Slide 2 Operation: Papoose A Soft Beginning for Babies in Haiti
Slide 3 Many Haitian women walk miles to deliver their babies, with
no promise of delivering in a bed. Many have to walk home after
delivery with their newborns wrapped in newspapers. Please help
wrap these precious babies in warm, clean blankets Slide 4 97% are
without healthcare 1.5 million are homeless 80% live in abject
poverty 1 out of 5 will die before age 5 >400,000 are orphans
Slide 5 Collecting any type of clean Baby Blanket: gently used,
new, handmade and /or SCRAPS OF Fabrics to make BLANKETS WITH:
Medical Mission Organizations will hand deliver to healthcare
workers for mothers in need. Pictures will be sent back to show how
they were received. Slide 6 BLANKETS (SEE GUIDELINES) & FABRIC
for making blankets (see guidelines) SUGGESTIONS SELECTING OR
MAKING BLANKETS: Due to the warmth of Haiti and poverty: 1.
LIGHT-WEIGHT FLEECE/FLANNEL/SOFT FABRIC 2. @ 40X44 INCHES OR BIG
ENOUGH TO GROW WITH 3. CLEAN/GENTLY USED WELCOMED 4. Fabrics to
make the Blankets welcomed Slide 7 eChapters Baby Blanket Goal: 30
Blankets for every Medical Mission 1 st trips: May 17 & May 23
2013 40 blankets needed by May 10- May 17 Slide 8 Baby Blanket
Supporters: Little by Little Haiti Sue Walsh
(littlebylittlehaiti.org) Centrua Health/Global Health Karla
Prentiss Centuraglobalhealth.org Lifeline Ministries Cynthia Martin
Lifeline.org Slide 9 Contact: Rhonda Susini [email protected] or
directly through eChapters NURSELINK.COM Slide 10 Shipping Tips
Haitian Proverb: Men anpil chay pa lou. Many hands make the load
lighter Some shipping companies may decrease costs if they know the
cause USPS has flat rate shipping UPS might be able to deliver
bulks at a reasonable price If you have a bulk of blankets and
cannot afford to ship, please contact Rhonda Susini for assistance
at [email protected] or directly through eChapters
NURSELINK.COM
