“As a mother, I have always tried to teach by example. I have always been involved in my community and my church, especially enjoying teaching Sunday School. I read about a trip to Haiti and felt called to go. Teaching young children and again trying to teach by example, I felt Haiti was indeed my “neighbor” and it was simply what God tells us to do, love thy neighbor. I went with a group of 5 churches that first trip to a mountain village in Haiti to build a medical clinic. We not only built a medical clinic in several trips to Haiti, we built a bridge of love and friendship, a bridge of hope from a group of Americans to a tiny remote village in Haiti. The joy and fulfillment I found in Haiti is indescribable. The poverty level is painful and shocking, a country so very close to ours, our neighbor in desperate need of every kind of help. Thankfully, Haiti has begun to receive assistance and education for its huge AIDS crisis. I feel we have an obligation to share our wealth, our blessings, and quite frankly there is no greater joy than doing so.”

-Elisabeth, member of The ONE Campaign, Middlefield, CT

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