Konbit Sante...one of Univers Medical Centre "partners"

9th Annual Maine Walks with Haiti 5K Run/Walk June 10, 2018 Payson Park, Portland Walkers start 8:30a.m. Runners 9:00a.m.   This year your donation can go farther...all the way to Haiti.

Konbit Sante has received a generous offer to match your gifts up to $50,000 to help build and support a new health center for the mountain side, economically poor, Cap Haitien community of Bande du Norde.   This matching challenge can be realized when your donation is designated for this year’s Maine Walks With Haiti 5K or on our website to the “ULS Clinic”. Dr. Mesadieu, Director of ULS, seeing a young patient   For every dollar your donate through Maine Walks with Haiti 5K event or on our website, that dollar can be matched to go farther in Haiti. Register as a participant  and then create a Personal Campaign Page to share with friends and family on Facebook by creating a post with a link to your page.  This is a great way to multiply you impact! Become a Sponsor as a business or individual If you can’t participate that day in person, please consider donating to one of the already created Personal Campaign Pages below:   Team Nickerson   Team MacKinnon   Barbara Ginley   Erica Burkhart   Your Donations Go Farther, with Konbit Sante!

THANK YOU...from Institution Univers to YOU!

Thank You for 25 Years!

Institution Univers to celebrate its 25th Anniversary! What began in 1994 as a one-room kindergarten with 84 children is now a flourishing K-13 school with nearly 2,500 students, a meal program serving 3,000 kids and staff every day, and a medical clinic addressing the needs of a community of more than 100,000 residents. All of this has been made possible ONLY by an amazing God and your loving support and generosity. Please click here or on the image above to view a short message from our founder, Hugues Bastien. We will be sharing more about the 25th Anniversary happening next year, but for now please save the date Thursday, March 14, 2019 to hopefully join us in Haiti (or possibly virtually) as we both celebrate the past and look ahead to the future. We are looking forward to another 25 years and beyond! We appreciate you! Matt White Director of Development & Sponsorships COCINA - Coalition of Children in Need Association www.HaitiCOCINA.org | www.OneChildInHaiti.org P.S. To discover more and learn how YOU can sponsor a student for just $40 a month, visit www.OneChildInHaiti.org.

Jennie's Journey

JENNIE’S JOURNEY
FROM HAITI TO THE USA FOR WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT

During Sunday School they always talked about helping others who are in need. The cholera epidemic, which killed a lot of people from water contamination, affected my choice of studying water quality management. I knew that it would help others. My school in Haiti, Institution Univers, put me in a program to come to the USA for a college education. Many people in America helped me have a scholarship for my associates degree in Water Quality Management from Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) in Lakewood, Colorado. After I finish my studies, my plan is to go back to Haiti and work with Institution Univers for as many years as I am in the US. Then, I hope to create my own business around water quality management and start helping people. I hope that I will change their lives by providing them clean and safe water to drink.

Why I’m in the USA

GETTING INVOLVED
I HAVE A 3.5 GPA & AM ...

• President of Red Rocks Global Mentors Club
  
• Vice President of the International Club
  
• Secretary of the Red Rocks Global Mentors
  

I completed my second year in the United States! I finished one year of English as a Second Language and now my first year of the Water Quality Management associate program. The college now offers a bachelor degree in this program and I hope to extend my stay to complete the bachelor’s degree. During the school year I worked in the cafeteria to earn my spending money. In Haiti this summer I will teach a class on water at IU.

On my Spring break I went to my home in Ouanaminthe, Haiti with the Christ in the Caribbean mission team. I translated for the team and taught the Haitians that received the 600 water filters how to use them. These water filters will save 700 people from dying from water contamination over 10 years.

In January 2018 one of my sponsors, Venice Presbyterian Church in Florida, invited me to visit their church and share how their scholarship money is helping me on my journey. My hosts took me to see my first alligator!

Sharing My Story

I was also invited to speak for a Rotary Club and a fundraiser for my scholarship in Colorado.

Experiencing America

Thank you to everyone who has given me scholarship money, helped with my clothes , prayed for me and made my trips possible to see the beautiful United States! God bless you!

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If you would like to donate to Jennie's education, please send a check with a note attached to the check indicating that the donation is for "GAEL JENNIE FLEURANT - College Scholarship at RRCC". 
**Please do not write her name on the check, otherwise it will void the tax deductibility for you.**
Check is to be payable to COCINA, then send the check to:
COCINA, P.O. Box 12695, Columbus, OH  43212. 
Let's get Jennie a bachelor's degree, so she can return to Ouanaminthe to begin helping her community!

Thank you and Love,
Marylee

God's opportunities for Institution Univers...

