Martina

This Beautiful little girls name is Martina. She was really sick when we first arrived in Liberia and had to be hospitalized. But by the end of our trip she was doing much better and I wanted to share some pictures of her. She has hydrocephalus and hopefully we will find a doctor to help her with a shunt. We believe she has some other issues as well but has progressed nicely while in her nurturing FMN foster home.

Checking out her weight and height.

Pst Peter

I love this picture of Pst Peter. It is one of my favorites. These photos show the heart of a man. Pst Peter runs his own NGO, works with G.O.O., runs foster homes for over 200+ children, pastors a church, is helping his own village by promoting projects needed there (the recent Habakkuk's well for example), oversees ag projects to help feed orphans, is working to build a school,open a clinic, and the list goes on and on. I have utmost respect for him and his work.He is passionate about helping children and many have observed his generosity in giving of himself, his family, and his home for another's plight. His ability to mobilize and inspire others to get involve and help their own people is amazing too. He doesnt just direct but works along side his fellow man. I feel honored to be working with him to accomplish some of these goals.

Medical visas in process...

This little man's name is Brown. Brown was born with a syndrome that caused deformation in his feet and hands. He is not able to walk and will need a double amputation and then prosthesis. We have lined up the hospital, host family, and doctor who will help him but are working on his paperwork for him to travel out of the country for this. Medical visas are a good option for a child needing surgery in Liberia when that resource is not available to them.




And this guys name is Reanes. He is around 1 yrs old and has hydrocephalus. He will need a shunt. He is new in this process but we are hopeful for him. His father died 6 months before he was born and his mothers house recently burned down. She is still living in a burnt out portion of it.





I think you all might remember this little man. Nyenelleh was a child we helped with a medical visa working with another organization and he has been back with his foster family for 6 months now. He had a shunt put in place. He is doing very well.


If you are interested in helping us with finding doctors/hospitals to help cover these kids care then please dont hesitate to contact us. We also have 2 other children in our FMN foster homes we are considering for medical visas. There is also a 16 yr old boy who needs surgery on his lungs. Please keep them all up in your prayers. Imagine if this were your child and you had no access to medical care nor the funds to pay for it if you did. All these children deserve a chance at life!

Triplets

Yes..another set. I am sure many of you are aware of what it costs to raise a baby. Now times that by 3 which this mother has. Then add to this not one but TWO sets of twins. And then two other children. I think she should have her own TLC show. :0)

This mother is doing a great job raising her kids by herself and even has a very small market that she works at selling things out of to feed her kids. But she could really really use some extra help. If anyone who is reading this would love to help this momma with her brood and also develop a relationship with her through letters and pictures, please let us know. We as moms could all use another family out there to mentor us, encourage us, and pray for us too.

And this is older sister doing her best to help!

Orphan Grain Project

ORPHAN GRAIN PROJECT PROPOSAL

(To be implemented by Peter Flomo and Global Orphan Outreach; 501C3 accredited non-profit NGO in Liberia; globalorphanoutreach.com)

Project Title: Orphan Grain Project

Project Duration:

Once the funds are in place for the rice project it would take three months to harvest. The peanut project would take six months until able to harvest.

Project Goal:

To create a way for Liberians to be self-sufficient and also to provide a way for the school to be self-supported so it is able to offer quality schooling to those who cannot afford it. This project would also work as income generation for struggling women for the Kpeletayama Village and foster homes, also being a means of sustainable food for the village and the orphans.

Project Objective:

-To have sustainable food for the village and orphans, and have self- sufficiency in obtaining food. Once this is addressed common diseases and disabilities due to malnourishment automatically gets addressed also.

-To create a school that can be self sufficient and open to vulnerable children who would otherwise not have any access to an education. (i.e. children who live in the street and sleep in the market place, orphans, etc.)

Targeted Beneficiaries:

The people that would most greatly benefit from this project would be the Kpeletayama Village, foster children, vulnerable women, and street children in Monrovia (who normally sleep in the market place outside or are taken in by people who abuse them).

Problem Statement: Why this program is needed and the problems it will solve:

-This project works on solving the problem of lack of food and malnutrition which results from this along with many diseases that are caused from malnutrition.

