Operation Smile in Haiti

If you received the latest edition of our newsletter, you saw my note about "Throwing Out the 'Blinders,'" meaning opening our eyes to the struggles going on all around us. I mentioned the current hunger crisis in Haiti, which I was really unaware of until last month. About 80% of Haitians live in absolute poverty. It's unbelievable.

My girlfriend, Dena, who works with Operation Smile told me about the organization's missions to Haiti. I went on Operation Smile's website, and here's what I found. It's really inspiring stuff:

An Operation Smile team of volunteers worked in the city of Hinche to change the lives of children from throughout Haiti. The mission team, including more than 30 medical and non-medical volunteers from Brazil, Canada, Colombia and the United States, along with local Haitian medical volunteers at Saint Theresa Hospital, provided 91 patients with physical examinations and provided new smiles to 64 patients... Click here to read more.

It's great to hear about the good work being done in Haiti, and the hope it offers for the future.

Nicole

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