Anyone local to these people?? Appalling! Karleen Gribble Australia http://www.tillsonburgnews.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3038913 Volunteers take along a variety of donated goods and while there, multi-task at a variety of general and targeted duties including site maintenance and support and providing medical care. The latest trip featured painting, organization of the Coram Deo pharmacy, distribution of extra medical supplies to other facilities and distribution of around 80 baby kits they had brought (30 by the first team, 50 by the second) to infants under the age of six months, or those visibly malnourished. Safely describable as a baby shower in a bag, the kits contain items including outfits, bibs, diapers, sanitary products, bottles, vitamins and dolls, courtesy of knitting clubs around the world. "Everything but the kitchen sink in there," said Pais. Breast feeding is seen as the best option for Haitian mothers, but formula is provided in case of malnutrition. Simply showing up at tent cities with the kits could have led to a potentially-dangerous mob scene so they were distributed via an ingenious system utilizing donated minor league baseball and athletic cards. The Angels visited five different small tent cities and with the aid of unofficial officials from each, selected appropriate recipients. These were handed a sports card with B or G (boy or girl) written on them in magic marker, along with a designated time to present to the gatekeeper at the Coram Deo facility for redemption. "They come with the card," said Teresa Magashazi. Pais recalled the look on one mother's face, flabbergasted and shocked when she realized the extent of the bag's contents. "She was thinking just diapers and maybe clothes." The smile on the faces of appreciative mothers who have virtually nothing is worth every bit of effort, says Cisek. "And these babies are just adorable." Baby kits were distributed to residents of five villages, home to between 200 and 1,000 tents. There are some larger tent cities, well organized and run, but the ones the Angels visited are small, local sites, home to those who can't travel, or wish to stay as close as possible to their pre-earthquake residences. "We go to the poorest of the poor," said Marlene Magashazi. *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome