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Have a Heart Campaign 2013

Currently our clinic attends to approximately 100 patients perweek, plus up to 20 urgent care patients who would not otherwisereceive medical attention. We have been able to provide mostmedications that have been required; however there has been adramatic increase in patients requiring intravenous bags (IV bags),which we do not have funding for. The cost of these isapproximately $5.00 each (US) and they must be bought in Haiti. A

general income per household in Haiti is $2.00 per day. Donationscan be made online at: http://www.lifepathsglobal.org

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A charitable tax receipt will be issued following your minimum donation of $20.00. Apersonalized Heart will be placed on our BLOG in recognition of your donation.

http://lifepathsglobalalliance.blogspot.com/

www.lifepathsglobal.org

http://lifepathsglobalalliance.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/LifePathsglobal

Whats UpPage 6

VolunteeringPage 5

Haiti by the NumbersPage 4

Telemedicine UpdatePage 3

Q and A with Elaine

Knight

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LifePaths Global AllianceWinter 2013


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Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2012

Telemedicine in HaitiLifePaths Telemedicine Clinic has provided essential care toover 12,000 rural Haitians since it was established in August2010.

Through Telemedicine, specifically Televideoconferencing, patients and doctorsno longer required to make lengthy trips(sometimes four or five hours) for medicappointments. And the health care isdelivered for free, including medicationThese are the poorest of the poor, so ifthey have a choice to eat or go and find why they have a sore throat or an ear

infection, theyll go buy food, Elaine noThats why we provide the health carefree.In two-and-a-half years, LGA has providcare for more than 12,000 people.

Elaine Knight in Haiti

LifePaths Global Alliance Team

Elaine Knight, Founder and CEO of LifePaths Dr. Joey Prosper, Medical Director, Haiti Dr. Paul Gahlanger, Chief Medical Advisor, Sandy St.Amand, Director of Development Arlene Campbell, LifePaths Administrator/Coordinator Tara Winters, Fundraising, Events and Promotions

Jean Eddy Dieujuste, General Manager and CommunityLead, Haiti

Telemedicine Assistants and Employees in Haiti

Thanks to our many volunteers, sponsors and supporters forsupporting LifePaths efforts in Haiti. Thanks to Employment Ontario for wor

with LifePaths


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Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2012Q and A with Elaine Knight Founder of LifePath

What is the update on the LifePaths Telemedicine Clinic?

The LifePaths Telemedicine clinic is currently open two days a week - Wednesdays and Saturdays. Wesee approximately 50 patients for primary care, in addition to 10 urgent care patients per clinic day. Wehave three-trained Telemedicine Assistants (TMA) who are local Haitians, living in LEstere. They are

gaining an extraordinary amount of experience under Dr. Joeys direction and training program. We are

seeing an increase in womens needs; therefore we want to increase clinic days to include one extra dayper week, which would be dedicated to womens issues

What is the most empowering improvement you have seen the earthquake?

Obviously the LifePaths Telemedicine Clinic has been empowering to all involved. The next substantialimprovement has been the build out of the national highway. What used to take 5 hours to get toLEstere, now only takes 2 hours. During every trip, I am able to visually experience improvement whiletraveling to the rural areas. The national highway has been repaved, and road signs/symbols have been

posted. Garbage is consistently collected which is improving the overall look. Some tent cities havecome down, however there are areas that are still devastated and will continue to need support.

What is ahead for LifePaths in 2013?

We want to build up our Clothing and Jewelry Boutique in LEstere. Local Haitians design the clothingand jewelry and it is simply stunning. We have been recently contacted by an organization that creates database and places these boutiques on a GPS map- that is accessible online to the public. Jean Eddy,our General manager and Community Lead attended a seminar on selling, marketing and exporting

products. This job creation program is offering local Haitians an opportunity to be trained, earn incomeand gain independence and dignity. There are many talented tailors and designers in Haiti, so this projecwill provide national attention for further growth. Extended profits are donated to the LGA TelemedicineClinic.

If you had a magic wand with 3 wisheswhat would they be??

I) I wish I had 100 wishes! Seriously, I wish that we could secure sustainable funding to continue togrow our Telemedicine clinic.

2) - I want our economic programs: boutique, Internet caf and the rice field project to become morefruitful and successful to create job sustainability.

3) - I wish the international world looking at Haiti continues to be educated on what they have done -what needs to be done - and will support the future of Haiti.

I want to say thank you to our supporters and encourage newpeople to get involved. Haiti needs us and we cant forget about them Elaine


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LGA and Haiti, by the Numbers

38,000 - Population of LEstere, Haiti

2,650 - Visitors on the BLOG

2,000 - Patients seen at the Telemedicine clinic, since2010

7,920 - photos taken in Haiti

2,800 - $$ cost per month to keep the TelemedicineClinic running

243 - LifePaths Tweets

0 - Number of relief trips to Haiti since the earthquake

- Volunteer over 80 years of age traveling to Haiti withLifePaths in April 2013.

Grannies for Haiti

Where the heart lives

The Grannies for Haiti are a lively group ofladies that have dedicated countless hoursraising funds for Haiti.

Craft and bake sales, garage sales, collectingdonations and hosting private fundraisers ar

just a few of the many things the Grannies d

support LifePaths.

Thanks Grannies, we love you!

