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Tony and Myrtha have worked with Star of Hope Haiti for more than 20 years. They have asked to write a blog for you. Enjoy their life experiances in Haiti.

August 26,2010

Star of hope Haiti staff organized a second Haitian craft table exposition in First Baptist Church in Ellinwood Kansas . In this event many contacts has been made for Star of hope and  participants have the opportunity  to eat delicious Haitian food and to listen to Jean-Marc  singing famous Haitian song  called Choucoun that American known as Yellow Bird. Beside craft table of many different pieces exposition,  Myrtha prepared 10 different meals for this event to promote star of hope work in Haiti and to make funds –raising  to support  sewing course class for 30 youth and adults in Boyer  community that she will be the teacher.  Myrtha was working for Star of hope Haiti for 15 years , today she would like to be volunteer  to share her modeling and sewing experience and knowledge  with people  in Boyer community,  she would like to teach a maximum of 30 young and adults ladies to be professional  seamstress in 9 months, so they can be able  to make all kinds of clothes to open their own business to sell and make dress.  This sewing class project that she is working on called “community commerce for growth”  She would like to start this coming  October  but students graduation is scheduled next Jun.  Any donation is accepted like needle, fabric, scissors, money, sewing machines, etc…  She would like to provide materials, supplies and machine to  each student, but the sewing machine will be given  as a loan that the students  will  pay back when they start their business after graduation.  They money that students will pay back will be used to buy new machines to move the project to another community where star of hope has development cooperation work.  Tony      

August 25th, 2010

Me and 4 other members of Star of hope Haiti staff are  in Kansas to attend to the Harp concert "Heartland for Haiti" that Star of hope office Kansas organize to  make funds-raising  to support schools reconstruction  in Haiti.  The concert took place on August 22 in Communiby Christian Church in Kansas and was performed by Michael O' Harper, Melanie Ryan singer, Louis Bar and Laura Cantu dancers. Beside the concert haitian staff made an exposition of Haitian artisanal products that we brought in Kansas in our suite cases .  Participants of the concerts are all interested in Haitian art, they gave  a donation for each product they get from the exposition to support sewing lesson class in Boyer school .

Laura Cantu, professional dancer  performing in the concert, gets in the exposition a big lizard multicolor painted made of paper mashed by Haitian artist, she loves it so much that she puts the lizard on her chest like she carry a baby (see picture).  After this first experience of haitian handcrafts exposition in US that has been a success, it comes in our mine instantly to open an art center program in some SOH schools to teach big children to be an artist to  produce kind of artisanal products to sell in haiti and in USA as well in Sweden. The profit will support high school and university education for the kids we are supporting in Haiti.  we are going to work on this project, mean while we are expecting feedback, suggestion, idea, support from anyone who might interesting in  making this project feasible and realizable soon in SOH schools in Haiti.  Tony   

August 19th, 2010

Population of Hesse has not ceased to work hard constantly to make everything possible to start reconstruct school and church building that was collapsed by the Haiti earthquake in January 12^th. They have already buy new piece land to relocate the school, they collected local construction material on site, they are making contact with organizations national and international  for help. Now they are fixing 3km road to give access for trucks to transport materials in the site. They are in hurry because they would like to have new school building finished before the end of this year so they can moving 400 children from temporary  class-rooms to a new  definitive school building.  Anyone who want to help  is invited to join Star of hope in the reconstruction effort to rebuild  schools that were collapsed or damaged by the earthquake. . 

August 13th, 2010

We had the pleasure of visiting two schools Boyer (located in the central part of Haiti) and Jeanton (located in the North part of Haiti) which Star of Hope Haiti has been supporting for more than 20 years. The visit was inspired by the wonderful donations of two golf clubs located in Maryland. The members of the golf clubs collaborated together in donating shoes of all different sizes and colors to the children. In making an effort for each child to feel special there was a raffle made in which each child was called randomly to choose his or her shoe.  All 640 children were elated as they were given the opportunity to start off their school year with new footwear. Star of Hope Haiti would like to send a special thanks to all who played a part in making their day shine.

With your help Star of Hope would like the chance to change the lives of more children affected by the terrible disaster of January 12^th, 2010. We would like the opportunity to produce a back to school bag pack consisting of school supplies, uniform, shoes, and books for the start of the new school year. This can happen with a donation of 50 dollars and you can be the reason why a child will be given the opening in starting their school year properly.  Any donation can help make a change in the lives of the children of Haiti.

