Second -Year Project Report (2003 - 2004)

Co-Missioners and Joan Martin, Port-de-Paix, Haiti
Year 2:   July 2003 - June 30, 2004

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In its second year, the OMOS Haiti Project has continued the funding of the Teacher-to-Teacher Program, the Nutrition Project, and support of the Sisters and Pastor of Bombardopolis and Ti Rivye.

New and ongoing projects supported in 2003-2004 were:

         In Bombardopolis:

• A school gardening program in which students grew vegetables to augment the school Nutrition Project
• A  school supply delivery, to enhance the classroom activities associated with the Teacher-to-Teacher Program
• A women's arts and crafts program to develop sewing and embroidary skills
• Additional catechesis sessions
• Assistance in finishing the renovation of St. François Church
   

 In Ti Rivye:

• Continuation of the Bio-Intensive Gardening (BIG) Program with students and parents
• The purchase of barrels for water collection
• Continuation of the Women's Skill Development Program (cooking and sewing)
• Additional catechesis sessions

            Emergency Food Supplies and Delivery during the March 2004 Political Crisis

Projects in  Bombardopolis:	School gardening project
School supplies for teachers & students	Women's craft program -- here is the altar cloth that was embroidered for OMOS
A catechesis session	Renovation of the church roof
Projects in Ti Rivye:	Community gardening project
Water collection project	Women's sewing class
Women's cooking class	Catechesis session
EMERGENCY FOOD SUPPLIES DURING POLITICAL CRISIS:
Cooks preparing a long awaited hot lunch for a school near Bombardopolis	Teachers near Bombardopolis receiving emergency rice, beans, and oil
A hot lunch of rice and beans for a school near Bombardopolis	Students near Bombardopolis unloading food supplies