January 25th: On friday, Healing Hands Internatiional shipped out our first container of aid to Haiti. This container included items such as blankets, water filters, medical supplies, shoes and tents.
The team of Healing Hands representatives (Steve Church, Harry Hames, Lynn Griffith, and Greg Beeson) are on their way to Haiti today. Their efforts will be coordinated by Roberta Edwards of Son Light orphanage. HHI has made a commitment to drill 30 - 50 water wells in Haiti later this year. Nashville, Metro public schools and also Maury County, TN schools have begun an area wide food drive to collect rice and beans for Haiti. These items will be shipped through Healing Hands. This update taken from Healing Hands International website www.hhi.org.