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Here are some of Limón Aid's happenings.

Limón Aid Blog

In keeping with these ever technological times Limón Aid has created a blog were you can write about Haiti, Honduras, or other happenings. Just visit www.limonaidhonduras.org/blog.

Haiti 2010

Our team made it back safely from Haiti and were all deeply moved by what transpired there. To hear more about our experiences or to contribute your own, please visit our new Blog. Be sure to view all the photos posted in the Photo Gallery as well.

Honduras Trip 2010

Mark your calendars. Limón Aid is going to Honduras on another medical mission this year from April 22 to May 2. If you would like to donate, help fundraise, pack supplies, or assist in another way, feel free to visit our Contact Us for information on how to best reach us. Thank You!

Help Haiti

On Tuesday, January 12, 2010 tragedy struck Haiti in the form of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake causing untold devastation to an already downtrodden nation. Countless people have died or are dying. Too many require medical assistance that is not available. Without the most basic needs-food, water, shelter-people are suffering unimaginably. Now, in light of the events unfolding in Haiti, Limón Aid is committed to helping and ensuring the people of Haiti know they are not alone. Dr. Susan Caldwell will lead a team of volunteers from the U.S., including past team members of Limón Aid to Port-au-Prince, Haiti from February 10 to February 21st. We desperately need your help to purchase medicine and supplies to make the mission possible. Please visit the Contact Us page for information on how to contact Dr. Caldwell or to make a secure online donation via PayPal. We thank you and greatly appreciate any contribution.

Prayer Shawl Program

In this new program, Limón Aid has partnered with a group of women in Limón to start a knitting micro-business. The women hand knit Prayer Shawls or shoulder coverings and then Limón Aid purchases the final products with donations made by you. The result is a three-fold blessing: two-thirds of the money from the sale goes back to the women, one-third goes to the Limón orphanage at the women's request, and the shawls go to Hospice of Lansing and nursing homes near Lansing, Michigan. Please support this program by purchasing a Prayer Shawl online via PayPal (designate that the donation is for a Prayer Shawl) or contacting us for more information. Thank you.

2010 Trip to Honduras

It is that time of year again and Limón Aid is preparing for its annual trip to Honduras. And again, we need your help. Please visit the Get Involved page or the Contact Us page for more information on how you can help. Also, you can now make a secure online donation via PayPal directly from our website. Thank You!

June 2009

Again, our trip to Limón, Honduras was a success. We accomplished many things with the contributions people made and hope to do more in the future. In all we:

• Provided care for 1000 patients, held educational classes on diabetes, fit 100 people with glasses, delivered 2 babies, helped a women get to the hospital in time to save her life, and gave out lots of medication, toothbrushes, washcloths & soap.
• Established a micro-business for individual family water purifiers by training personnel, purchasing materials, and constructing examples to go in the Limón soup kitchen, orphanage, school, and clinic in Icoteas.
• Helped a crocheting enterprise with supplies and instruction, training women and the girls in the orphanage. We also brought some of their beautiful work home with us to sell.
• Donated three laptops to the high school.
• Funded repairs for the orphanage and gave the children shoes, umbrellas and sunglasses.
• Spent time each day with the orphans and saw how much they need a new orphanage, as they are now cramped into the existing, rundown, rented building holding 60 children. Leonarda, the nun that runs the home, believes there are 100 more orphans in the region waiting for a place to live. The area where the orphans presently live has a drug house and disco next door that makes it unsafe for the children. Building Leonarda's Home of Hope for the orphans is one of Limón Aid's biggest goals and we have a separate bank account that grows with each donation. We have better land for the orphanage closer to the school and plans for a two story L shaped home for 100 children. We have workers to build the home but desperately need the money for building supplies and to pay for the laborers. To see the orphanage progress visit http://www.leonardashomeofhope.org.

Your gift was appreciated! With gratitude and blessings,
Janet Mahoney, Limón Aid Co-director

September 2008

We had a great trip to Limón, Honduras this past fall and plan on going again May 27th, 2009. We were able to accomplish many things, including funding:

• We also saw over 500 patients, did educational classes and gave out lots of medication, toothbrushes, soap, baby clothes, shoes, school supplies, school uniforms, and special backpacks for each orphan.
• Repairs for the orphanage.
• Construction of a water purification building.
• A new roof for the school.
• Building supplies for the sewing school.
• A crocheting enterprise with teachers.
• Food for the soup kitchen.
• Supplies for families with AIDS.
• A woodworking micro-business.
• Medical education materials.
• A community health survey.
• Individual financial assistance to some families with very sick children that needed to get to the hospital.

Unfortunately, a flood struck the region two weeks after we were there, causing damage to the orphanage and its clean water supply. Future donations will go towards flood relief efforts and the continual goal of building Leonarda's Home of Hope.

With gratitude and blessings,
Janet Mahoney, Limón Aid Co-director