Latest trip and update 6-20-10
Hello all just wanted to take a second and let you know what we have been up to as of late. I am on a flight returning from our last Haiti trip which was a short one but we accomplished a lot!
We finalized our search in finding the perfect person that lives in Port au [...]
Update on what is happening at P81!
Just wanted to take a second and update everyone with what is happending with Project 81! We have been very busy in meetings and connecting with people to make the vision of Project 81 expand. Some of the things in the works now:
- sent down another Container of 335,000 …or 44,000lbs of meals from Kids [...]
2nd Relief Trip
A Project 81 team returned from Haiti April 3rd. Much is still needed to provide the Haitian people with resources to meet their basic needs in life. Many thousands of people still lack even a simple tarp for shelter. Crude structures of bed sheets and cardboard remain the only shelter for many. As the rainy [...]
Upcoming Relief Trip
A second relief effort will be underway shortly. A container of 44,000 lbs of packaged food obtained from Kids Against Hunger is en route to Port-au-Prince and another container of roughly 20,000 lbs of medical supplies, tents, tarps, clothing, shoes etc… will be on its way shortly.
The team will will be distributing this massive amount of [...]
(From the UCH Insider) – by Todd Neff
“For UCH Nurse, Brief Stay in Haiti Saves a Life”
The man on the porch was holding his 10-month-old daughter and a photo of a young woman. His wife, the baby’s mother, had died in the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12.
It was February 9, a Tuesday. The [...]
Relief Trip Account
The primary goal of the relief trip team was to support mayor Jean Gael in his efforts to assist the 800,000 residents of Delmas district, Port-au-Prince. Project 81 has been a friend and supporter Jean Gael´s for several years. Under the direction of the mayor, the relief team was able to treat approximately 500 Delmas residents at a temporary [...]
Relief Thank You
On behalf of Project 81 Incorporated, I would like to thank each and every team member who helped with our relief effort this past week. A thank you goes out to Ben Montgomery of the St. Petersburg Times for telling the story. We would like to thank our medical professionals, John Hudson, Stephanie Houghton, Brian [...]
RELIEF TRIP UPDATE 2/5
The relief team rondezvoused in Miami in preparation for tomorrow’s flight to Port-au-Prince. A U-haul of medical supplies, shoes, tents, tarps etc… was driven down from Tampa through a torrent down pour of rain and gusty winds. Two other vehicles were part of the caravan. Other team members arrived in Miami by air through out [...]
Relief Trip News
On Febuary 6th, Project 81 Incorporated will return to Port Au Prince. The needs of Mayor Jean Galael have been communicated and P81 will meet the needs of their partner and friend. Florida Senator Bill Nelson has secured us a spot on a US Aid flight to the capitol city leaving from Ft. Lauderdale. Upon [...]
Supply Drive
Espere Pou Ayaiti Drive
On February 29th, the families of Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate High School came together and donated hundreds of pairs of clothing and thousands of dollars worth of medical supplies and food for the relief effort in Haiti. Project 81 would first like to thank the students of BDCHS who gave so generously for the [...]
Calls for Help
Yesterday I received a call from a young man that has done some interpreting for us in the past. He called me so frantic and panicking due to the fact that him and his family have lost everything and are living in the street with NO food or water or medical and he was just [...]
Plea for Support
1/13/2010
Dear Friends:
As you probably have heard, a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti; the poorest country in the western hemisphere on January 12th. You may or may not know that I recently visited Haiti in October of 2009 with Project 81 Inc, a non-profit humanitarian organization; one of the founders being my college roommate Clay [...]