August 11th, 2010
Church and school in Hesse have been totally destroyed by the earthquake that killed more than 300,000 people in Haiti. Star of hope that has being  supported this community for more than 10 years has decided to help them to reconstruct school and church that means so much for the whole community that will cost about $584,540.00 US. Star of hope has already released $10.000 to help them buy a new land to relocate the school. Population so happy and so excited of star of hope first step effort  to provide them  a bigger piece of land to rebuild the school, are collecting stone as part of local contribution while waiting for star of hope to make the second  step of putting money available to start the reconstruction   work soon.  More than 25 cubic metric stone have been collected today, they said that their goal is to collect about 250 cub metric, so they decide to continue working every day together by rotation to collect that volum of big stones to be available on site when it comes to build the school foundation base that will be made of stone, sand, cement , etc…  that volume of stone is an important contribution local that values more than $3,000.00. That is for us an encouraging effort of the population that will certainly incite us to start school reconstruction activities as soon as funds will be available.     

August 10th, 2010
donnation of shoes from members of Congressional and Columbia Country Clud in US have been delivered by FedEx to star of Hope Haiti office yesterday. we are counting and  classifying   shoes by age, size, and type. Star of hope is planing to distribute them to 200 children in Jeanton and 400 in Boyer school. As soon as we finish the inventory process to know how pairs are available we will decide if there are enough to give to more children in a third school. But for sure we are going in one trip to Boyer and Jeanton on August 12 this week to do the first distribution. It is a great occasion to thank all donors who sent those shoes to the kids, We are 100% sure that children will keep the shoe they are going to receive to wear for next coming school year. So shoes are one of the items beside uniform, books, etc... that star of Hope will put in school kit to give to kids to go school this next school year. So we  invite any one who want to help a kid in Haiti to go school to feel free to give any donation in this category. Because our goal for this coming school year is to distribute 5000 schooling kits  to help 5000 kids to start new school year with hope and confidence in learning. Thank you to help us helping kids in need to go school.    

August 6th, 2010
star of hope delivered food again to Boys Detention Center in Carrefour yesterday. It is the second time in less than a month we provide food to that center that welcome more than 300 boys street to have better life. It is a very nice center call  Centre d'acceuil de Carrefour, it has been founded by the Governement long time a go with very nice building and play ground facilities but it is facing big financial problem. The needs are so huge that it is has been runing by the government in cooperation with NOG's institutions. Any group is invited to help and bring assistance to educate, feed and take good care of those boys in need.   The food we gave is from Lifeline organization that Jesus Love and Faith is the first contact organization that request food support to that Center through Star of Hope. Yesterday we delivered 33 boxes of rice and meat mixed together ready to cook.  Staff and boys join to Star of hope to thank lifeline and JL&F that this blessing support    

August 6th, 2010
Star of hope staff visit Family Rose Elene Bojilus in Paillant to inform them that Star of Hope is going to help them built a new house of 35 square meter. The house will be made of  concrete  foundation slab, cemente boc walls and ttin roof. The size of house is big enough for Mme. Bojilus to live in  with her  nine children single for more than 8 years .  she lost her husband that was sick when the last child was 15 days old. The new house that we are going to build for this family will have a galery (3mx3m), living-room (4mx3m) two bed-rooms (3mx3m each). 
the house they are living now for more 25 years is very small  less than 10  square meter. When it rains they get wet and too small for 10 people. So you can imagine how happy they are when they have been informed today they will have soon a new house bigger, nicer and solid to resist against hurricane and earthquake. Mme Bojilus and 3 of 9 children  stand up in the middle on the spot where the new house will be built to thank God and the sponsors who have given money for the construction of a new house for them. They looked at the sky with hands up to  thank Star of hope and the sponsors not only for the gift of a new house but also for the continuous support of food, education and health care to her son Junior, the boy in the picture. Junior was sick so bad  that the family though he was going to die. He get saved thanks to star of hope sponsor who help Junior to have food, health care and education. 
the construction will start next week, it will take 4 week to finish for the whole family to move in. They join star of hope haiti staff to thank all sponsors who have given money to help Junior to be alive and specialy for the new house that they are very thankfull for.
    
