CBNA Teacher Volunteers in Haiti
Jean Cumings with
one of the Orphans of the Wings of Hope Orphanage.
During February vacation Jean Cumings, Biology and Zoology teacher
at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, volunteered with Project Medishare in
Port Au Prince, Haiti, joining her husband Tom Cumings who has been
volunteering in Haiti since the earthquake occurred.
Project Medishare, partnering with the University of Miami Global
Institute, operates the University of Miami Field Hospital. Donations
from staff, students, families, the CBNA Senior Class and the senior
portfolio project by Jessie Locke raised over $2,925.00. This money was
brought to the Wings of Hope Orphanage in Port Au Prince, part of the
Hearts with Haiti organization.
When French missionaries announced they were leaving Haiti and needed to
find care for the disabled children under their supervision, Michael,
the director of the St. Joseph’s Home for Boys, took some of the older
boys to choose a child to bring home and care for. But the boys
surprised Michael when they chose to adopt all the children, reminding
him that he had taught them that with God, all things are possible.
Wings of Hope is now a thriving home for disabled children. Since the
earthquake, the children have been relocated to a rented building.
Donations of medical and dental supplies, as well as clothing, were
delivered with the money raised. Tents, donated by CBNA staff, were
brought to provide homes for a few of the many families left homeless by
the earthquake. The needs of these people will continue long after the
stories have left the media. Anyone wishing to make a donation can do so
at
www.heartswithhaiti.org or
www.projectmedishare.org.
