Joanna Baumgartner, Humanitarian Joanna founded a family charity, B the Hope for Haiti. Her family makes twice yearly mission trips to Haiti helping three schools and a community to address their health care, education and water purification needs.

1. Mission to Haiti May 2014B the hope for haiti
Mission May 2014

2. A team of three with 600 lbs. of aid and one water purification unit thanks to the
generous allowance from WESTJET.

3. Each time I am in Haiti it strikes me, Haiti is in a garbage crisis. With no
appropriate infrastructure it must be up to the people to manage. Our new
eco science/ waste management class was well received…planting seeds of
change.

4. A local market selling mostly fruits and veg as well as charcoal,
the main source of fuel. Charcoal is made from trees and part of
the reason for Haiti’s 98% deforestation.

5. Eco science class teaching waste
separation, compost to benefit new
crop, reusable not disposable.
Decorating the school with pics of
Gods beauty in nature.

6. Building a solar oven from garbage to teach
renewable energy. Many sceptics but…it
worked!!!

7. Teaching the men and women
separately about the myths and
facts of HIV/AIDS…with
promises that they would
become community teachers.

8. The neighborhood well,
contaminated ground water
making people sick. Adding
another TREKKER water
purification system makes safe
water accessible to even more.
Using it to fill sterile containers
makes the possibilities endless…

9. Non sustainable but a health
and safety necessity, shoes
can be the protection from a
dangerous wound. This little
guy can’t contain his joy
over upgrading to these
Nikes.
Assessing shoes is often part
of meds clinic.

10. Each year another satellite school
is added in a poor neighborhood
and more classrooms are added
to our main school but always
there are more…in need of
education, a meal, care.

11. Talented and
lovingly crafty
hands sent
dozens of dresses
and hundreds of
backpacks

12. Sowing the seeds of the miracle
Moringa trees. With a full crop now
planted we hope to be harvesting and
fighting malnutrition within the year.

13. Our Moringa crop going in. Moringa
loves the hot, dry soil and climate in
Haiti. Help came quickly when I offered
a new soccer ball for a post work game.
Eviola is a 15 year old who was
orphaned 4 years ago. She is now hired
and trained to work the crop…offering
a future!

14. Building the drying and processing area for the Moringa crop.

15. We ran several meds clinics treating so many that have wounds, infections and illness
thanks to all the donations of meds, creams and treatments. Sometimes it is just a
chance to assess malnutrition, a need for new shoes… or just a hug. My triage nurse
with our new meds boxes 

16. This woman makes and sell dirt cookies. The practice of eating dirt cookies is pretty common
here in Haiti. It is mixed with contaminated water, salt and veg oil before it is shaped into cookies
and left to dry in the sun. Since 2 cups of rice costs 60 cents and a dirt cookie is only 3 cents, the
cookies made from dirt are an attractive option, especially among pregnant women and children
looking to ward off hunger pains.
I ate one of these cookies for reasons many may not understand... It sucks the moisture from
your mouth like chalk and lingers with grit and the taste of salt... And dirt.

17. Malnutrition is a fact of life for every kid
we come across. Our goal is always to
feed the hundreds in our school as well as
countless from the streets. This time on
reusable plates purchased instead of
disposable.

18. Blessings

19. Old teaching tools…to new resources!
Making learning fun!

20. I think the cockroaches were big enough to scare the rats away!

21. Thanks to all the donations
of barbies, cars, ropes and
toys. Countless smiles!

22. Always loving face painting,
balloons and presents day!!!

23. Our Canadian, American and Peruvian mission team,
B the Hope for Haiti and Amor y Gracia

24. So many thanks and blessing to you all for sending so
much love to the children of Haiti