Exploring Opportunities in Haiti

Future partners in economic development? Earlier this month, a few of us from COCINA and Univers got to spend several days down in the Southwest of Haiti - Grand Goave, specifically - with the wonderful folks from Southland Christian Church and Lifeline Christian Ministries. It was a great opportunity to discuss collaboration, challenges, joys, and generally fellowship with others serving in Haiti. Prior to going down to Grand Goave, we spent a few days in Ouanaminthe with the folks from Haiti Made (www.HaitiMade.com) to explore the potential for partnering with them to develop a presence in Ouanaminthe. Haiti Made makes a variety of handmade products, including leather goods, jewelry, bags, hats, and more. They loved everything COCINA/Univers is doing in the Northeast and were excited about the opportunity to partner. While in Grand Goave, we were also able to meet with them again to see their workshop located just 10-15 minutes from where we were staying at Lifeline. We got to visit their mission-resort facility, iKondo (https://www.handsandfeetproject.org/trips/), their Grand Goave Children's Village location that's the core focus of the nonprofit Hands & Feet Project (https://www.handsandfeetproject.org/our-work). Haiti Made is a for-profit entity that was spun out of Hands & Feet about 18 months ago; it was originally an economic development component of the nonprofit entity. Employing 10,000 Haitians in Ouanaminthe. We are still early in the stages, but I also wanted to share some more exciting news. Over the last few months, COCINA and Univers have been meeting and talking with the leadership at CODEVI (the large industrial park in Ouanaminthe that is mostly known as the "Levi's plant.") It is FAR more than that and includes manufacturing facilities for almost 20 major brands like Under Armor, Banana Republic, Hanes, Champion, and more. CODEVI employs nearly 13,000 people, about 10,000 of which are Haitian - serving in roles anywhere from the manufacturing floor to management level positions. CODEVI is underway with a 6 year community development plan they're calling a "Micro Park" (see photo above) that is expected to include permanent food stands, an amphitheater, a hospital, vocational school, soccer/sports fields, open community areas, and more. Univers has several opportunities related to the school, the clinic, and the bakery. More to come on this! Please pray for everyone involved in each of these opportunities. There is great potential for partnerships that could have lasting impact on Univers, Ouanaminthe, and even the entire Northeast Department of Haiti! We are excited for the many opportunities in front of us! Matt White Director of Development & Sponsorships COCINA - Coalition of Children in Need Association www.HaitiCOCINA.org | www.OneChildInHaiti.org P.S. To discover more and learn how YOU can sponsor a student for just $40 a month, visit www.OneChildInHaiti.org.

Copyright © 2018 Coalition of Children in Need Association (COCINA), All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you wanted to learn more about what's happening in Haiti with COCINA. We value your prayers, involvement and donations. Our mailing address is: Coalition of Children in Need Association (COCINA) P.O. Box 12695 Columbus, OH 43212

Haiti FUNraiser May 20 - to support my mission in Haiti - come one, come all...and bring your friends and family!

MAY 20, 2018

Painting with a Twist - Strongsville

…Is offering a two hour painting event for you to come support and donate to my ministry for Haiti, by purchasing a seat to participate in a fun, relaxing, and creative experience.

50% of the proceeds from this event are donated directly to helping me raise funds for ministering at Institution Univers in Haiti.

Two session times to participate in a fundraiser  

3-5pm OR 6-8pm

We'll be painting "Island Village", $45.00 per person.

SPACE IS LIMITED Therefore, sign up today at:  

https://www.paintingwithatwist.com/studio/strongsville/calendar/

HOW TO SIGN UP FOR THE EVENT!

PLEASE CLICK on this Link, scroll to MAY 20, Choose which time you'd like to attend, click on the time slot of 3 - 5pm OR 6 - 8pm, then use the PASSCODE: Haiti, to sign up. You will be able to reserve for yourself and others on the page. Bring friends!

https://www.paintingwithatwist.com/studio/strongsville/calendar/

I look forward to seeing you on May 20! By chance if you cannot attend (you will be missed!), yet you want to donate, here is the link to donate:

Online by Credit Card: www.chswilloughby.com

Click on the "GIVE" button in the UPPER left corner, at the top of the Home Page. The resulting Donation page Click on "Outreach & Donations", Then in the "Select" Toggle Box Click "CHS Missions", then in the Toggle Box below CHS Missions, Click "Haiti". You are able to make a one-time gift or recurring gift through the website.

OR By Mail:

Make the check payable to "Community of the Holy Spirit Church", or "CHS Church" (either way to write it is fine!). On the memo line write: "Haiti Missions ML" and send the check to Community of the Holy Spirit Church, OR CHS Church 

36600 Stevens Blvd

Willoughby, OH 44060

1.440.946.8636 - Vicki Fisher, Administration

I look forward to seeing you May 20! Thank you so much, and Love,

All for Him,

Marylee

If you have any questions, please contact me or:

Daniela Christopher

Owner

330-815-0035

15225 Pearl Rd -Rt 42

Strongsville, Oh 44136

Studio308@PaintingwithaTwist.com

https://www.facebook.com/paintingwithatwiststrongsvilleoh

Through ART, we inspire people to have FUN and create lasting MEMORIES.

In our ongoing commitment to give back to our local communities, Painting with a Twist ® (PWAT) proudly sponsors a fundraising event known as Painting with a Purpose (PWAP). Proceeds from Painting with a Purpose events are donated to a local non-profit organization. Painting with a Twist has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to local non-profit organizations such as Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer, Paws and Prayers, Alzheimer’s Association, Autism Society of Greater Akron, and Akron Children’s Hospital. We are committed to giving back to the local community, one painting at a time.

COCINA Update...

COCINA Global Missions Updated from Christ Community Chapel (with additional notes added by me) Update from our Ministry Partner in Haiti - Coalition of Children In Need Association Praise the Lord for an amazing Micah 6:8 weekend where we were blessed by the generosity of so many CCCers, not only in their financial support but their sincere interest in our kids and interest in going on a mission trip to Haiti! Praise God for providing the right candidate to be our new clinic medical director. Pray that the Lord will direct our steps in starting new economic development opportunities that will provide real vocational opportunities for our kids after graduation. Pray that we can complete the funding for our truck and ambulance which are much needed in our work in Haiti. Pray for the high school seniors as they have completed the first annual senior retreat April 13th, 14th and 15th to prepare them spiritually for what is next for each one of them. Pray for Pastor Jude and the team that assisted him on the retreat, as they follow up with each student.                                                For more information about COCINA contact: www.haiticocina.org or                                                         Cassie.Dudek@ccchapel.com ccchapel.com •