Haiti
December 2011 Update:
On December 19, 2011 Feeding The Nations will be shipping 285,000 meals out of Lynchburg, VA to Fishers of Men Ministries in Port Au Prince, Haiti. FTN will continue to support and provide this essential food for almost 3,000 children.
August 2011 Update:
August 19, 2011: A third 40 foot container this year has arrived in Port Au Prince. 285,000 meals cleared customs and was off-loaded and is now being made ready for distributions.
Good news! The container of food has arrived in Haiti, cleared customs and has been off-loaded all in time for school. What a blessing!
July 2011 Update:
FTN provided Fishers of Men Ministries with their 3rd 40 foot container of 2011. These 285,000 meals were loaded on July 14th and are now in transit to Port Au Prince, Haiti. Now 3,000 children will be fed daily with hot meals. With a full stomach the children pay attention in school and it has been proven that they learn so much more. Total meals provided to Fishers of Men Ministries in 2011 is 826,728.
May 2011 Update:
Good news! The container of food shipped on April 18, 2011 arrived at the Fisher's of Men Ministries compound on May 30, 2011 and is providing daily nutrition for the children.
April 2011 Update:
Feeding The Nations continues to partner with Fishers of Men Ministries in Port au Prince, Haiti, where so much devastation has recently taken place. On April 18, 2011 FTN donated another 270,864 meals to Fishers of Men Ministries which tangibly shares the love of Jesus to the needs of thousands daily who are broken, hurting and hungry.
March 2011 Update:
On March 29, 2011 FTN donated 26 pallets of vitamin supplements worth over $215,539 to Global Assist Network for distribution in Haiti.
February 2011 Update:
Haitian Orphans Receive Food
The Good Samaritan Children's Home in Trou du Nord, Haiti, is home for 103 orphans. With last year's devastating earthquake, the recent surge in food prices and the increased number of children on the feeding program, this home has not been able to make ends meet and has struggled to feed the children. Recently, Feeding The Nations provided over 6,000 meals to help ease this burden. The director, Wilbert Antoine, and the children were were so very grateful to receive the nutritious food and kept saying "Mesi anpil" (Thank you very much).
January 2011 Update:
On January 25, 2011 FTN donated 28,512 rice/vegetable meals along with over $36,500 worth of vitamin supplements to Cross International for the Foundation Mains Ouvertes.
On January 6, 2011 FTN loaded and shipped 270,864 rice/vegetable meals valued at $65,000 to Port au Prince. This food will be distributed by Fishers of Men Ministries International, as they feed 2,000 children each day. FTN has provided Fishers of Men Ministries 1,084,000 meals within the last 12 months. Thank you Feed My Starving Children for your support.
August 2010:
Special Update: We just received word from Brother Tim Johnson, director of the rapid response team, that over 200 Haitians refugees have received Christ through the food distributions and extended hands of Feeding The Nations.
July 2010 Update:
On July 8th the container with 270,864 meals for Children's
International Lifeline arrived in port and distributions are now taking place. On July 12th the container for Danita's Children also arrived in port.
June 2010 Update:
Container #16 with 42,000 pounds of food just arrived in Haiti. This container of food will be helping the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel in Port Au Prince. Since the recent earthquake the need is even greater than before. The Foursquare Gospel Church will feed the needy and hurting through orphanages, local schools, medical clinics and the homeless.
May 28, 2010 Update:
Partnering with Harvest Time International, FTN provided 42,000 pounds of rice/vegetable meals to Danita's Children in Ouanaaminthe, Haiti. The food will be distributed to their orphanage and school. They have a daily feeding program for over 133 children in the orphanage and 550 children in the school. Danita's Children provide 18,000 meals per month. This container of food will provide approximately 271,000 meals.
May 2010 Update:
Feeding The Nations was contacted by Children's International Lifeline asking for help in Haiti. CLI now feeds 2,000 children everyday. Ever since the earthquake the city of Port Au Prince has transported people to their front gate (5,000 total so far) asking that they be fed. On May 3rd FTN provided 270,864 meals for Haiti. Children's International Lifeline President Donald Curtis thanked FTN for our help and support for the needy of Haiti.
