Gateway Church of the Nazarene: :23560 Jefferson Ave.: :Murrieta, CA 92562: :phone (951)461-0221: :fax (951)461-0221: :info@gatewaynaz.org: :gateway home page
New Cost Estimate
$1200 per person including airline ticket, insurance, per diem, food, and mosquito net.
Opt. $150-200 per person for emergencies, souvenirs, and beach fees (amount up to you)
Dates
Sept 15th Meds must be ordered
Sept 24th Money Due
Need to Know
All medicine for this trip must be ordered by September 15th
Call or e-mail Dan Little for details.
All money for this Work & Witness trip MUST be turned in by September 24th.
Checks must be made out to Gateway Church of the Nazarene, earmarked Haiti Work and
Witness. Give checks to JohnMark Wood in order to keep track of trip finances--He will turn them in to the church office.
Haiti Information
Lonely planet has lots of practical information about day-to day operations including money,
health and safety. They play a balance to the news media which likes to go for the shock
factor. Their opinion is if a traveler is smart and self-aware, problems are rare or minor.
An official US travel advisory for Haiti can be found here, and if any more advisories are
issued between now and the date of departure, they will also be located here. The
government recommends that international travelers register in case of emergency.
Here you can gain a backround on the country by reading the overview section. News
stories are located on the right side undertneath the country selector.
More detailed than the BBC country profile, this document contains mostly statistical
information about geography, demographics, transportation, and communication.
This video will give you a glance of the toll that Hurricane Hannah from 2008 took on the city
of Gonaives and how those who live there are still trying to rebuild even a year later.
Click here to view the official Haiti Work & Witness Info Packet!
(document is in .pdf format)
Haiti Team Info Page
From the CIA World Factbook
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with 80% of the population living under the poverty line and 54% in abject poverty. Two-thirds of all Haitians depend on the agricultural sector, mainly small-scale subsistence farming, and remain vulnerable to damage from frequent natural disasters, exacerbated by the country's widespread deforestation. While the economy has recovered in recent years, registering positive growth since 2005, four tropical storms in 2008 severely damaged the transportation infrastructure and agricultural sector. Haiti suffers from high inflation, a lack of investment because of insecurity and limited infrastructure, and a severe trade deficit.
