Sewing for Haiti

Many of us find our hearts drawn toward the struggles for life in Haiti. But for various reasons, it hasn’t been the time for us to go.

I became acquainted with Real Hope for Haiti Rescue Center in the days soon after the earthquake. They have been working in Haiti since 1999, so they were already in place to provide relief after the quake.

Their ongoing work is primarily residential care and treatment of children with severe malnutrition, although if you page back in their blog to the days just after the earthquake, you read about doing what needs to be done for many people in physical crisis.

And there are even more children needing care now. How do they clothe dozens of kids and keep 50-60 young ones in diapers?

That’s the mission we can help fulfill from our homes–dresses made from pillowcases, diapers, and aprons from pillowcases for the nannies. At this post from their blog, there is a description of the need and links to patterns for the projects.

There’s also the mailing address in Minneapolis where supplies are being collected to fill a container. The deadline is soon–end of March.

So Talitha and I went thrift shopping today and came home with a dozen sturdy, colorful, clean pillowcases. She’s excited about the project, and I’m happy for her to have some practice time on the sewing machine.

For the name of Jesus among the children of Haiti!

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