Haiti Veterinary Project

Dr. LeeAnn Fosdick is seeking help to raise funds for her "Tools and Training" Project in Haiti. She has traveled to Haiti twice on veterinary missions trips to assist veterinarians learn updated techniques as well as to train veterinarians to educate the owners of animals. In Haiti, animals serve many purposes. They are used for transportation, hauling goods, agriculture, and food. Families depend on these animals for their livelihood and for their very lives. The death of an animal can be a serious crisis for an already-struggling family. A sick animal can harbor disease which can be passed on to the human population. There are approximately 2000 practicing veterinarians in Haiti. These vets need training and equipment in order to assist families in caring for their animals.

The "Tools and Training" Project seeks to do the following:

Provide a boarding school for the students where they get a bed and food during the week that they are taking the class

Provide the Veterinary Cooperatives with veterinary tools and supplies

Provide the Veterinarians with tools and supplies

If you would like to contribute to this life-changing and life-saving mission, please contact Heart of the Shepherd Lutheran Church. Your donation is tax deductible.

With a 95% unemployment rate, most Haitians make a living anyway they can. This young woman runs a "laundromat."

A typical Haitian home. It has been said that the average Haitian home is destroyed twice per generation.

Inside the training classroom.

Farmers often have to till the earth by hand if they have no cattle.

The "parking lot" at a local market.

Horses and humans transport heavy loads.

The open wound on this horse's back could be easily prevented by placing a cloth pad between the skin and the pack it carries. Through education, fewer horses are suffering this condition.