August 4th, 2010

Members of two  Golf club in DC USA , Columbia and Congressional club , send  more than 800 pairs of shoes to Star of Hope to give to children in our projects.  We receive a notification from a member of the clubs that the shoes will arrive on August 4^th by DHL, so next week we will start giving them away  to children from 3 of 11 schools that star of hope is supporting in Haiti, those schools are Boyer, Jeanton  and  Carrefour orphanage. Children  have been informed today that they are going to receive shoes, they are so happy to that they are making drawing to send to the  members of thoses for nice shoe gift that they are in great need to wear to go school this comimg new school year.  My Brother Berthin is working for those clubs for more than 25 years, he is the person who made the first contact with  Congressional and Columbia club members  who send the shoes and also pay  all fees for shipment.  Star of hope and children joint together to greet and thank them warmly.

july 20,2010-

Schools in Haiti used to close for summer brake in June but this year the government require to keep school open till July because of the earthquake that affected schools so bad that they staid closed for  about months. However most schools supported by star of hope in haiti are organizing final exams for the kids. Some of them are already in vacations but  waiting to have report card soon to know if they succeed the school year to be an upper class or failed to repeat the class. Children from Jeanton school have recreating summer program in school: singing, dancing, video game, cinemas, beach journey, all kinds of programs to keep children happy and have good summer time to help them kill fear and traumatisms that the earthquake left behind.   funs program they have  today was planting plants and trees around the school to make school looks better next school year.  The trees they have planted today in front of preschool new building are in honor of the donors who had given money topay for the construction in the profit of  the small kids in Jeanton.   They are very proud of the building that is very nice painted and attractive.

July 13, 2010-

Star of hope , jeanton school staff and parents meet for the first in the new preschool building to plan on  the next school year that is scheduled  to open in September  to June. All parents were present to debate how to work together to transform school to model school. It was a very interesting moment for the parents to be part of such important issues of how to improve children education in all star of hope schools.  It was also a unique occasion for them to see and appreciate the new preschool construction. For the majority of parents the new building inspires confidence  that children will receive  better education. Because not only the new building will allow to decongestion the primary class-rooms  but also it is nice looking  to welcome preschool children next coming school year. The class-rooms are spacious, painted, decorated very attractive  with better class-rooms  furniture , what will certainly offer better working teaching environment .  The parents as well the school staff profited of that occasion  to thank all sponsors in Sweden and US who have given money to build the preschool in Jeanton that makes them proud of the school and the community.   

July 1rst 2010- Star of hope Haiti is distributing special gifts money envelops to children with parents in all star of hope school in Haiti. many hundreds kids from 10 differents schools received this week an envelop with money that their sponsors sent as a specal gift  directly the kids or family for personnal use. some kids and parents said their money will be usefull to buy food, medicine, to buy clothes and shoes or to make small busisness or to buy animals to raise to make more money. Children are more than happy because tey are receiving the money in good  time when it is  summer break . Children said it is not pleasant to be broke in summer vacations. for most of them the money will be spent in candy, new clothes. new shoe, in football, in games, etc... children send greetings and thanks to their sponsor for the special gift money that is more than welcome for the kids to have a better summer time.




 June30th- 2010
Myrtha and I have been to carrefour orphanage today to distribute clothes that the two last Kansas star teams left for us to give to children in star of hope project. We have decided to give them to kids of Children Home orphanage. They were happy to have new clothes to wear for the summer vacations. we have set up all clothes on two big tables in order by size and by type so children can choose and pick up what they like most. Every one has right to choose only two pieces. Some kids have choosen t-shirt, pants, dress, others get bedsheet. They looked very happy and are very thanksfull to all of you for your precious donation.   
tony

June 27,2010  Jantean new preschool construction is progressing to completion. The preschool class- rooms, the toilet, the kitchen and the fence are from one week to be completed.  Children, staff and community are proud of the new construction .  children like the patio in fromt the preschool class as a seating area to sociolize  in breaktime.  even the patio is till under construction they start using it while the mason is working to finish it next week. Tony

june 14 2010-
 
StarTeam arrived this morning at the beach house near to jeanton , it is where they are going to stay for 4 days. everyday they will drive 15 mn to jeanton to work and comeback home in the evening. Tthis evening they have been to jeanton church where they were invited to take part to a welcome church service. all the kids  and school staff were present to meet them and  welcome them,  they sung, pray god to protect them and thank them for coming. Ttomorrow will be their day of work : men will the new kitchen roof on, girls will start painting the elementary school bulding. 

