YWAM Montana is currently raising funds, throughout the Flathead Valley and on the web, to purchase containers full of food and medical supplies for an area of Haiti that has received minimal aid.  The need of the island of La Gonave, and the Wesleyan Mission Orphanage and WISH Hospital located there, has come to our attention.  La Gonave is
40 miles NW of Port-au-Prince.  The population of the largest city on the island has gone from 30,000 to around 57,000 due to refugees fleeing the situation in Port-au-Prince.  The hospital that the Wesleyan Mission and WISH (West Indies Self Help) own and operate is treating about 150 new cases a day.  Many of the refugees are just now receiving treatment for wounds incurred during the earthquake.  The Mission needs food to distribute to everyone in the city, and hopefully enough to distribute to surrounding areas.

The food situation all over the island of La Gonave is getting very desperate.  What food is available to be purchased costs more than the poor can afford (160-175% of retail). We want to respond to this need by raising enough money to purchase 2 containers, each filled with approx. 45,000 lbs of food as well as medical supplies and some shelter (in the form of tarps and rope).  Two containers will cost approx. $50,000.   The director of the Wesleyan Mission on La Gonave, Dan Irvine, has worked out a distribution plan to ensure food is given to all.

The YWAM Lakeside Montana community took an offering and raised $10,000.  Would you consider joining us in this effort to help the hurting people on La Gonave?   If you would like to learn more about this situation, our plan to send supplies, and how you can help, please see our website: http://www.ywammontana.org/helphaiti/help_haiti/.  If you have any questions, please email:  containers4lagonave@ywammontana.org.

Sincerely,
Veronica Thompson
YWAM Lakeside MT staff
cell: (340) 277-8798