Help God's Littlest Angels Help Alot of Youngsters

Special Hearing Screener needed at the Orphanage.

Posted by Dixie

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I received an email today from Susan Westwood, the RN in charge of the nursery.  For years, some of our babies have had repeated ear infections from a variety of causes, but we know that it has affected their hearing.  We have no way of checking hearing on children under the age of 4.  Most pediatricians in Haiti send children to the Dominican Republic for hearing testing when they think there is a problem.

Susan told me about a baby we have in the NICU who is 4 months old and doesn’t respond to noise at all.  There are others that only respond to loud noises.  We would like to be able to test their hearing. 

Susan found a portable machine that is able to test hearing on infants.  This machine is called a Welch Allyn OAE Hearing Screener.  This machine is easy to operate and does not require a lot of training.  The results are fast and accurate and take only about 10 seconds per ear.   We can get accurate results without any response from the baby, and the machine gives us either a pass or fail result.

This would help us test the children’s hearing, and identify children that might benefit from hearing aids. It would also be good to be able to monitor our children who have chronic ear infections.

We need $4000 to buy the machine, printer, and supplies needed to make it run.  I think it would be nice if we are able to use this machine to do screening of all of the school children that are sponsored through GLA and children living around the orphanage.  But to reach out and be able to do this, we need help to raise the funds needed to buy the hearing screener.  Can you help?

KD's Korner is going to Haiti and Needs Your Help! :)

I want to let you know of any opportunity I have to serve in Haiti and how you can be part of it.

Growing up in Miami, Florida I was greatly influenced by the Haitian culture through my church’s involvement in ministering to Haitians living in the city.  As an adult, Haiti has always been in the back of my mind and whenever tragedy,such as the hurricanes of 2008, hit the country my concern was voiced via prayers.

When the earthquake hit on January 12, I realized that my concern for Haiti and her people ran much deeper than just saying a prayer on their behalf.  Seeing the children who lost parents and everything that they had known greatly touched my heart and renewed my passion for Haiti.

I have known of and prayed for God’s Littlest Angels (GLA) for several years. When the earthquake hit, GLA was one of the first organizations that I looked up on the internet to see how they had fared.   GLA is an orphanage located in Petion-Ville, Haiti which is in the mountains a hour north of Port Au Prince. Since 1997 they have been taken care of orphans and also provide opportunities for adoption when it’s appropriate.

One of the things I realized when I went to the GLA website is that their US office is located here in Colorado Springs.  It was while helping the office with loading up a shipping container of donations to send to GLA in Haiti, that I was made aware of the need that the orphanage had to have volunteers go down and help during the month of April. 

God has orchestrated circumstances in my life to allow me to go and spend 18 days down with GLA in Haiti (April 13 – 30).  The last thing that needs to be taken care of is the financial side of things and this is where you can help.

I need to raise $1500 to cover my expenses which include airfare and room and board.  I would like to have the money raised by the time I head for a family gathering in Miami on Thursday, April 8. 

Would you please consider making a financial donation to God’s Littlest Angels on my behalf? All donations are tax deductable.  When writing a check, please make it out to GOD’S LITTLEST ANGELS with VOLUNTEER SUPPORT DEBARDELABEN in the memo line. 

Please send donations to 

God’s Littlest Angels - c/o Ms Jean Bell

 2275 Waynoka Rd, Suite D       
Colorado Springs, Colorado  80915

Any questions about this please don’t hesitate to let me know.

Serving Him Always

Kelly DeBardelaben

kdizne@gmail.com/786-427-5674

Video of The Babies Being Taken Care Of At God's Littlest Angels Orphanage in Haiti

This is a video of the babies being cared for by God's Littlest Angels a Christian orphange in Haiti.

Sorry for part of this being sideways as the person who took it was using her flip camera for the first time :)

Please continue to keep all the Haitian orphans and those who work with them in your prayers.

Thanks

KD <>< :)