A New Way to Give...Slumby!

Good friends of ours have started a baby sling, clothing, and accessory line called Slumby.  Their mission is to provide the most comfortable and easy-to-wear baby sling on the market, and even better, 10% of their sales are donated to help orphan and needy children all over the world.  Grain d'Espoir pour Haiti, Inc. has partnered with Slumby, so if you make a purchase, a portion of it will be donated directly to Grain d'Espoir!


Check out their website at:


www.slumby.com

Happy Shopping!

Hurricane, Cholera...prayers needed

Many people have asked how the people in Massey are faring with the cholera outbreak and then Hurricane Tomas.  The city of Les Cayes and Massey were not directly hit by the hurricane, so it was not nearly as bad as it could have been.  Still, there was extensive flooding in the area which has receded now.  Schools are closed but should begin again next week.  Hugues' brother, Fritz, has the most stable and well-constructed home in Massey and the hurricane blew parts of his tin roof off.  He said they had to stay outside during much of the storm because rain was coming in all the windows and through the roof!

Cholera is creating a large amount of fear throughout Haiti.  We spoke with Fritz tonight and he said that people will not even shake each other's hands for fear of catching the disease.  There have been a couple of cases in Les Cayes, but none in Massey.  The cases in Les Cayes are most likely people who obtained the disease elsewhere and then traveled south where they got sick, rather than catching the disease in Les Cayes.  The news reports are not accurate to the number of people sick or deaths because many people live so far from the nearest clinic that they do not have time to get medical help after the onset of cholera.  It is much worse than the numbers say and fear is gripping the country. Please pray fervently that this outbreak would be stopped and that the Haitian people would find ways to take precautions but that they would have peace rather than fear.