Wipe A Tear: Haiti

During a recent mission trip to Haiti, Dr. Laurel Coleman discovered that the three clinics where she was volunteering had a desperate need – the truck they were using to ferry doctors and supplies from one area to another was on the verge of falling apart. At a cost of $10,000, though, a replacement truck was unaffordable.

 

Enter Wipe A Tear: Haiti, a group founded by members of the NMH Christian fellowship Breakaway as a way to provide help for earthquake-devastated Haitians. The group will hold a benefit concert and bake sale on Saturday at 9 pm, Raymond Hall in the Rhodes Arts Center as a first step towards raising money for a new truck.

 

Wipe A Tear: Haiti is not limited to Christians, but advisor Lara Freeman says that many of the students were motivated by their faith to participate. Wipe A Tear members are sensitive to the fact that this current recovery from the earthquake is made more complex by Haiti's long history of poverty, political strife, and natural disasters, said Freeman.

 

“With this in mind, we want to think about the present suffering and about the long term needs of our neighbors in Haiti,” she said.

 

The money raised by the group will go to the Third World Missions clinic in Haiti. Third World Missions consists of a group of medical professionals who alternate between three clinics and must move all of their medical supplies with them. A truck is critical to their continuing work.