Mercy forever.

Willy Gaspar (in orange shirt), LCMS World Relief and Human Care projects manager in Haiti, delivered $7,500 in medicines and equipment to a hospital in Hinche to treat cholera patients. The hospital had nearly run out of cholera supplies before the Nov. 25 delivery made possible by LCMS World Relief and Human Care in partnership with the Dominican Republic Lutheran Mission.

As LCMS World Relief and Human Care (WR-HC) donors celebrated Thanksgiving Day in the United States, they also helped provide a hospital in Haiti with a blessing – a delivery of medical supplies to treat cholera patients.

“The cholera is growing there a lot,” Willy Gaspar, WR-HC projects manager in Haiti, said in an e-mail, referring to the city of Hinche. That’s where Gaspar delivered $7,500 in medicine and equipment to the Hospital Sainte Therese de Hinche on Nov. 25. WR-HC purchased the supplies in partnership with the Dominican Republic Lutheran Mission and Rev. Ted Krey.

Hospital staff had indicated that medicines to fight cholera were almost non-existent and other supplies were extremely low, said Rev. Glenn F. Merritt, WR-HC director of Disaster Response. Leaders of both the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti and the Lutheran Church of Haiti “have made the point that the [cholera] situation is urgent and growing more urgent by the minute,” Merritt said.

In gratitude for the medical supplies, Gaspar said that hospital staff invited him to a presentation on Dec. 2 recognizing Gaspar and WR-HC as an official partner that is helping to fight cholera in Haiti’s Central Plateau.

To date, cholera has killed some 1,751 people in Haiti, according to the United Nations.

How to help:  Make an online gift or learn more about Haiti cholera outbreak relief. You may also wish to make a gift or learn more about Building Homes and Hope in Haiti. To contact WR-HC, call 800-248-1930, ext. 1380.