HAITI HOME FOR CHILDREN & HOPE INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN W/SPECIAL NEEDS ~ United States Foundation For The Children of Haiti/Fondation Pour Les Enfants D’Haiti (ORPHANAGE/HOSPITAL) - 2010 Haiti Earthquake

2/9/10 Emailed current list of Urgent Needs from Rebecca Hackworth (on the ground in Haiti on site):

Hello Leslie,

Good to hear from you, I brought your list to Gladys Thomas here at the Foundation for the Children of Haiti to make sure she knew about the resources you mentioned to us. Yes, I’m still in Haiti working.

Gladys said she could use about 200 tents. We have patients ready to discharge from the hospital who are homeless. There are also many of our staff without homes here in Haiti.

We are getting some donation of food but cannot seem to get any powdered milk or sugar so those things are needed.

Soy formula for the babies is also needed.

Diapers we are using here on the pediatric unit and actually we need them in all sizes for many of the patients who are not ambulatory yet.

We could use some gently used clothing for babies, children and adults in good condition but this would probably be at the bottom of our needs list – we could use some for the patients we are discharging without anything.

We are looking for mattresses (twin size) for the hospital, flat sheets all sizes, towels and washcloths

Hygiene items like toothbrushes, toothpaste and soap, shampoo, etc. to send out with patients leaving as well.

Those are some, and we are keeping our list of needs updated on our website too at www.usfch.org

Bless you in your work, Leslie!

Rebecca

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1/28/10 LTel: Spoke to Rebecca Hackworth w/Haiti Home for Children to gather needs/status assessment............

-Supply needs on the site are only a few days old & accurate
-3 orphanages on site (55 older kids - 40 younger - 40 special needs from babies to adults) - Total number of children is 135 + staffers
-School on site
-Childrens Hospital on site fully staffed - Accepting injuries from the community - all ages
-Provided detailed food list - they had enough groceries for a week just before the quake - they are running low and supplies are very hard to come by
-Rebecca will be on the ground in Haiti in 2 days and will stay for 5 days - email contact only or contact stateside (see internal contact info)
-Earthquake damage - The older children's bldg. is unsafe and a wall came down - this is why they need the grout to shore it back up safely
-This is a secure site - The PaP Haitian Police are guarding the hospital and the U.S. Military has offered additional security details
-Medical supplies and food remain the most ongoing urgent need
-Rebuilding needs to take place with haste due to hurricane season coming in 5 mos.
-They are anxious to hook into an ongoing supply delivery if it becomes available
-Stateside donation collections of supplies is slowly trickling in - they can use the support to continue to ship in supplies if they cannot be secured on the ground
-This operation was rated in the TOP TWO with rave approval rate from UNICEF - They only granted this rating to two orphanages in the entire country
-96% of donations go directly to Haiti relief

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1/27/10 LTel: This site will be visited by Michael Andrew's list shortly for status/needs assessment.

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NEEDS LIST FROM WEBSITE: http://www.usfch.org/medical_list.htm

Your contributions of money will be used to purchase the following items. Go to the site to DONATE for these supplies or If you have these items to donate,
let us know by e-mail and send them to:

contact @www.usfch.org

Hudson Thomas
FCH-Haiti Relief Supplies
Margate Middle School
500 NW 65 Avenue
Margate, Florida 33063

Non-shrink or dry-pack/dry lock grout -- Urgently needed in 5 gallon containers or powder.

Air Mattresses or cots for patients now on the ground
Food
Baby formula (soy base is best, but any type is appreciated)
Flashlights & batteries
Disposable diapers
Tents
Linens -- sheets (single size), towels, washcloths
Blankets
Kitchen utensils
AAA batteries and other sizes
2-communicators (walkie-talkie)

Cauterizing machine
X-ray film (10x12 and 14x17) full exposure
X-ray developer-fixator and rinse
Morphine (Schedule One drugs may need a DUA Form 222)
Heparin
Insulin
Valium
Ketamine
Plaster for broken casts
IV Antibiotics
IV Fluids
Antibiotics -- oral
Antibiotic ointment
Antibiotic eye and ear drops
Lidocaine (local anesthetic)
Suture sets
Pain killer medication
Masks
Disposable sheets, gowns, etc.
Gloves
Sanitizers
Splints
Ace bandages
Slings
Betadine
Alcohol
Cotton balls, swabs, etc.
Wound cover -- thin plastic film that goes on before gauze
Dressing gauze
Bandages
Medical tape
Normal saline
Hemostats
Scalpels
Scissors
Automatic BP cuffs
Medications for:

High blood pressure
Diabetes
Stomach ulcers
Asthma

Vaccinations for:
Tetanus
Typhoid

Crutches
Walkers
Canes

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For mail posted outside Haiti:
Fondation Pour les Enfants d'Haiti (FEH)
Unit 2075 -- HHC
3170 Airmans Drive
Ft. Pierce, FL 34946

For mail posted within Haiti:
Delmas, 75, Bldg. Hopital Espoir
P.O. Box 13249
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

FEH telephone:
509-246-5056
509-246-2721

Hope Hospital (Hopital Espoir) telephone:
509-246-1960
509-246-1944

E-mail FEH or Gladys Thomas:
feh_haiti @yahoo.com

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Haiti Home for Children is a safe, clean, Christian based orphanage for up to ninety children ages two to fourteen. The children live in family groups of ten to twelve, divided by age and gender, with a Momma who sees to their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs. Each apartment has a kitchen, dining room, bathrooms and one or more bedrooms. Not only do the children find security and stability in eating and sleeping together, they study, play, and worship as a family group.

After completing elementary education, children who have extended families leave Haiti Home. Those who have no known family are allowed to stay, helping with the younger children and continuing their educations.

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FONDATION POUR LES ENFANTS D'HAITI

Fondation pour les Enfants d'Haiti (FEH) is a non-profit organization established in Haiti in 1989 to continue the work begun earlier in the 1980's under the name of Caribbean View Home for Children. FEH is managed and directed by Haitians, people who know best the needs of the children of their country and how to work within that country. It's Board of Directors is comprised of volunteers dedicated to serving children through FEH.

Fondation pour les Enfants d'Haiti is founded in the teachings of the Christian church. Jesus is our guide and God is our Master.

All who seek to better the lives of children in Haiti are invited to foster the work of FEH either directly or through support organizations in the United States (United States Foundation for the Children of Haiti) or in Canada (Canadian Foundation for the Children of Haiti).

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"Tel: (509) 246-5056/246-1960
Email: feh @hainet.net
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