The cholera house has been up higher in numbers the last few nights.  We stayed at around 80+ for several days and then went up to 101 and tonight we are at 108.  We sent many people home to continue drinking ORS at their homes. This group of people were not showing signs of bad diar and vomiting.  We told them to return if they got worse during the night.  By the grace of God our supplies are holding up.  That in itself is a miracle.  All dad and Enoch has been doing is hauling supplies.  Many trips each day.  Dad can tell you where every single bump is at on our dirt road.  But we continue….

There is a 1/2 of a container that is going to be send from MN for RHFH.  Debbie W & Lorie G. are working hard to collect, organize and get this project done.  You can check out the blog post here about that project and a need list of items.  You can contact Debbie at debra_woodward@msn.com if you have questions or donations.  Debbie has also registered us at Target for the kids in the RC.  It is located under  baby registries under the name Debbie Woodward.  Again if you have questions contact her or leave a comment on the blog and she or one of us will get back with you.

We have a lot needs right now.  Many are being met by several organizations here in Haiti.  The items we are low on right now that we need to purchase are

• kids diapers (.50 cents a piece) We are averaging around 200 diapers a day
• Adult diapers ($1.00 a piece) We are averaging around 100 per day (some patients do not need them)
• bleach ($5.00 a gallon) We average 4 gallons a day
• paper towels ($1.25 a roll) We average 30 rolls a day
• toilet paper ($.60 cents a roll) We average 40 rolls a day
• sugar ($63.69 1 large sack) use for homemade ORS-We average 1 bag per week
• salt-(  $.36 cents per bag) used for homemade ORS- We average 4 small bags a day
• bottled lime juice ($3.75 per bottle) used for homemade ORS- We average 1 bottle a day
• trash bags ( $.50 a piece) We 15 bags a day
• laundry soap ($22.93 for a large bag) We average 1.5 bags per week
• HTH-powdered bleach ($68 a bucket) We average 1/2 bucket a week

If I did the math right that is $2191.40 a week (or $8765.64 per month) that we need for the basic items that we have to have.  These item are those we buy not donated.  The payroll for 1 month is currently at $5350.00 and will go up with new staff being hired as the numbers increase.

These above items are some of the most pressing items that we need to purchase here in Haiti that we use the most off.  As I said before many of the other needs like meds, IV fluids, sheets, drapes, buckets, chux, oral ORS in bottles, basins etc are coming in from other places.  So we are so thankful for that.

This does not include IV tubing, angiocaths, gloves, alcohol pads, bandaids, tape, gauze, razors, meds, syringes, water, water jugs, water containers, tarps, pillows, pillow cases, chairs, cots, flashlights, lanterns, scissors, stretchers, body bags, IV hooks, IV poles, tables, trashcans, etc I think you get the picture. I cannot easily price all these items tonight.

The diapers have been a great help to the kids at the cholera house.  It really helps to keep the poo contained to the diapers and not all over another child or all over the cots.  Many families have several children there at once.

Lori and Caroline are working on a four day teaching with people from different areas in our sections.  The government is going to be paying them to have small ORS stations in their villages, do education, deal with a death from cholera, disinfect a house for a cholera patient and many other things.  Lori and Caroline are educating them and answering questions and getting them prepared.  This is taking a big chunk out of our already busy schedule, but in the long run it should help us.  Here is the students in class going over material today.

So I am putting all this out there so you maybe can get an idea of some numbers and figures of the items we are using.  We do NOT have extra funds for the cholera house.  We do NOT have a steady monthly amount coming in for this project.  We are totally 100% depending on God to provide each and every day for our needs.  We do not have time to even think about that anymore.  We know, that we know, that we know, that.we.know. that God is going to provide for these needs.  He has done it for the last 17 years.  So tonight I ask that you continue to pray for us and give if you can.  There is a paypal button in the upper right hand corner of the blog or send donations to Real Hope for Haiti/P.O. Box 23/Elwood, IN, 46036.  Questions info@realhopeforhaiti.org

This cute guy spend 4 days at the cholera house and was leaving to go home when I asked if I could take his picture.  I am sure that he could tell me many, many stories from his life.