Friday, Feb 26 at 12:00 noon. Help us fill a bus to send supplies to Haiti. We will need help loading the bus this Friday with the 14,000 lbs of rice and beans that have been donated. Also, if you would like to bring additional donations, we are collecting:
Corn Meal
Cans of Tomato Paste
Spaghetti
Cooking oil
Herring
Salt
Salami (packaged)
Sugar
Canned Cheese/Velveeta
Copy/printer paper (letter and legal size)
Sandals
Toothbrush/ Toothpaste
Bleach (powder)
Bath Towels
Feminine Products
Toilet tissue
Large Zip lock bags
Matches
Bars of soap
Twin Bed Sheets
Underwear
In order to be excellent partners for the Haitians, please make it a point to follow their instructions and donate only items that have been requested. We thank you for following this important guideline.
OFCB
For nearly two centuries, subsistence farming has characterized the livelihood of 80,000 people in rural Bayonnais, Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere. This is not uncommon. Following colonial independence in 1804, former slaves exercised newfound freedom by cultivating their own land in the countryside. Today, OFCB (Organization of the Christian Force of Bayonnais), a ministry founded in 1993 through the vision of five inspired individuals, provides this generation with a new opportunity: education. Subjects such as history, biology, language arts, social science, philosophy, and visual art are now available to this community for the first time. Adults and children comprise a student body that has grown from 103 to 1460, and for many, the rice and beans served at lunch may be the only substantial meal they eat all day. Not only have national exam scores been some of the highest in the region, OFCB has sent 20 students to Haitian colleges! In an effort to stimulate long-term development, the college scholarship program stipulates that each student return to OFCB upon graduation to serve the community for 10 to 15 years, depending upon the field of study. One college graduate has become a doctor, currently in residency, and will return to start Bayonnais’ first health clinic! Deep in the heart of a country plagued by extreme poverty, political violence and corruption, the people of Bayonnais are finding new hope.
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