-Vulnerable woman take pride and pleasure in their work and will be able to make their own money and be self-sufficient.

-To eventually provide a school that is accessible to the poor, street kids, orphans, etc. Giving them a way out of the cycle of extreme poverty. Without education these children have no way of improving their circumstances, or the circumstances of their future children.

OVERVIEW: This project is being overseen by Peter Flomo and Global Orphan Outreach. Peter Flomo is a humanitarian who feels his responsibility to his Liberian community to help them establish a way to get out of the poverty

They have an understanding that without food and education, there is no hope for a child to go on and make a difference in his community, let alone the world. Peter Flomo knows this first hand, as he was the beneficiary of someone helping him when he was young, taking him in and making it possible for him to get an education. Peter has dedicated his life to finding ways to improve the lives of the orphans and children who are disabled by poverty and/or loss of parents, along with empowering women to be self-sufficient. His goal is to develop a way for Liberians to take careof themselves, thus not putting a band-aid on the problem, but fixing the problem. Liberia has rich soil for crops, just waiting to be used. One of the most amazing things about this project is that all the people working on this project are doing it just for a bowl of rice, actually one big bowl that they sit around and share; that shows how great their need is.

Peter is from the Kpeletayama Village in Bong County where he has demonstrated his skills for motivating and completing tasks that he has taken on. He does not just oversee people working by telling them what to do; he believes he cannot motivate unless he is working right

along side them. The Kpeletayama Village is a place where the basics of life are nonexistent. There is no medical care, no schooling, and up until just recently, not even clean water. They drank and bathed in water from a muddy, dank river. His village has stepped out in faith by not only planting and harvesting a crop of rice in their village, but also 18 months ago they cleared a road (using machetes, axes and shovels) through the dense forest to reach the road on which to transport their harvest of rice out of the village and to market, once they get a means of transportation. Rice from this goes to feed 209 of the orphans under Peter Flomo’s care, supplies the village with rice and to provide income after it is brought to the market. They have 300-400 bags of rice that they have harvested waiting to be brought to market.

The bowl of rice they share after working. This is their payment for a hard days work.

Some of the women and children from the village who will benefit from this project. A few women from Peter’s village gathering rice.

Peter (in the blue) along with three men (very left of picture) who have gone to school for agriculture and are helping Peter with testing the soil and seeing what exactly is needed to balance it out. They are doing this as a favor to Peter as Peter helped them go to school when they were younger.

The picture on the right, I had the honor of being the one to first break ground. I can’t imagine clearing 10 acres with just a shovel!

CONTACT:

Kari Haege, Project Director

23815 Lillehei Avenue

Hampton, MN 55031

651-206-7935

Feel free to contact me anytime with questions!

Liberian Car Wash

We were out looking at an ag project-details coming soon- when the land rover we used had gotten stuck. It took awhile to get it out.

In the mean time...Tanya and Christina are sharing an Ipod listening to music! What a help they were...ha

Whats the matter Christina-the battery go dead in the Ipod? You were as patient as we were really. :0) Until the ants started biting our feet!!!

Yeah! they did it. And all needed baths from the mud that flew.

So... we had to take the vehicle to the Liberian car wash! and Peter got others to pitch in to wash the vehicle too.

Add that to the Liberian experience on this trip!

LIL ABAGAIL

THIS SWEET LITTLE DOLL IS ABAGAIL. ABAGAIL HAS FAILURE TO THRIVE.(ALTHOUGH THERE COULD BE ANOTHER NUTRITIONAL ISSUE) SHE HAS STRUGGLED WITH THIS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. SO WE HAVE PUT HER IN OUR OWN FMN FEEDING PROGRAM HOPING THAT WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE FOR HER. SHE CURRENTLY LIVES WITH HER MOTHER AND SISTER. IF YOU CAN HELP US HELP ABAGAIL-PLEASE CONTACT US. WE ARE IN NEED OF A SPONSOR FOR HER FOOD AND CARE OF $50 PR MONTH.

TANYA AND DENISE TAKING HER MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHT. OUR FMN NURSE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR HER PROGRESS AND GIVE US UPDATES.

ABAGAIL AND HER MOTHER