Without Shoes children in Haiti can not get an education
Please help put shoes on the barefoot children of Haiti
We need your help with brand new shoes or food. Financial donations needed for food and shoes. For more info, check out our website and blog.
Thanks so much!
Thanks to all of you for your donations to "shoes for haiti's kids". In March 2008 a team of 5 went to Haiti to deliver shoes to the children there. We also purchased enough rice, water and bread to feed a village, a school and some orphans. Thanks to all of you who have given money to make that possible. In November '08 we will return to Haiti. We need 500-600 pairs of BRAND NEW sneakers for Fonde School located on top of a mountain. We want to provide every child in that school with a new pair of shoes.
Shoes for Haitis Kids has also taken on the responsibility of a small school made of sticks, leaves, etc. We have started to provide them with a meal daily. The cost of feeding that school a meal a day for a month is between $200-$250 a month. As we have all seen in the news lately, the children in Haiti are going hungry and resorting to eating "mud pies" made with shortening and dirt, please help us provide for this small school.
I hope that you will take the time to check out this site to see how you can help. God Bless you!
Ria & Frank Voss
772-215-4745
Ria@ShoesForHaitisKids.com
Heading to Haiti Nov. 4 to 11/09,
Check out the latest updates on Ria's blogspot at
www.shoesforhaitiskids.blogspot.com
Trip to Haiti March 6-11, 2008
When we arrived in Haiti we were met by the missionary there, Bettie Snyder from Glow Ministries. We spent the day getting the shoes ready to put on the feet of the kids. We went back to Grande Gode School where some of the children had not received shoes the last time because we ran out of sizes. We were also able to give the teachers each a pair of shoes and they were so grateful.
Then on to Village 87 where we passed out bread, water, and rice. The people were so grateful and it was such a blessing to walk among them handing them a piece of fresh baked bread that we had just bought from the market. Thank you to all of you who gave extra finances so that we were able to buy food. Our time at Village 87 is always a blessing and we finished our time there with a swim in the beautiful, warm water, surrounded by all the children. They were laughing, splashing, diving and just having a wonderful time of fun with us.
There were 7 teenage girls that Bettie heard about that were kicked out of an orphanage there and left on the street to fend for themselves. A couple with a brand new baby took them into their home and we went and visited them and brought them all a pair of shoes. They were thrilled with their new shoes and really loved the crocs that we gave them. Their smiles made it all worth while. We were so happy to see them being well taken care of.
Later that day we were told about a small "brush arbor" school where the children were so hungry. We went to the market and bought rice and headed for the school. What we saw made my heart heavy. The school was made out of tree limbs and palm leaves, etc. These children are so happy to get an education that they will sit close together on hard benches just so that they can learn. My heart was so touched by this little "brush arbor" school that we would like to start a feeding program for them. It will take about $200. a month to feed them every day, 5 days a week. If you are interested in helping with this school, just e-mail me. We handed them each a bag of rice to take home to their families. Thanks again to all of you who gave money for food. On our next visit (Nov. '08) to the "brush arbor" school, we will bring them new shoes.
On Sunday we headed up the mountains in 2 vehicles. It was the most frightening thing I have ever done. We drove up the mountain on roads full of boulders and potholes not meant for vehicles but for goats and donkeys! And there were NO guardrails. Sometimes we were so frightened that we all held our breath as my husband Frank would make a hairpin turn. We looked down and couldn't see anything, not even the bottom of the mountain. Needless to say we started singing! Thank God for all Franks years of driving for UPS! He took us up and down that mountain safely. All the way up that mountain I said, I will never go up here again, I was so scared! After I got down the mountain I told everybody we were going back in November! Only God can change our hearts sometimes! Our goal on the mountain was to go to Evwa School/Church and put shoes on the feet of the kids there. We took hundreds of pairs of shoes with us and we spent hours fitting the children till we began to run out of sizes. It was such a blessing to see the kids walking around later with a pair of brand new sneakers on, wearing a big smile. Bettie's son Phil Snyder, Glow Ministries from Zeeland, Mi. was also with us and his ministry donated enough food to have a celebration and everyone ate that day, children and adults. What a great time we had in Evwa! Thanks to Glow Ministries, Phil's Mom, Bettie for making that day so very special. As we were leaving Philip said to me, "Ria, there is a school even farther up the mountain with 500-600 kids who need shoes" and I told him with God's help and the generosity of many, we would get those shoes for them and bring them in Nov. '08. That is a lot of shoes!
I want to thank our team, who gave up time with their families, took time off from their jobs and gave of themselves till they were drained of energy!
From left to Right, Josh Sieger, his 1st trip, what a blessing he was and a I know this will not be his last mission trip. Next, Bettie Snyder, my dear friend and missionary to Haiti for over 30 years! I continually thank God for bringing her into my life! She shared her home with us and her cook! Then Dave Mckee from Christian Media Productions, www.cvpro.us who spent hours and hours putting together a great video presentation of our trip to Haiti! Thanks Dave! Just e-mail me and I will be glad to send you a copy. Next, myself, Ria Voss. Then there is Pastor Nancy Hart from New Hope Ministries of Vero Beach, Fl., a very precious friend. She has been on both trips with Shoes for Haiti's Kids. Her and Pastor Jack Hart have been such a great support to this ministry. Check out their ministry, New Hope Ministries at www.hope4you.us And then my husband Frank, who is always there, hauling shoes, loading suitcases, driving us up the mountains and never complaining. Thanks to all of you who gave of yourselves, your finances, your time to make this trip one that made a difference to many of the children in Haiti.
Thanks to Phil Snyder and Mom, Bettie Snyder of Glow Ministries of Zeeland, Mi www.glowmi.org who housed us, feed us, transported us and provided everything we needed in Haiti to make my dream of putting shoes on the children in Haiti so they can have an education. Check out their ministry, they feed over 2000 kids a day! They have given their lives to the country of Haiti for over 30 years. God Bless you Glow Ministries!
Bettie & Phil
FUTURE PLANS & GOALS FOR NOV. 08 TRIP
We need 500-600 pairs of BRAND NEW SNEAKERS for the school at the very top of the mountain, Fonde School. Also needed is money for food. We plan to feed as many as possible on our Nov. 08 trip. Money that comes in designated for food will go to the purchase of beans and rice. We purchase the food there which helps them make a living. All other funds will go to the purchase of brand new sneakers. Please help us to touch the lives of the children in Haiti. Together, we CAN make a difference!
Thanks so much!
Ria Voss
Ria@ShoesForHaitiskids.com
Please e-mail or call 772-215-4745 if you would like a copy of our video.
Please send your gift of Brand New Sneakers, any Style, any Size, any Color, Boys or Girls (no canvas please)
If you would like to make a donation or send a financial gift please make check made out to New Hope Ministries with
"Shoes for Haiti's Kids" in the memo line.
Shoes For Haiti's Kids
New Hope Ministries
4425 71st St.,
Vero Beach Fl. 32967
Phone 772-778-7777
www.HopeForYou.us
Together we CAN make a difference!
Why Shoes?
In Haiti if you don't have shoes you don't get an education.
It's taking the "no shoes no service" to the extreme!
How Can I Help?
You can make a donation of New unused shoes or a financial
donation and send it to the address above, and of course
we alway covet your prayers!
Please Contact Ria at: Ria@ShoesForHaitisKids.com
Ria with the School kids
Kids in village of Troufanban
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