june 12,2010-

The team  arrived in Haiti safe, all suitcases are found quickly.   people and all  suitcases fit in three cars. They have their first meal at 8.00 PM ,just after diner Denis and I give a presentation of Haiti, star of hope  work and Jeanton project. They like so much the presentation that  we had to answer lots of questions of team members . We talked also about schedule and work plan for next week in Jeanton where they will have spycho-social session with the kids and help with the construction like to paint, make school furnitures and put new roof in new preschool building. 

Tomorrow we will leave here to Jeanton for 5 days work. The local leaders invite the team members at 3 pm to welcome  them in a church  service in Jeanton  where the team  will meet for the first time the kids and parents to introduce each another to be ready to work together next week. They have already enjoyed the first day they are in haiti and will enjoy better the nextcoming working days  in Jeanton with the kids and population who are looking forward to meet them.  Every one of the team look verry happy for coming in mission trip in Haiti,

 tony

june 11, 2010
 preschool anex jeanton school construction that star of hope is financing is progessing with geant steps to be completed soon.  Children and parents  are waiting to welcome  star mission volonteers team coming from Kansas tomorrow to help the local team to put the roof on and paint the buildings and make tables and chaises for the class-rooms. May God bless Stars kansas team  for coming in Haiti to make a difference in Jeanton Tony

June 10-2010:

Yesterday Denis and I have been to Hesse, we were invited to the general annual meeting of the local organization.  They celebrated same time the  15^th anniversary of the group.  More than 2 hundreds men and women participle to the meeting and they are all members of that group named “Organization Independante  pour Avancement   Grande Colline” it has been founded in June 1995 in Hesse that Star  has long tradition development cooperation for more than 10 years:  Star of Hope is supporting education for 350 kids and agriculture and livestock  for parents in Hesse.  To go to that meeting we left Port-Au-Prince at 6 Am and arrived at 9Am. We drove 60 Km  paved road  for one and half hour and 15km rocky road for another 1 and half hour.  After they welcome us as Star of Hope Employee they started the meeting and reported   to the members the accomplishment, the income and expenses of the last years. Many people spoke about the development problem that the organization need to focus this year.  They mentioned  agriculture, road, water and children education to improve better for the next coming years. They profited the occasion to thank all donors who give money to reconstruct Hesse school and church buildings that was collapsed by the earthquake of January 12, 3010. Every body was happy to hear about school and church reconstruction soon, every one want to talk to express gratitude and to say thank you to  star of hope and donors. The meeting lasted more than 6 hours and every body wanted  to talk to say something about problems  in hesse and solution to solve them. We have seen more women than men in the meeting. It was a very fructuous group debate about development work to improve condition of live of the population. At 1 o’clock pm we have served good food and drinks and immediately after we left the meeting and come back to Port-au-Prince with tone of problems to help them to solve in the next five coming years on education, road, water, road , agriculture health, micro-credit loan to make business in Hesse. Any one is invited to be part of it to make a difference in Hesse. Tony   

June 4th 2010-  Star of hope staff visit Jenton school construction to evaluate the quality and quantity work already done since the construction  has begun 2 weeks ago.  Construction of new toilette, new preschool building of 3 class-rooms, new kitchen and new fence  are 50% done. By the time kansas team come to put the roof on,  the local group will go forward to get building done to the phase for kansas team to complete the roof and to paint the building.  many jobs have been created about 27 people are working as masson, carpenter, workers, helper to complete the building in three weeks. jeanton construction work is financed by star of hope for a total $20,000.00 to improve jeanton school infrastructure in the benefit of 230 children education. The buildings will be made of concrete slab floor, reinforced cement bloc wall and wooden and tin roof. On behalf of the kids we thank all sponsors who give money to improve jeanton school buildings.

