Preparing to return through Global Scholars

Me with one of the UCCC biology profs.

This fall finds me in the US preparing for a condensed (6 week) semester in Haiti to teach ecology at Université de la Communauté Chrétienne de Caïman (UCCC).  Not only is this a volunteer position, I must provide all of the classroom materials!  Books, handouts, lab materials, etc.  The costs add up, and I could not continue teaching in Haiti without help.  But I have found an academic organization to partner with, Global Scholars, conveniently located 40 minutes from my US location.

Global Scholars sends professors to teach all over the world, providing the logistical support for fund raising, insurance, and other benefits that one typically does not have with an overseas teaching position.  Their mission is “Some day every university student in the world will have at least one professor who can articulate and demonstrate the love and Lordship of Jesus Christ.”  Which fits my goal of teaching about God through science and ecology, and busting harmful beliefs such as all snakes are the devil and must be killed, or environmental degradation is caused by evil and cannot be reversed.  I'll also teach at the local schools.

Please help me obtain the teaching supplies that will enable the Haitian students learn more about their natural environment (and help me live in Haiti for 6 weeks).  To make a tax-deductible donation look for my name at this Global Scholar link.  The students and I appreciate it!

Thanks for the teaching supplies!

This is my final update before I leave for Haiti in January. Thank you all so much for your financial and moral support. The photo shows a smattering of the supplies you contributed. All the Creole and French science books, classroom supplies, and binoculars will help me teach ecology and ecotourism in Caiman in the Central Plateau. The books will then go to the Mompremier’s new library for the entire community to access. An exciting development is that an agricultural missionary to the Caiman region recently began attending my church and has been teaching me Creole! Be sure to check my blog for updates while I’m in Haiti.

How to ship items to Haiti

This is how to ship things to my friends in Haiti or to me while I am there. It only takes a couple days longer than it takes the supplies to get to Florida, as the supply plane flies directly to their town on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Ship items to them at:
JeanJean & Kristie Mompremier
Unit 1072--UCI
3170 Airmans Drive
Ft. Pierce, FL 34946

The shipping fee is $1.50/lb by a check made out to and mailed to Missionary Flights International at 3170 Airmans Drive, Ft. Pierce, FL 34946. Write Unit 1072 in the memo. This covers the cost of the missionary plane taking the packages to Haiti, where Kristie picks them up directly from the plane.

But then a customs officer weighs all her packages and charges a fee per pound, so to cover that a check for $0.50/lb needs to be made out to United Christians International and sent to United Christians International P.O. Box 51 Orange City, IA 51041

Sounds complicated, but easier than lugging items on the plane!

EcoFund supply wish-list

Thanks to everyone who has supported this effort! I was able to purchase 3 sets of educavision books, and have received several binoculars and flashlights (Dec. 2009).

These are the supplies I would like to take to Caiman to teach ecology. I will leave them at a new library. I was told that there are no libraries in Haiti (maybe the universities have them?) and most people could not afford to buy books. Please click on the paypal link if you'd like to donate to the supply fund. Books are from www.educavision.com unless otherwise noted.

• Planet Earth in Diagram - Diagramatic presentation of planet Earth, $10.00
• Diksyonè Syans - Monolingual Haitian Creole Science Dictionary, $18.00
• Water is life/Dlo se lavi - Simple study of water in daily living, $8.00
• Ecology/Ekoloji - kingdoms, cell cycle, metamorphosis, photosynthesis. Grade 8-12, $12.00
• Butterfly Life Cycle/Etap nan lavi Papiyon - Butterfly life cycle with bilingual labels, $7.00
• Plant and Animal Cells, Comparison - Plant and animal cells with bilingual labels, $7.00
• Earth Science - Bilingual, $17.00
• Map Skills/Ladrès Jeyografi - Activity to develop, build & reinforce map skills, $8.00
• Map of The Caribbean with bilingual labels, $7.00
• Solid Liquid Gas chart - State of matters with bilingual labels, $7.00
• Weather Chart with bilingual labels, $7.00
• Water Cycle Chart - Water cycle with bilingual labels, $7.00
• Bird Life Circle, $5.00
• Eng/Haitian-Creole Science Dictionary - Science, mathematic, medical & other field, $20.00
• Map Of Haiti in color 30x24, $7.00
• Tropical Fruits/Fwi Twopikal - Tropical fruits and what they can be used for. Bilingual, Grade K-2, $5.00
• Insects/Ensèk - Insects and what they do. Bilingual, K-2. $5.00
• Pictorial English-Creole Dictionary - Illustrated and arranged by subjects, $18.00
• My Friend the Tree/Mon ami l'arbre/Zanmi-m Pyebwa - The ecological role of trees. Trilingual. (worldlanguage.com) $13.00
• Oiseaux d'Haiti - Birds of Haiti - in French! With Creole & English (Florence Sergile), $45.00
• Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti - All the birds in Haiti (amazon.com), $30.00
• Binoculars
• Pens, pencils, notebooks, and pencil sharpeners