Congratulations to Fatima Haleem Baig(LifePaths Past Executive Director) and her

husband Rafay. They are expecting a bundleof joy in March.

Fatima and Rafay

Try a Taste of Haitian Culture

You need: 5 ripe sweet plantains and cooking spray.

Spray some cooking spray on sliced plantains and

put them in the oven.

5 minutes on each side at 375F. Delicious!!


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Travel with a Purpose

LifePaths relief trips are oneweek long. The cost of the tripis $1000 USD per person, forone week. This cost covers allground transportation withinHaiti, lodging, breakfast anddinner daily, security andtranslators. The cost of flightsis not included in this price,but an average cost is about$600 - $700 per person for around trip. Many volunteerschoose to fundraise for theirtrips, and we can provide taxreceipts for this purpose. Volunteers visit Port-au-Prince, and the rural town ofLEstere, where LifePaths hasvarious communityprogramming including our

Telemedicine Clinic inLEstere. If you are interestedin traveling to Haiti for a weekwith LifePaths we encourageyou to contact us.

Toll free: 1-866-964-4944

Or email Arlene at

[email protected]


Why I Fell in Love with HaitiMy first trip to Haiti was in 2008, before theearthquake, when not many people knew much about theisland. On that trip I felt like I had discovered a gem and I hadto let the world know about this beautiful place andits amazing people. At first I didn't give much thought to whyI fell in love with the country, I just continued with my workthere, building relationships and memories. However, as Istarted encouraging others to join LifePaths relief efforts in

Haiti, I started thinking more and more about whyI, myself was drawn to this small island so much. I believe theone thing that caught my attention the most and right awaywas this presence of a deep-rooted respect for humanity thateveryone on the island seemed to exude. It was refreshing andinspiring at the same time. To explain it a bit more, I noticedthat relationships were not based on money or status; therewas nothing superficial about them. Instead, they were builton simple human natures such as our desire to havecompanionship, our fondness of sharing, and our goal to behappy in life and to be liked. My experience in Haiti so farhas been a learning curve and I hope to continue practicingthese small lessons in life that are so monumental to ourbeing.

One loveFatima

Fatima Haleem Baig Haiti, 2011

Follow our Travels to Haiti on our BLOG athttp://lifepathsglobalalliance.blogspot.com/


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Facebook Question? You guessed it!

Thanks Milk Bag Ladies!

There is a wonderful group of senior ladies that have

been aptly named, The Milk Bag Ladies. They are a

enior community in London. Thursday afternoons,

hey meet in their local community room and create

amazing Milk Bag Mats that they generously donate to

various organizations that are involved in international

mission trips. LifePaths was recently one of the lucky

ecipients of their craft.

A couple of weeks ago LifePaths had the opportunity to

meet with the Milk Bag Ladies again and receive

another generous donation. Elaine Knight, founder of

LifePaths took the opportunity to explain our role in

Haiti and shared the story of delivering their Milk Bag

Mats to some very fortunate Haitians during our

ecent trip to Haiti.

The Milk Bag Mats are being used as a warm welcome

o many of our little Haitian friends. Whether they are

erving as a warm dry place to sleep, or a cozy place to

hare toys, the Milk Bag Mats offer a refuge against

parasites, by keeping tender bottoms off the direct mud

loors.

The generous donations of the milk bag mats, hand

crafted toys and collected items are sincerely

appreciated.

Cheers to this wonderful group The Milk Bag

Ladies.

Tiny Haitians

Enjoying the

Milk Mats

Elaine delivering Milk Mats in Haiti

Thank you!


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Spring Raffle2 for $5.oo or $2.00 each

1st

prize An Original Haitian

Art Piece

2nd

prize - 4 Tickets to a

performance at the Palace

Theater

3rd

prize Tasty Dinner for 2in downtown London

All proceeds will be donated to

support the LifePaths Telemedicine

Clinic in Haiti

Draw Date - April 16th

Stay tuned to LifePaths Facebook

for ticket sale locations

http://www.facebook.com/LifePaths

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Grannies for Haiti GOLD PARTY

Jeannie will be hosting another GOLD PARTY onSunday, March 10th at 2pm. Chester Pegg JewelryStore will be on hand to evaluate your gold and payyou cash on the spot! Jeannie will once again donateher Hostess Share to support Haiti! Grannies for Haitiare on Facebook!

The Event is listed on Grannies for Haiti Facebook

Donations are accepted online at


A charitable tax receipt will be issued at

your request

2013 Volunteer Trips

April 20t

-26t

- Full!

October 18t

-25t

Hurry, its

illing up fast!

Let us know if you can donate any of the much

needed medical supplies

Children's vitamins Pre-Natal Vitamins Vitamin B Calcium Pregnancy tests Topical antibiotic creams Eye drops Ear drops Stomach remedies (Rolaids, Tums etc) First Aid Kits (small sized) Prescription eye glasses


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Pennies from Heaven

Bring your jars, rolls or bags of pennies to

LifePaths Global Alliance

1340 Dundas Street, Cottage #1

London, ON

Pennies will be received daily between 9-4pm

Get involved, start your own Penny Drive and donate them to LifePaths Global

http://www.lifepathsglobalalliance.blogspot.com/www.lifepathsglobal.org

Pennies from Heaven

Angels drop pennies from Heaven above

My penny to you is sent with my love

One penny alone may not help you cope

But all of our pennies will give you more hope

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