June 3 2010


star team from kansas accomplished tremendeous work in Hesse school, Carrefour orphanage and in Dano to work with kids and parents that are traumatized by the earthquake that killed more than 250,000 people in Haiti, one the most humanitarian action that they have done is to walk from Hesse to Dano through many mountains in very bad weather to deliver a donkey to Wilguens a boy that lost recently his mother during the quake. he needs this donkey badly to help him carry goods from and to market place, to carry water from the springs to the house, to carry crops in harvest time from the farms. donkey is a very helpfull animal in countryside in haiti. When parents can not afford to buy a donkey they use children to do the donkey job. So Wilguens was very happy to receive the donkey gift from star of hope sponsors to help him in daily tasks. Your help through star of hope can make great difference where people are in great need. A Bientot! Tony


May 30, 2010

The Kansas mission team has completed a great week work with kids and parents from Hesse  that is one of the 11 localities in Haitistar of hope has development cooperation work. they stayed 4 days in Hesse (Sunday to Wednesday) where they shared gospel with the population and helped 350 children and school staff  to speak out their fear, their emotion, their problem that the earthquake left behind. They helped them broken their dramatization through funds time program of singing, playing, game, making basket and bracelet and bible story.  In spite of bad weather they had courage to work under rain fall t every day with the kids in Hesse school. Tuesday is the only day there were no session because it had been raining  badly all day long but they had decided instead to walk 2 km from Hesse to Dano to deliver a donkey to a boy named Wilguens who has his mother died in PAP by the earthquake. The time the most exciting for Kansas missionaries was to help making mother gift kit full of sugar, rice, soap, tooth paste, pasta, spaghetti, cooking oil and strainer. On Mother’s day they walked in door to door the community to deliver the kit gifts to the mothers. Strong relationship has been built between the population and the missionaries, it was a rich experience for both group to meet together to have cross culture experience. They come back to PAP on Wednesday night and continue their mission next day to  Carrefour orphanage where they passed full day with 130 kids living in that orphanage. They worked with them and had good time together singing, playing and fructuous friendship conversation together.  The last day to leave Haiti, they had just time to go Jeanton to deliver 80 kits gifts to mothers for Mother’s day and had short time to buy some souvenir before to go the airport to flight back to US.    We thank all the 10 missionaries for coming to Haiti to help: children, parents and staff are very thankful for good and fructuous work they have done in the benefit of kids and parentsin Haiti. May God bless you all! Tony 

May 22, 2010

Kansas mission team arrived safe at PAP airport. they are in haiti to have psyco-social session work with traumatized children who  attend star of hope school in Hesse. They get home this evening at 5:30 PM . Their first meal was haitian food: rice and bean, goat meat and vegetable. they love it.  some of them looked very tired and go to sleep early some still have lot of energy after long trip from Kansas to Haiti to sung and play gospel music. One string of the guitar is broken that slow down the music. tomorrow everybody will weakup early to have breakfast at 6;30 to be able to leave at 7:00 AM to Hesse where they are going to meet the kids in the mountains. it is about 3 and half hours of drive. They are very exited to be there and work with the kids.  A Bientot
Tony

May 14, 2010- 


May 19 2010 - I have been to les Palmes today to visit 1300 kids that star of hope support education program for them since 1998. All the way long the road from Petit Goave( the nearest town), it was sad to observe damage of the earthquake leaft behind: many houses of poor people collapsed forced them to live in the  tents, land slide destroyed farm fields that people depend on .  In Les Palmes project where star of hope support school, the church is down as well the preschool building that are located just at the entance of the compound. The church that was  built in 1950 was a nice beautifull building that was made of local material of wooden truss roof and write stone. The church that is collapsed  is big lost for the community because it used to welcome in sunday mass more than 500 people to worship God. Today a big tent is built on the ruine for temporary class to welcome preachool kids , first and second graders who looked very happy to attend school in a big tent made of wood pole and plastic top cover.



 I have a special request to address to you all who use to read my bogs  about the voodoo priest Yves who has been repented  to accept God during the last visit of Kansas mission team in Boyer..  He would like to get married as soon as possible but he can not afford wedding expenses  according to the Haitian tradition . As I will be the best man  of his wedding he mandates me to request  for him from anybody of good will  to help him getting  the following needs for him and his wife:

1-      Mr. Styves needs

-          Wedding suite,   pants (30w, 30L)

-          White Small shirt long leave

-          Red Tie

-          Black shoe # 38 (may be equivalent #8) and socks

2-      Madame Styves needs

-          Long white dress bellow knee

-          Black shoe  # 39

-          Wedding lady hat (white)

3-      Reception fees :$1200

-          CAKE :--------  $ 150

-          DRINK: ----------350

-          FOOD:-----------500

-           MISC :-----------200

4-      Radio to listen to Christian music

He would like to marry in Boyer Christian church to invite all his friends and patients that he used to care in his voodoo temple to prove them  that he totally rejects  Satan to  accept Jesus for the rest of  his life.  He hope and will pray for all friends  to fallow him. His dream is to have Pastor Tracy to celebrate his wedding with pastor Leconte  who are the ones who  talked to him about Jesus and Baptized him and family last March when the last Kansas mission team was in Haiti.

