We will be returning to the States the end of this month to start packing for the shipping container.
Thank all of you for your continuing support and interest,
The people of Riviere Mancelle and of course, Bob and Denise.
Our annual shipping container is a collaborative program with other churches that have twin churches in Haiti, working through the Parish Twinning Program. It is the easiest way to ship into Haiti.
We deliver our items to a central warehouse in Lebanon TN, and then share container space. All of the cost involved is broken down into a cubic foot price of $7.
We will be accepting donations until the 8th of April. If you need to deliver something past that date, please contact us.
The Parish Twinning Program has been shipping humanitarian goods to Haiti since1994. Millions of dollars in medicines, medical supplies and equipment, generators, solar panels, food, school supplies and much more have been donated by U.S. parishes to their twin parishes in Haiti. The shipment has originated since 2002 out of Nashville, Tennessee. National Coordinator Pat Rehovsky from St. Ignatius Church in Antioch, Tennessee has volunteered untold hours in overseeing the organization and shipping of the containers. Some 75 churches, organizations and other groups participate in each shipment, while approximately the same number of parishes and projects in Haiti are the recipients of the goods.
Current shipments of four to seven 40’ containers are sent generally in the spring. Hundreds of parishes, communities and projects in Haiti have benefited from the dedicated work of Pat Rehovsky and his volunteers.
This year along with our general needs list we are seeking used laptop computers for a new computer lab we are starting in Kalabat. We also have targeted needs for shoes, over the counter medications, (no out of date please), camping style chairs, folding tables and chairs, used gazebo frames, paper pad and easel (for presentations) , and plastic or metal bowls and spoons, (for school lunch program).
The following list is suggested needs. There are many needs, so if you have something that would be of use, please contact us to see if it is appropriate. Donations do not need to be new, clean, used & good condition items are OK.
General Needs:
- Powdered Milk (nothing out of date please)
- Baby formula (nothing out of date please)
- Garden Tools, shovels, rakes, hoes, pick axes
- Balls
- Hand tools
- Odds and ends Hardware
- Religious Items
- Generators
- Solar lights
- Solar chargers
- Solar panels
- Treadle Sewing Machines
- Shoes
- Children’s clothing
- Over the counter medication (nothing out of date please)
- Five gallon buckets w/lids
- School supplies
Needs for Libraries:
- Globes
- School books in French
- Recreational books in French for youth and adults
- Encyclopedias in French
- Microscopes
- Telescopes
- Laptop Computers
- Digital Cameras
- Maps in French
Giving gifts to our children in Haiti is a difficult process. Small parcels are expensive and uncertain to ship. As a practical solution, we have the Shoebox Program.
To send a box, fill a sturdy shoebox with appropriate gifts. Please secure with rubber band. Inside of the box please include cash or check made out to the Haiti Project for $6.00 to pay for shipping. All money above the $6.00 will go to help pay for the shipping of other supplies on the shipping container. Please return shoe boxes by April 8th.
Suggestions for filling a shoe box:
- Flip Flops
- Slinky
- Sippy and regular cups
- metal bowls for lunch, spoon
- Jump rope
- Jacks
- Deflated soccer balls
- Transistor radio
- Batteries with solar powered battery charger
- French bibles
- Religious items
- Decks of cards
- Mc Donald toys
- Solar powered calculator
- Small cars
- Wind-up alarm clock
- Watch
- Yo-yo
- Balls
- Dolls
- Stuffed animals
- School Supplies
- Stamps and inkpad sets
- Coloring books
- Writing pads
- Paper
- Toothbrush
- Toothpaste
- soap
- Comb
- Washcloth
- Hard candy
- Lollipops
- Mints and Gum
- Sunglasses
- Flashlights (with extra batteries)
- Ball caps
- Socks
- T-shirts
- Toy jewelry
- Hair clips
- Small picture books
- Sewing kits
- Pencils
- Puzzles
- Crayons
- Markers
- Toy Trucks
- Motorcycles
- Dominoes
- Checkers
- Pocket games
Please do not send the following items:
- Money
- Your address
- War-related items: toy guns, knives etc.
- Prescription medications
- Any foods or medications that is perishable or outdated.
- Please be careful of small parts that would cause choking in small children
All shampoo or liquids should be well sealed with additional tape and placed inside of a Ziploc bag.
Please package any breakable items very carefully