The West Tennessee Haiti Partnership (WTHP) is the commitment of the Episcopal Diocese of
West Tennessee to be in companion relationship with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti in five ways:
education, food, healthcare, learning and water. Our current primary work is with the communities
of St. Paul's Church & School Montrouis and . Through interfaith and ecumenical
relationships, we strive to the work of God we have been given to do based on conversation
with our friends in Haiti.
Stop Hunger Now!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the July 30-31 Stop Hunger Now packaging event. We packed over 140,000 nutritious meals for the people of Haiti. The meals are currently being shipped to Haiti, where they will be distributed under the supervision of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti.
Suitcase for Haiti
Thank you to everyone who played a part over the past few months in helping Raymond on the
journey with his Suitcase for Haiti. When he approached us at dinner in early April with
the idea to do something for the children of Haiti instead of receive birthday gifts from
friends and family I knew we needed to find a way to make this happen.
Raymonds vision to send his suitcase to Haiti quickly became a reality. Through
our amazing connections at Grace St. Lukes School, Baptist College of Health Sciences,
and the West Tennessee Haiti Partnership he moved forward with his plan. A huge thanks
to everyone who contributed to the suitcase. It was packed with all sorts of school supplies,
craft items, puzzles, small toys, bubbles, toothbrushes / toothpastes, and even yo-yos.
Last Saturday morning Raymond presented his Haiti suitcase at the Stop Hunger Now city wide
event at Holy Communion Church. This was such an extraordinary experience because the
recipient of the suitcase was Father Jacques Deravil from Montrouis, Haiti who was in Memphis
as part of the West TN Haiti Partnership efforts. He will be personally delivering the
suitcase to the children at St. Pauls Church & School upon his return.
As a parent I am extremely proud of Raymonds heart for service to others and wanted to
share these thoughts and pictures with all of you.
Thank you again for your support!
Debbie
News from and about Haiti
We have gotten some messages from our friends in Haiti after the devistating earthquake:
1/25/10: We have recieved a copy of a letter from Bishop Duracin to the President of Episcopal Relief and Development, designating ER-D as the lead organization for coordinating aid to the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti.
1/17/10:
Pere Sadoni and the children and the staff at St. Vincent's Hospital and Orphanage are alive but shaken. Miraculously, St. Vincent's structures are reported to be intact with minor damage, even though buildings nearby collapsed (including the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Cathedrals).
The covent of the Sisters of St. Margaret in Port-au-Prince was destroyed in the earthquake but the sisters who resided there have been found and are alive.
The Episcopal Bishop of the diocese of Haiti, Rt. Rev. Jean-Zache Duracin, is ok, but his wife was slightly injured and his home was destroyed.
College St. Pierre is gone. The apartment for College St. Pierre is still standing.
We have recieved word from Fr. Kesner Ajax that "Montrouis is fine, Pere Deravil is ok with his family. We need your prayer."
We are currently engaged in raising funds that will be sent to to help in the Haiti relief effort.
Recent Activities:
We sent a medical mission St. Vincent's Hospital and Orphanage in November 2009.
We hosted a packaging event on November 7, 2009 where we and hundreds of local volunteers packaged over 140,000 nutritious meals for undernourished children at St. Vincents School for Handicapped Children, Port-au-Prince and St. Pauls School, Montrouis, Haiti.
The . While we acknowledge the validity of State Department's concerns, we feel that we are taking reasonable precautions to manage this risk. ..more..
from the participants of our March 2009 mission trip.
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A group from the Haiti Partnership went to Haiti in November 2008 to attend the annual Haiti Conference, and to operate a medical clinic at St. Vincent's. on the trip...
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