OUR MISSION IN HAITI & THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
December 14, 2010
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November 23, 2010
In November, 2010, Dr. Snodgrass and Dr. King led a team of eleven Snodgrass-King
staff members to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. They stopped in Sosua, DR at the
Haitian and Dominican Assistance Corporation’s, Monkey Jungle Clinic, where they treated over 200 of the Dominican’s poorest of the poor.
In May of 2010, SnodgrassKing donated new and used dental equipment to Monkey Jungle and this was their first time back to actually use the clinic. Monkey Jungle is the brainchild of retired Nashville developers, Chuck and Candance Ritzen . The resort is a tourist destination for visitors wishing to interact with caged squirrel and capuchen monkeys. It also has one of the longest and fastest zip-lines in the Western Hemisphere. Built and owned by the Ritzens, all of the proceeds collected at the resort go to support the free medical/dental clinic operating on weekends at the property. Without the support of this free clinic, many of the regions poor would continue their chronic suffering.
After a brief three days in the Dominican, the team was flown by small planes into Haiti. Crossing the Haitian border from Dajabon, DR into Ouanaminthe, Haiti, the team
spent the next four days at Danita’s Children, Hope for Haiti Center, at the dental clinic
equipped by SnodgrassKing in May of 2010. For the first time since Dr. Snodgrass and
Dr. King began going to Haiti in 2007, the team was able to do more than extractions.
Over 300 of the Haitian people received cleanings, fillings, sealants, stainless steel crowns, extractions, and routine restorative dental procedures. Most of these were either the orphans supported by Danita’s Children, the local children who attended Danita’s school, the people who attended Danita’s church, the local Haitians who were in pain, or the local Haitian people employed by Danita.
Danita’s Children, www.danitaschildren.org, is a non-profit charity that focuses on rescuing and caring for orphaned or abandoned children in Haiti. Dr. Snodgrass and
Dr.King have supported the orphanage since 2007. Dr. Snodgrass’s adopted daughter, Margarite, was a child who’s life was saved and nurtured by the missionaries of Danita’s Children.
January 13, 2010
By now, everyone waking this morning has heard of the earthquake that hit Port-Au-Prince, Haiti yesterday as the sun was going down. CNN is reporting that the capital city is devastated. Even the Presidential Palace has been severely damaged. Our little Margarette is in the town of Ouanaminthe which is Northeast of Port-au-Prince. We've not been able to speak directly with her but Karris Hudson, long term missionary, has assured us that all of the children are okay. Ouanaminthe is still feeling the aftershocks of the 7.0 Earthquake.
Snodgrass-King - Help HaitiMany of you have asked how you can help. Melody and I are sending money directly to Danita's Orphanage. Getting clothes, supplies, etc. directly to the people now will be very difficult. Danita and orphanage's throughout the country are going to be overwhelmed with children who have lost their parents. Danita also teams with other orphanages throughout the country and she can best determine the orphanages in immediate need. Several of these orphanages are in Port-au-Prince.
Quite simply,at this time, the best way to help is to send money. It doesn't matter how much. Every penny will go to feed and care for someone who's in need. The best way to give and give now is to go to Danita's website, www.danitaschildren.org, click on Ways to Give at the top of the page, then click on Give Now.
May God Bless all of you. I'm reminded of two bible versus.
1. 1 John 3:18 "Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and truth."
2. Isaiah 50:10 " And if you spend yourselves on behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noon day."
Mother Teresa once said that all people should "Find their own Calcutta." Let this be your Calcutta.
Dr. David Snodgrass