Anyone who would like to help Mr. Yves to get married , contact Star of Hope office in Kansas  via emails barry.borror@starofhope.org  or call at: 620 564 3355.

May 13, 2010

 the 340 children attend Hesse school today are very happy to be aware of new school reconstruction that Star of hope is helping the community to build in their best interest in the future. A long term agreement is signed today between Star of Hope and Hesse school comittee to help them improving  development work and running the new school as a model school. Children and school staff were witness when the agreement is signed, so happy they applauded after the signature of both parties. A Bientot! Tony

May 10 2010 - we are in a preparation process to receive a mission team work coming from Kansas and that will be lead by Star of hope Kansas, the organizer.  we are now mobilizing resources and put activities plan in place to repair Jeanton elementary school roof that need serious repair roof framing and to build 2 class-rooms and an office room in the school yard and the same time rebuild the school latrine and kitchen that are in bad shape.  it will cost about $20.000 US  for the construction activities only. any donation and participation of all kind is welcome to support the mission team trip and the work that they are going to accomplish in jeanton in the benefit of 220 children to have a better model school.  A bientot! Tony


May 5, 2010.-  we had a long meeting with Hesse  local team yersterday to see how and where to relocate the church to make more room to rebuild hesse school in a bigger land. school and the church has been founded together more than 50 years and was built in a very small piece of land. both was collasped by the earthquake, so hesse  leaders have finaly axcepted to move the church from the school land. the church will be relocated about 200 m far from the school on another piece land that star of hope will help them to purchase. so  hesse will beneficiate from start of hope a new model school compound soon to welcome 350 hids to attend school from preschool to 6th grade level. thank you to all those who help us to help haitian people victims of the earthquake. A bientot! tony   

May 3, 2010 - The whole staff have been to Dominican republic last weekend for relaxing brake time.  It was fun and enjoyable to be together outside of the office for while. we are all comback yearsterday to get back to work. Today Denis and I are going to hesse to start the process of rebuilding school and church buildings thar are collapsed by the earthquake. star will help them to buy a new land to rebuild a new school compound to be model school and build to be earthquake proof. Tonight I will update this information after i will be back from hesse. A bientot!
tony

April 27, 2010 - 12 temporary classrooms made of lumber 2 x 4 and tins are completed in Rigaud's school.  Children , school staff, parents are happy to see this job done in few days.  School is opened since March but functioning outside the school building in open air; under trees; less than 50% of kids show up because they are afraid to attend school in heavy building and also were uncomfortable to attend school outside,they were bothered by either the sunshine or rain and wind.  Since yesterday  the classrooms are completed  to welcome children and teachers, more than 80% come back to school  because they feel safer now because of the light look structure.  This project is  financed by Star of Hope for $8,000 US in Rigaud  donated by Star of hope donors.  Build  temporary class-rooms  is part of back to school program to encourage children return to school. More class-room are under construction in other schools  supported by Star of hope that were callopsed or damaged by the earthquake while we are searching  more funds to rebuild all damaged and colapsed schools in haiti.  Star of hope haiti,  on behalf of the children in the projects, thank you all donors for making this  project possible. A Bientot!  Tony and Myrtha


