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Medical volunteersHolly Wheeler, an RN who joined an MMDR medical relief team in May, gives Dashna a regular checkup.
MMDRJune 2010
HaitiSince the earthquake on January 12 MMDR has been actively and extensively involved in the reconstruction of Haiti.
CHILDREN OF HOPE ORPHANAGE AND HOSPICEBobby Toussaint, a Haitian-American, left his life in the States to return to his people in Haiti and serve the children of Thomazeau, a village outside of Port-au-Prince. His orphanage serves ~45 children and is growing.
Located 15 kilometers outside of Port-
au-Prince, the Children of Hope Orphanage
and Hospice accepts children deemed by
other orphanages to be too medically needy
for admittance. Many impoverished
families bring their devastatingly sick
children to the hospice to die only to
witness a dramatic turn around in their
child’s health. Too poor to continue to care
for their kids, the families frequently leave
the recovered children to live at the
orphanage where they can receive love,
care, and nutrition.
Run by Bobby Toussant and his wife
Lourdie, the orphanage is in the process of
receiving their adoption license so that their
children may be adopted out to loving
families. The adoption agency will be
known as “Children of Bethlehem.” The
orphanage “Children of Hope” is not only
working towards adopting but is also
opening a school. This school will be open
to the entire village providing education to
the poorest children in the area. At the
school the students will be provided a
protein-rich lunch and given an education
rivaling the private schools in town.
Excited about fulfilling their goals,
Bobby and Lourdie are raising funds to
purchase an egg-laying hen for each student
and orphan so as to provide protein in every
meal. In addition to this they are in the
process of constructing a larger dormitory
for the kids. Every ounce of their funds go
to developing and nurturing the lives of the
under served children in Thomazeau, Haiti.
Mobile Medical Disaster Relief has
come along side of Bobby and Lourdie and
are committed to seeing them succeed.
(L) Evelyne and Gefleur pose for the
camera while (R) Evens displays his near fatal burns
that he received prior to coming to the orphanage.
Help Bobby and his orphans. Donate at
www.MMDR.org