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This year has been a very challenging one for us, but God has sustained us through it all. We suffered major losses in Haiti due to the earthquake, flooding from torrential rains and hurricanes. My husband and the president of MOM, Dr. Edward Fisher, suffered a massive stroke on July 10. But God stepped in and performed a miracle in his life. He is progressing well with only a bit of aphasia remaining for which he is receiving speech therapy. He has retired from his private practice of medicine after 43 years of service. Hurricane Tomas - November 5, 2010 Hurricane Tomas roared
Click on the photos to see enlarged images of photos taken at the bakery.
In spite of these events, MOM managed to feed many at the Solar Bakery in Petite Riviere DeNippes in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Torrential Rain and Flooding - Anse-a-veau - February 2010 Anse-aveau suffered through torrential rains in the aftermath of the earthquake. Agriculture in the community was destroyed as flood waters flooded gardens and large tracts of planted fields. Homes and businesses were slammed with flood waters which left tons of mud deposited on properties and businesses. Mud was everywhere! Click on the photos below to see some of the devastation.
Devastated business areas. Open for business!
A woman's work is never done! A woman salvaging crop from flooded field!
Knee deep in mud! Trying to get clean!
Reclaiming homes and live from the flood waters!!
Damaged gardens and banana groves. Villagers looking at their flooded gardens and roads
The Earthquake of January 12, 2010
Fond Verrette's Educational Project We planted food
crops in Fond Verrette that is now providing the salary for 5 teachers in Fond
Verrette while MOM supports4 teacher salaries to educate the poorest of
the poor in Robio in a very mountainous and isolated area of Fond Verrette.
School supplies were purchased and distributed to 260 children.
The Fond Verrette School is shown here. Distribution of supplies, classroom session, the teachers and pupils and free lunch from MOM!
Click on Photos to Enlarge. The Robio School - Located in a very mountainous region,these poorest of the poor in Fond Verrette District received school supplies and lunch from MOM support. They really need sustained support for a lunch program because the kids are malnourished and hungry most of the time! We need $240 US dollars per month per school to provide hot lunch to a total of 260 little ones. Will you help us to feed them with a tax-deductible donation? MOM sponsors 4 teachers for this school thanks to the generous support of the Women's Bible Study at Largo Community Church in Mitchellville, MD.
We shipped tents for the collapsed GOC University, school supplies, a solar-powered water filtration system, purchased small solar ovens and developed and paid for a human-powered satellite system to bring the remote village of Dupuy 2 in De Nippes on-line. The project is paid in full! We have encountered delays due to hurricane damage to structures at the center, but we are almost ready to go on-line using the Pedal Watts System. If you have already made your year-end gift to Mercy Outreach Ministry International, Inc. (MOM) to help sustain our work in Haiti, thank you! If you haven’t had a chance, it is not too late to make your tax-deductible gift for 2010. No amount is too small and every dollar will be used to alleviate the suffering of the poor in Haiti. You can review our projects and activities on www.haitipoverty.com, www.mercyoutreachministry.org www.fishersworld.com/mom.htm, and www.rebuild-goc.org. Please make a tax-deductible donation today via Pay Pal. Thank you for your support and please share this web page with your family, friends, and your church Please share on the social networks, too
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Our solar bakery became an emergency feeding center for earthquake victims in De Nippes and
for those fleeing the epicenter of the quake (Port-au-Prince) as seen in the
photos below.