May 19, 2010 Update:
Great news!! The 14th container shipped to Haiti has arrived and is full of 17,000 lbs germ killing hand sanitizer from Purell valued at $56,258. This is a wonderful commodity as disease and clean-flowing water continue to be a challenge.
Update: A Harvest for Haiti
We thank everyone who has made this blessing possible. As 2 Corinthians 9:10 says, "Now he who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness." Surely your store and harvest have been increased thanks to your generosity.
April 2010 Update:
Feeding The Nations partnered with Global Aid Network by providing them with 29,657 pounds of food and vitamins. These supplies were loaded out of our Maryland warehouse and sent to Nehemiah Vision Ministries in Haiti.
April 2010 Update:
Arriving in Port Au Prince was 2 x 40 foot containers filled with 83,304 pounds of rice/vegetable meals. This was enough to provide 542,000 meals. Dr. Jay Threadgill of Fishers of Men Ministries International stated he was so grateful for all of the help and support provided by Feeding The Nations.
Feeding The Nations would like to express our appreciation to Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association and Nora Lam Chinese Ministries for helping with the transportation costs.
April 2010 Update:
A Harvest For Haiti
Efforts to reach Haiti continue as 35,200 pounds of seed corn makes its way to Port-Au-Prince. We rejoice in the possibility of such a bountiful harvest that this seed can provide and pray that it will meet with fertile soil.
Since the quake first struck Port-Au-Prince earlier this year, Feeding The Nations has given over 600,000 pounds (300 tons) of much needed food, tents, water purification systems and now seed corn. Thanks to our partnership with Pioneer Seed Company, 640-55-pound bags of yellow seed corn are on their way to Haiti to reach the hungry and hurting. That is a total of 35,200 pounds of planting seed that could fill 2,000 acres and has the potential to yield 8.4 million pounds of corn.
The shipment should arrive in Port-Au-Prince around April 16 and will be given to many needy farmers and church organizations that have planting fields. We rejoice in the possibility of such a bountiful harvest that this seed can provide. We pray for fertile soil, sufficient rains and the countless people who will benefit from the harvest.
February/March 2010 Update:
FTN Provides 2.5 Million Meals to Earthquake-Stricken Haiti
Feeding The Nations has mobilized 2.5 million meals, five water purification systems and 50 family tents for earthquake-stricken Haiti. The five water purification systems are now in use in Port au Prince providing clean drinking water. Over 500,000 pounds of rice/vegetable casserole meals, beans, rice , pasta, tomato sauce, corn, protein food bars, assorted soups, juice, applesauce, pudding and medical supplies are now arriving. Additional food is being staged for shipment. All 50 tents have arrived to be distributed through our emergency response team headed up by Tim Johnson from the Dominican Republic. But we refuse to stop there.
2.5 million meals have been collected from 12 states throughout the country. Yet, there is still far more that needs to be done.
As you know, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti Tuesday, January 12, nearly destroying its capital Port-au-Prince and affecting a third of its entire population. We immediately began gathering as many resources as possible to help Haiti through this devastating time. We pray that God will bless Haiti with the aid we have mobilized so far. But we pray that our efforts will go much further.
January 2010 Update:
A container with 270,864 fortified rice and soy protein meals arrived in Port Au Prince to the Fishers of Men Ministries the first week of January just days before the massive 7.0 earthquake devastated the city.
May 2009 Update:
On May 4, 2009, FTN shipped 35,145 pounds of white planting seed corn to Food for the Poor in Port Au Prince.
March 2009 Update:
The following is a first hand account from Pastor Daniel Sacino with Fishers of Men Ministries who helped in the distribution of the 40 foot container that arrived January 27, 2009 with 43,500 pounds of vita-meals.
Thank you Feeding The Nations!
