Haiti Relief Trip
The Liberty Region’s Inaugural Haiti Relief Trip
Estimated cost: $1,300 (travel to Haiti, lodging and food in Haiti)
Dates: January 5 – 14
Leaving from : Departing Boston on Wed., Jan. 5th and returning to Boston on Friday, Jan. 14th
Who: All Northeast Staff and college students who attend schools in the northeast are invited to join us. Attendance at BWC 2011 is required.
Living: We will be staying at Chambrun – an intentional community directed by Nehemiah Ministries – the humanitarian arm of CCC Haiti. The property is right outside of P-A-P very close to a small village. On the property is a school, medical clinic, volunteer housing, an industrial kitchen, and room for a rural hospital (plans are in the works). We will be sleeping on cots in tents that are air conditioned (when working J ) and hold approx. 15 people each.
Work: We will be coming underneath the direction and leadership of CCC Haiti. We hope that everything we do will be with and alongside of Haitian college students. Our activities will most likely involve working around the Chambrun property –maintenance and special projects, helping out at the school (if needed), serving at local IDP (Internally Displaced People) camps – medical, praying, etc., sharing the gospel at colleges, and caring for the families connected to the university community affected by the earthquake. We do hope to have faculty and ministry partners come with us. If this happens we will also be hoping for opportunities for them to lecture, share in a university setting.
Tour: We will visit local churches and communities, take a tour of the damage, spend a “fun” day at the beach, hear testimonies, and hopefully some other fun cultural exchange.
Develop: We will spend regular time together worshipping, praying, and learning from God’s word – focusing on the continued theme of Freedom from BWC especially as it relates to the poor and oppressed. We will also learn more about Haiti and the historical and cultural context we are ministering in.
Deadlines:
Nov. 8th – CCC Staff need to confirm travel.
Nov. 15th – Student applications due.
Nov. 22nd – Students applications processed.
Nov. 30th – $300 non-refundable deposit due from students.
Dec. 15th – Another $300 non-refundable deposit due from students.
Jan 1st – Total balance due for students.
Click Here to download great guidelines for raising finances and developing ministry partners.
BWC-Haiti Promo Flyer: please use this flyer for promoting this double-opportunity in January: print it, cut it and distribute it, attach it and email it, enlarge it and poster it.
Other Questions? – Jarrod.Lynn@uscm.org
