Hello Friends,
We missed you last week!
Wasn’t it just yesterday that we were shopping on Black Friday for your gifts?
At the end of our Black Friday event the hallway at our Cap Haitien Maternity Center looked like this.
These supplies will help save the lives of hundreds of mothers and children and keep families together.
One of the best parts of the day was getting to watch members of our Second Mile Haiti team shop for the supplies that they use every day in their programs.
This was especially true for gifts like Literacy Kits & the Gift of Art Therapy.
Daniel, Dacheline, and Magdalie are three of the psychologists on our team.
When they aren’t teaching daily education courses that help parents learn what to do when their children get sick, they are holding space for caregivers to process their thoughts & emotions through art.
On Black Friday, they travelled off-campus to stock up on supplies like paint and fabric, choosing items they knew would bring the most genuine smiles to the faces of the caregivers they work with daily.
Support towards our Holiday Catalog also provided the funds for 20 more Solar Street Lamps, bringing added safety to an area without access to electricity.
These lights shine brightly over a previously unlit stretch of road leading to our Cap Haitien Maternity Center campus.
Before, when there were no street lamps, many women who went into labor late at night or very early in the morning stayed home for fear of venturing out into complete darkness.
Now, they have a safe place to go and a safe path to get there.
Speaking of births, say hello to one of the newest additions to the Second Mile Haiti family!
In the past 48 hours, our Midwife and Nurse teams in Saint Raphael and Cap Haitien have supported five families in welcoming their newborns.
37-year-old Cido, a client of the Cap Haitien Maternity Center, welcomed her third child exactly 48 hours ago. She told the team that she is was so glad she took the chance to come to Second Mile Haiti for prenatal care and birth.
She attended 8 prenatal visits and another 7 prenatal education classes. She received treatment for chronic hypertension and a medication regimen that can help prevent preeclampsia.
And then she had a smooth induction and delivery.
When we think about all the stories we could tell this week, this one stands out, not because it’s extraordinary, but because it’s what we hope for all women everywhere.
Mothers who are alive and with their children.
As we look towards 2024, we want to thank you for your support this year.
The Holiday Catalog donations, the monthly donations, and the checks you send—make this work possible.
We’re making great progress towards our year-end fundraising needs.
Today we are just $19,900 shy of our year-end goal—where every donation to the Holiday Catalog makes a difference.
If you can, we hope you will support Second Mile Haiti with a year-end gift today.