After first hearing about the desperate situation in the region of Mabriol, Haiti my first reaction was yeah alright every place in Haiti is desperate. But after time God just put it on my heart that we were supposed to really help these people of Mabriol. I had met with the UN and applied for help, but we found none. But thankfully we had just received a shipment of food on January 27, 2009, one 40 ft container of rice casserole meals from Feed My Starving Children and Feeding The Nations. This food is for our orphanages but we could not close our eyes to the hungry and wanted to give a tithe of the food given to us. The reports were coming in that 20 children had died, that the situation was bad. This was an area hard hit by the hurricanes of 2008, and after the roads were fixed we sent a first load of cereal. The reports coming back were that these people needed much more help and fast as people were dying. Pastor Jay Threadgill decided I should go along with the next trip, and take some pictures and check out what is going on. Just to get to the location was a 5 hour trip, through narrow passages, over rivers, up and over rocks. When we arrived there the people were literally running to get to our truck. The people inside the church were thanking God, saying Merci Bondye (Thank You God) Merci Bondye over and over again. I realized quickly that this wasn't one of our normal food distributions. Some of the children that showed up had no clothes, most of them had no shoes, I had never seen kids in such bad shape, the little babies didn't even make a sound, their mothers said they were too hungry to even say momma. One of our Haitian pastors that we had brought could only say "I have never seen a place like this in all of Haiti, in all of my life." If a piece of cereal would fall on the ground they would run to it, and almost want to fight each other over it. I have never in my life seen a more sad and terrible situation. There were people on their knees thanking God, and crying, and running up to me saying thank you, thank you, and thank you. These people live in a place where it is all rocks, no crops, no fruit, no animals, cut off from the world, they have food for another week, but they are starving. I just thought to myself and got emotional thanking Jesus, I have never been hungry like these people. Everywhere we went we just handed out bags of food and rice meals. People would run behind our truck for a mile just to get a handful of cereal or if they could get a bag of rice casserole meals. My heart was breaking, and I know now what Jesus meant when he was talking about seeing Him thirsty and giving Him drink, and being Hungry and giving Him food. These are the kind of people he was talking about. Thank you Feeding The Nations for caring and wanting to help the hurting and dying children of Haiti.
December 2008 Update:
On December 17, 2008, Feeding The Nations loaded another 40 ft. container filled with 270,864 vita-meals to assist Fisher's of Men Ministries' Pastor Jay Threadgill who will use the food to support several orphanages throughout Haiti.
Four Storms in Four Weeks Makes Food Scarce
In just four weeks time, four storms have hit Haiti, unleashing destructive winds and rains on the small, already struggling island nation. An estimated 1 million are homeless and 345 are dead. Ten to 15 feet of water buries some towns and agricultural land. With food scarce and cupboards empty prior to the storms, any resources that were available are now gone, leaving the people in desperate need of rice, beans, cooking oil and water. In July, Feeding the Nations supplied Haiti with 120,000 pounds of food, but now we must do more.
May 2008 Update:
Between May 21-23, 2008, FTN shipped 3 x 40 ft. containers filled with 106,423 pounds of vita-meals, assorted canned vegetables, fortified cereal, and liquid nutritional supplements. These supplies will be distributed during the Haiti Harvest 2008 Outreach the first week of July. FTN is partnering with Messianic worship leader, songwriter and artist for Integrity Music Paul Wilbur and Bishop Gaspar Anastasi of Word of Life
Outreach Headquarters in Ft. Meyers, FL for this large crusade and concert to feed both
body and soul of the precious people of Haiti.
On January 16, 2008, FTN donated to Cross International 1 x 40 ft. container of assorted food product to be distributed to the needy of Haiti.
2007 YEAR IN REVIEW
UPDATE: FTN blessed Haiti with 43,000 pounds of fortified rice/vegetable meals worth $51,000.
Answering Haiti's Prayers
Food brings sustenance and spiritual revival.
Political and economical strife have a hold on the people of Haiti. Unfortunately those who often suffer the most are the children. FTN is working alongside Haiti Arise to bring 43,000 pounds of nutritional meals to the children. Two pastors share the stories of the impact the food has made.
Pastor Jay Threadgill of Church on the Rock in Port Au Prince said the food was distributed to the children in the local schools and to families within this church. The church has a membership of around 5,000. Since the food distribution and outreaches, they have grown from between 50 and 100 to 1,500.
Pastor Alix Dupoux in Bois Neuf is providing a fourth round of meals to 300 kids. The community rejoices and praises God for the blessings that are an answer to their prayers. The pastor hopes to provide meals for the over 2,500 prisoners whose average age is 25 years old. The prison operates far beyond maximum occupancy and holds mostly political prisoners who are held with no charges filed.
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