Ways to Get Involved Children’s Feeding Program- $.50 per child per day (lunch only). This is the only meal some children get. Options:
HOW TO GIVE
• $30 - feeds 1 child for 2 months
LEN D ING A H A ND IN H A ITI
• $300 - feeds the whole school for a day • $2100 - feeds the whole school for a week • $9000 - feeds the whole school for a month Child School Sponsorship— covers the cost of instruction, uniforms, and books. $35 per month - 1 child $105 per month - 3 children $350 per month - 10 children You may make arrangements directly with ICDM at http://icdm.us/sponsor/. G.O.A.T.S (Gifts Of Animals To Succeed)— Give a hand up, not a hand out to a family. $10
Provides a chicken
$100
Provides a goat
$500
Provides a cow
Mission Trips- We are currently organizing
• The Sewing Cooperative and Wholesale Food Cooperative projects are administered by BLOCK Ministries, a separate 501 (c) 3 related to Deer Lake UMC. Make your check out to BLOCK Ministries and send it to the church. • The Child School Sponsorship Program is administered directly through ICDM at their website: http://icdm.us/sponsor/ • Everything else is administered through the Deer Lake UMC Missions Team. Please be sure to clearly mark your gift for the appropriate project.
mission trips for 2017. We are looking for people of all skill levels. Contact Rev. Jim (
[email protected]) for info.
www.deerlakeumc.org 850-668-0134
Deer Lake United Methodist Church and BLOCK Ministries are now partnering with International Christian Development Mission (ICDM) to make a difference for Jesus in Haiti.
P R O J E C T S T H AT M A K E A D I F F E R E N C E We invite you to consider investing in the following projects which are honoring God and making a difference in the lives of the people in the Bayonnais region of Haiti. Through farming and trade the people of Bayonnais try to feed and support their families. How about giving a hand up, not a hand out?
ICDM exists to “educate, equip, and empower” the people of Haiti through the power of Jesus Christ.
International Christian Development Mission (ICDM) is a Haitian-run ministry to the people of Haiti. Begun in 1989 under the shade of a mango tree, ICDM has continued to educate and feed
Your Investment
L IVESTO CK IMPROVE ME NT PRO GR AM: $25, 000 Begun by Dr. Charlie Field of DLUMC this program improves the yield of farm animals by vaccinating them against worms and other parasites. It also seeks to increase feed options by sowing pasture and protecting it with solar electric fencing on land which is currently underutilized and at risk for erosion.
$100
Vaccinations for 250 animals
$250
Seed for 5 acres
$400
Solar Electric Fencing for 5 acres
thousands of Haitian children from the Bayonnais region of Haiti. Over the years, the educational efforts of ICDM have produced doctors, nurses, teachers, and business people who are shaping the future of Haiti. During its 26 years of existence, the ministries of ICDM have expanded to include the mobile school of evangelism and leadership conferences to train Haitian pastors in leadership, theology, and community development. ICDM also is supporting entrepreneurial development among local people to raise the standard of living for the people of the region. They are doing this through education and microloan programs. Right now they are sponsoring 20 community cooperatives to help businesses grow.
S EW ING CO OPE RATI VE:
income. Not only will the trained seamstresses be able to earn money on their own sewing projects they will also be able to band together on larger projects like school uniforms. Emanie is hoping to move the cooperative out of her house to a larger facility with more machines. W HOL ES A LE FOOD COOP:
Your Investment
$8500
Begun by Emanie Cetoute the cooperative is training local women to sew as a way of generating extra family
Better health means a better life for animals and people.
$25
Bolt of cloth
$350
Sewing Machine (10 needed)
$1000
1 wall of the new building
$20, 000
Emanie meeting with the DLUMC Team.
Your Investment
Many people in Bayonnais earn cash through trading at local markets. In order to purchase goods at wholesale prices for local resale many women must walk 20 miles, a day’s journey. ICDM dreams of setting up a local wholesale cooperative where goods can be purchased to help resellers cut down on time away from their families.
$50
10 gal. cooking oil
$90
100 pounds rice
$150
100 pounds beans
This project and the sewing project are sponsored by BLOCK Ministries.
$1000
COOP Sponsor
Help make market day easier.