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First Visit Since the Earthquake...
This was my first time in Haiti since the earthquake. We walked off the plane–not down the steps and across the blazing hot tarmac as on past trips, before the airport was destroyed by the earthquake, but through a jetway,...
The immediacy has died down...
The immediacy has died down. The fervent fever pitch has subsided. The situation in Haiti isn’t any less severe; it’s just that daily responsibilities crowded their way back into our lives. I had to return to work....
‘An open heart is always an o...
In 1997, Sarah and I led our first team to Haiti. We were going to build a school in the remote community of Baissin Caimman. There was no electricity, no running water; in fact, there was barely a two-track road cut through the...
Trying to reach Haiti...
Haiti H2O has been planning on going in to Haiti to visit our partners as soon as it was appropriate. Since we are not doctors or trained rescue workers, we realize that our task is not to do search and recovery work in Port au Prince,...
What can I do?...
I had a chance to speak to a predominantly African American church today about Haiti. This church rests in a poverty-stricken area of Pittsburgh and they contacted me regarding the earthquake in Haiti. Our organization, Haiti H20,...
A view from the couch...
I am reminded of the aerial bombing videos sent during the Gulf War that we watched as a family in our “living room.” The blurred buildings viewed in infrared, outlined with a set of cross hairs set along its shape. Then...
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Bradbury Quest Goals...
Having participated and led short term mission trips for over 20 years, we realize...
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Haiti H2O began in 2006 as a partner ministry with Luther and Carol Hansley for the work being done in the Haitian villages of Basin Camin and St. Martain. The focus was primarily on securing funding to help develop sustainable business projects in these villages, like a bread oven and community farming projects. The ministry focus transitioned in 2007 when the Hansleys ended their time of mission work in Haiti.

We are now doing the work of partnering churches in Haiti with churches in the United States by leading short-term mission trips. In November 2007, we received our final 501(c)3 approval from the IRS.