Theo's Work, Inc. - West
25422 Trabuco Rd.
Suites 105-362
Lake Forest, CA 92630
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Theo's Work Inc
2303 W Market St
Greensboro NC, 27403
Phone: 336.272.9376

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Advocacy ALERT
http://www.freethekids.org/advocacy-alert-2/

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BLOG -
http://pwojeespwa.blogspot.com/

This is one way of keeping up with what's happening in southern Haiti. Please consider helping us in our work with Haitian orphans and vulnerable children.

Contributions can be sent to: Free The Kids 25422 Trabuco Road Suite 105-362 Lake Forest, CA 92630 Or Free The Kids, 2303 W. Market Street, Greensboro, NC 27403-1517 Or you can make a secure donation with a credit card at our website www.freethekids.org. Thank you for helping us fight poverty in Haiti, one child at a time.

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Source from:
http://sosforhaiti.blogspot.com

A Direct Line to the Front Line of EQ Relief
Tuesday, February 09, 2010, 12:11:52 PM |
As details of the earthquake tragedy in Haiti unfold, I'm trying to help get the word out about relief efforts at Pwoje Espwa http://www.freethekids.org/.

Just wanted to let you know, so you can possibly share with your many contacts around the country (& world), about the efforts through this organization and that it's a great DIRECT line to the "front line" in Haiti. There are many worthy organizations out there and most of those efforts/funds will be rightfully focused on Port-au-Prince, at the epicenter, but the outlying areas desperately need aid as well. And, they are able to provide aid without all the extreme logistical challenges going on in the capitol city.

Refugees and injured people are streaming into Les Cayes from Port-au-Prince in droves now, yet with all the chaos, it may be days before relief reaches this area. These people need food, water and medical care. Fr. Marc and the staff at Pwoje Espwa are not only caring for the approx 680 children at the orphanage, but they are trying to help others who are desperate for help. Currently, they are preparing meals out of their old facility in the middle of town and they are sharing what food and medical supplies/aid they have, as the need is so tremendous. They're going out on faith that their own very limited supplies will somehow be replenished, because time is of essence for so many.

If you are interested in a direct, grass-roots line of care already in operation on the ground by those who live in Haiti ... please consider donations through http://www.freethekids.org/. Seems everyone is looking for a channel in which to donate ... please help spread the word about this one. Since they are (relatively) small in comparison to the many large organizations providing aid in Haiti ... it's difficult to get the word out to the masses.

Pwoje Espwa (http://www.freethekids.org/) will need much help in the days and weeks ahead as this situation will not be quickly remedied. Thanks for remembering them. This is a desperate situation.

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Helping to build:
http://reach4children.org/REACH/projects/Haiti/PwojeEspwa/home.htm

Info Source/Changes:
Dee Orlowski
(see full history)

Created At: Sun Mar 07 20:02:05 +0000 2010
Updated At: Fri Mar 12 20:36:08 +0000 2010
Updated By: LTel


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