Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Children's edition

A child is a person under the age of 18. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was proclaimed 60 years ago by the United Nations General Assembly.

We Are All Born Free is a version for young people, illustrated by stars from the world of children's books, which has been translated into more than 30 languages. It is applicable to grown-up understanding.

Visit here for a delightful preview.

Haiti - two years later

- Stephen Lendman - January 12, 2012

On January 12, 2010, Haiti experienced a calamitous earthquake. Port-au-Prince was devastated. Property destruction and damage were extensive. As many as 300,000 or more died. Many others were injured. Impoverished Haitians enduring crushing hardships lost everything, including loved ones.

Two years later, relief efforts belie unaddressed human needs. A January 11 AFP article headlined, "Haiti quake victims stuck in a time warp," saying: Port-au-Prince suburb Petionville symbolizes conditions. Around "2,500 people subsist in a crowded public park near open ditches flowing with human waste, a grim scene frozen in time two years after Haiti's earthquake disaster."

Homeless, half-clothed, barefoot children "chase a worn football across a filthy clearing, past puddles of putrid waste water." Over half a million survivors endure appalling conditions in hundreds of makeshift camps. They remain homeless, struggling to survive. Billions in promised aid never came. Grandiose visions proved pipe-dreams. Most rubble remains. Reconstruction is inadequate to meet enormous needs...

Please read entire article here...

"From Our House to Your House: A Vitamin-Raiser for Haiti Children"

- Merelyn B. Bates-Mims

The youth group of Christ Church Cathedral in partnership with CCC's Coalition on Human Rights has launched a Vitamin-Raiser to enhance the health of children in Haiti in a "From Our House to Your House" drive for the next 3 weeks. The goal is to gather together hundreds of boxes and bottles of health sustaining vitamins of all sorts and brands. These will be packaged and taken to the children living in Les Cayes region of Haiti in partnership with a medical mission sponsored by Haitian Organization for Health Service (HOHS).

The vitamin drive is led by local physician, Dr. Charles O. Dillard, MD of Mercy Health Partners, Cincinnati. On February 5th the medical team is headed for Clinic St. Claire in Les Cayes, a town and seaport in southwestern Haiti having a population of approximately 46,000 people. They will also minister to Clinic Marcabee and perform surgeries at the Port-Salut Hospital in that same region. The purpose of the mission is to "provide general health care services..." in collaboration with the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi. Hundreds of children are in need.

What kinds should be collected? "Any brand will do," says Dr. Dillard. "Chewables may be shaped like lions, tigers and bears in any flavor, but regular liquids and pills are important too. With gratitude we'll take them all." The team will distribute the vitamins.

Parishioner Tonya Warren and her two daughters, Nia and Maya, will serve as leaders of CCC's "From Our House to Your House" drive. Reed Slocomb is the director of the cathedral's youth group.

Collections boxes for the vitamins are stationed at the 4th Street entrance. DONATIONS deadline is Monday, 30 January 2012.

...and the results are in!...

On Sunday, January 29th, children of the Cathedral formed a procession organized by Canon Nancy Jones to present a collection of 44 items of a variety of brands of children's vitamins which will provide a total of 7,170 individual doses for the children of Haiti.

Shown in the slide show (thanks to Eric Kearney and others) are shown project leader Tonya Warren, Dr. Charles O. Dillard, who will deliver the vitamins along with other medical supplies to the Les Cayes clinic, and Merelyn Bates-Mims as she visited a Caring Partners International warehouse. Alas, we failed to capture a good picture of the children's processional as they presented the vitamins at the altar.

Global Economy Causes Haitian Hunger to Worsen

Photos by New York Times photographer Taylor Hicks

The New York Times reports that global food pricing has recently soared beyond reach of the already suffering Haitian population, where now three-fourths of the people are only able to find work paying less than $2.00 per day.

One in every five children is chronically malnourished and many are forced to scavange scraps of food from Port-au-Prince dumps. Precious black beans are hoarded like gold and women sift through piles of shells to find single coffee beans to sell.

Print Donation Forms

Download Nikah Campaign Posters

• Medical Project
• Solar Cookers for Families
• Solar Cookers for Schools, Hospitals, Orphanages

• Build Latrines!
• Basic Health 9 months later
• Donate! $1 Save the Children
• Matching! Cathedral's gift
• Women's economic power
• About Nikah
• Medical Corps annual report

• Donor Organizations and Individuals
• Student Community Service, Church School, Youth, School Projects
• "Giving in Honor of" Card
• Thank You