April 24 2010 - government of haiti said loundly in the news that two tankers of gas arrived in the port of PAP this ending week, but until today 95% of gas stations are close, for the fews that are open and sell gas, they line is so long that it takes day to reach the pump to get gas. Denis and I are always lucky when we go out looking for gas, we always find a gap near to the gas pumps where we can back up or drive forward in front of line to get gas quikly without broken the line. That happen in two occasions this week, the first time we were way back in the line and a police man, for not  blocking the intersection of the road where we were stopping in the long line, order us to leave the line and direct us to move forward to the pump and back up the car to the pump to make gas.  The second time is today, we were driving all over PAP to find a pump that is selling gas after long time hunting for gas we finally found  a pump that is just about to open and line is just started to form . When we arrived to that gas station we were in second position in the line and by the time to full the car the line increase so fast that we could not see the  end of the line.  We were so happy to be able to have gas so easy that we were  laughing, screaming of joy and  talking only about it all way long to go back home . For us it was a great victory! Continue reading my blog, much more to share with you. A bientot!  Tony

April 22 2010 - star of hope is very helpfull to University, schools, refugies camps, orphanage and hospital who received those tents and medical supplies from us those days in the benefit of the victims of the quake. Today we  provided 5 big tentes to the universite  Notre Dame for class-rooms in the profit of students who used to attend school out side in open air. we provided also medical suplies, mattress, bed equipments, stretches to the hospital Heartline Ministries, who  taking care of emputees and injured patients victim of the horrible earthquake of January 12 2010.  Star of hope operation of humanitarian supplies to the victims will continue, tomorrow we will provide tents and more medical supplies the hospital of Mirebalais. we are very thankfull to all donors who help us to help victim of the quake  who need help in haiti. A bientot! Tony

April 20th 2010 - Last night rain fall for 6 hours non-stop on Plaine-du-Cul-de-Sac where I live.  There is risk of flooding in that region ( airport PAP area) this week if  rain continue falling down. This morning when I walked up I found 6 inches water all over my yard. April 19th 2010 - Government of haiti anounced this morning that gas thanker has arrived in Port-au-Prince port last night and fuel will be available in all gas stations from tomorrow morning . It is a big uff  because every one was tired about gas shortage.  continue reading me, lot more to share with you. A bientot!  Tony


April 19 2010 - Fuel problem persist is Haiti, gas stations empty of fuel since last week and the problem will continue till the next tanker arrives on 26 of april.  Denis and I are going to Rigaud school this Morning to take new pictures of kids for sponsorship program and we have gas in the car just bearly enough to go and back. On our way  we will looking for street gas vendor to buy one or two galons that is a black market because the cost of a galon of gas is double on the street. projects visits activities in the office could be suspended temporary this week because of fuel problem. Keep reading me, I have much more to share with you. A bientot! Tony


April 18 2010 - Denis and I have been to Marigot yersterday to distribute goats and chickens that Star of Hope donors have given money to buy for the kids. It is our fourth trips in four differents villages to give those kifts to the kids in presence of their parents. we have distributed in total 99 goats  in Dano, hesse, Boyer, jeanton, rigaud and Marigot. Children are very happy and are very thankfull to the donors.  In Marigot we were all surprised  to see a child brought a turkey instead 2 chicken that he should buy with the money. When we ask him why he preferes turkey he said it is because that every year in spring time chicken get deases and many died but never happen to turkey. He is really a smart boy.  Also in marigot, our car key get lock in the car. we were anxious and panicked no way to open doors aftter severals tries. 30 minutes after a young guy came with a iron tick and said let me try to open the door. we have tried and failed for 30 minutes but he succeed in less than 2 minutes. it is amazing to wath him and we were so happy that we gave him 500 gdes as reward.


April 14th 2010 - Tony asked me to update you on yesterday. He is on the road to Boyer to check on the pay it forward goat project.  Yesterday was interesting. There is little fuel in the country so travel and the generator useage has to be closely monitored. He went to the warehouse where we have all the donated supplies that came from Sweden to distribute some of the items to partner organizations that need them. Grace Village where the Haiti Love and Faith girl's home is located it home to 20,000+ refugees. He was pleased to send materials for those refugees. The other partner was told that the items were quite large and bring a big truck. They showed up with a small truck that could only load a small sample of the items.  Another day will be spent when they can send a big truck.  This is typical of each day for Tony. (Barry Borror Executive Director, Star of Hope USA)


April 13th 2010 - Barry and I, we went to a meeting in Petion-Ville, in the way back w

e stopped in many gas station to make gas in the car but all of them are out of diesel because government did not pay the shipping on time. we ewere obliged to buy gas in the street from a man who was selling some from plastic botles for higher price. April 13th 2010 
I was born in La vallee de Jacmel a lovely place in south East Haiti