HAITI WORKCAMPS

Brethren Disaster Ministries

Are you ready?

• Help rebuild 100 homes in Haiti
  
• Work with Haitian children

Brethren Disaster Ministries (BDM) has been working closely with the Church of the Brethren in Haiti to repair and rebuild homes after the devastating hurricanes of 2008. More about BDM work in Haiti

2009 Haiti Hurricane Response Workcamps

• August 7 - 16 (registration due immediately)
  
• October 24 - November 1 (registration due September 22)

Workcamp volunteers will plunge into Haitian life as they work, eat, and worship side by side with Haitian Christians. The delegation will help rebuild homes in the coastal city of Gonaíves, visit the completed project in the rugged Mirebalais area, and they’ll worship with the Brethren in Port-au-Prince and other preaching points. Programming for children in these communities is also being developed. Workcamp volunteers will be able to choose between working with children and home rebuilding, or doing both! The workcamps, each limited to 15 participants, will be led by Jeff Boshart and Klebert Exceus.

Cost
$550/person. This includes all in Haiti expenses: meals, lodging, in-country transportation, travel insurance. The workcamp participant will need to purchase round-trip transportation from home to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Requirements for participating:

• excellent health
  
• stamina for hard work in hot climate and 2 mile treks up mountain paths
  
• 18 years of age and older
  
• passport
  
• vaccinations/medications - contact your family doctor or local Health Department (tetanus required, malaria medications recommended)
  
• sensitivity and flexibility with regard to cultural differences

Itinerary:

• 10/24 Travel to Port-au-Prince
  
• 10/25 AM: Worship with Haitian Brethren, PM: sightseeing in Port-au-Prince
  
• 10/26-29 Travel to Gonaives for home construction & children’s programming
  
• 10/30 Visit Fond Cheval homes & provide children’s programming, then return to Port-au-Prince
  
• 10/31 Hike to Mont Boulage to see completed homes and provide children’s programming.
  
• 11/1 Depart Haiti

Interested volunteers:
Register online, or submit a paper registration form as soon as possible. Brethren Disaster Ministries staff will follow up.

• Expanded itinerary for August workcamp (PDF)
  
• Questions and answers (PDF)

For more information, contact Brethren Disaster Ministries at 800-451-4407 or BDM@brethren.org.