trinity/hope overview and schools impacted by recent earthquakes

Hello…

Trinity/HOPE feeding and FEEDING hungry

children in our schools in Haiti

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Haiti facts

Infant Mortality – Almost one out of 10 dies as an infant Average life expectancy

Men = 48 Women = 51

Average income per year is $500 According to United Nations Survey 62% of Haitians suffer

from malnutrition Surveys by Trinity/HOPE mission teams show the average

child gets a meal at home about every other day A world survey says the people of Haiti live further from

clean water than any other people in the world About 65% practice Voodoo 35% are Christian up in the last decade from 20%

The children are desperate

Without a Trinity/Hope feeding program, they spend the day at school with nothing to eat

9 of 10 children come to school without having had anything to eat

Only half of the children will have anything to eat at home at the evening meal. Only one of them will have enough to feel satisfied

5 out of 10 children have nothing to eat at home in any 24 hour day

Many houses are made of sticks, mud and palm fronds.

Even worse housing—none earthquake proof

Sanitation and medical care are often non-existent

Families have no food stockpiled—they buy for that day if they have the money

People eat dirt cakes. Mining the special soil for them. March 2009, Hinche, Haiti

When the earthquake struck Trinity/HOPE was already providing a meal each day for over TEN THOUSAND children and their teachers in 65 schools.

Jacmel 4 Schools 1360

Les Cayes 14 Schools 3126 Fed

Central Plateau

8 Schools 1090 Fed

Cap Haitian 4 Schools 444 Fed Gonaives

14 Schools 1278 Fed Arcahaie

8 Schools 1365 Fed

Port au Prince 8 Schools 1721 Fed

Jeremie 4 Schools 544 Fed

January 12, 2010--Our feeding program locations

Earthquake

How does life become right side up again?

There will be teams which will:1. Bring emergency food, water,

supplies2. Supply medical care3. Help keep order4. Assist in rebuildingTrinity/HOPE will provide meals at

schools

Trinity/HOPE wants to be a part of making life

Life is Upside Down

Right Side UP Again

Right side up is very different than ours--the Lutheran Church and School at Locaret, Haiti

Even in the good times--The children and people are hungry

Trinity/HOPE is there with a meal each day

A meal of the children’s favorite foods…rice, beans and sauce

The children give thanks for their food

In Trinity/HOPE’s schools the children have a meal every day

This meal is a lifeline to good physical, mental and spiritual health

Trinity/HOPE 2366 Cairo Bend Road, Lebanon, TN 37087

615-449-2595 or 615-478-6773

hall.j.t@att.net

www.trinityhope.org

Your gifts will change children’s lives one bowl of beans and rice at a time.

How can I help? Rejoice that God is in control and

that all our people are safe Pray for them—they are praying for

you Join Trinity/HOPE’s International Day

of Prayer the First Monday of Each Month at 10:00am

Be a part of helping turn life right side up again with your gifts to Trinity/HOPE to provide a meal for children each day