Stories of impact
Hurricane Aftermath
This is an update on events of Friday and Saturday.. ▪ Global Orphan Project (GOP) delivered additional food to Les Cayes by truck and plane to provision the orphanages at Cambry, Casamajor and LeHatte. ▪ Cleanup has begun at Cambry. The damage there is significant...
My Life Changed in Haiti
Having been in the Navy, I’ve had a fair amount of travel outside the U.S. I’ve seen a wide range of poverty and oppression in most places I’ve been, but never the kind I saw in Haiti. The first 90 minutes of driving from the airport in Port-au-Prince was like being...
A Better Me – Rachelle Settle
I just returned from a week in Haiti. Still trying to process all that happened in that short amount of time. I am 41 years old and over the years, I have experienced every emotion humanly possible from joy to grief, love to anger, pride to shame. However, I can...
Women’s Workshop – Rachelle Settle
January 2014 Rewind nine years. I was a new mom for the second time except this time I had decided to stay at home after the birth of my daughter. I was struggling with the loss of one identity and trying to figure out how to manage the new one. A dear friend of mine...
The Give Hope Cup- Roger Braswell
January 2014 Our 31 person Give Hope team just returned from a great week in Haiti. I am bursting to tell the story below…. Coach Mike Czarnecki makes a living coaching youth soccer in Charlotte and volunteers for the January trip to Cambry, his first trip...
October 2013 Mission
Four weeks ago our Give Hope October ’13 team returned from Haiti after an amazing week of serving in Cambry. Eighteen of us lived and worked together and came back changed by the experience. I thought I should provide an update on our progress for all of you who...
Go time…
Under 20 hours and counting…..I thought it might be helpful if I provided a short bit of information on our team and our objectives as we move toward launch in the morning... Angela Quinn – Give Hope Co-Founder/Board Member and original instigator of our family’s...
Having a Bad Day- Andrew Patterson
Written by: Andrew Patterson Everyone knows what having a bad day means, right? We have all had them. We get chewed out at work, or we get a speeding ticket, or the online order we placed is going to be a few days too late and life becomes inconvenient. Some bad days...
The 1st of 7 Aquaponics kits is off to Haiti
Have you heard the Good Word? Give Hope Global has shipped the first of seven aquaponics kits to Haiti. Aquaponics is a combination of aquaculture (growing fish) and hydroponics (growing plants without soil). The unit will be assembled during the October 5th mission...
Joy…Joy….Joy
How can you describe joy…pure joy? Where to begin? How about January 2012? My family and a team of friends are in Cambry for a week of medical and construction missions when we learn that the 140 children of Cambry are literally starving from a reduction in funding...
Edlin – “Eggland”
I’ve been going to Haiti since July of 2010, and I don’t think I’ve ever put into words the full story of a young boy who has changed my life. First, let me tell you how I ended up in Haiti. My friends and I in November of 2009 were working to agree upon a location...
Ernise
In May, 2013 I was exceptionally blessed to return to the Cambry Orphanage for the fourth time. It is always an incredible experience and such a blessing to have the opportunity to reunite with the children and community there. Although our time there is short, we...