Caribbean Beach Angel Painting

12/Jan/2010 Update: Our hearts & prayers go out to the people of Haiti as they recover from their devastating earthquake. If you are interested in donating to Haiti relief efforts and helping kids, this link will take you to the Friends of the Orphans donation page. Please do donate to Haiti. Thank You!

NPH/NPFS details copied from their website about 2010 Haiti Earthquake Relief:
On Tuesday, January 12, 2010, a major earthquake struck 10 miles Southwest of Port-au-Prince. Several of the facilities of Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos/Nos Petit Frères et Soeurs (NPH/NPFS, Spanish and French for "Our Little Brothers and Sisters") suffered damage. Make a donation to Friends of the Orphans to fund repairs and help NPH/NPFS continue serving the people of Haiti.

This painting was donated to Friends of the Orphans / Neustros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) for their Saint Damien Pediatric Hospital in Tabarre, Haiti.  (NPH is Spanish for "Our Little Brothers and Sisters".)  NPH cares for orphaned and abandoned children in Latin America and the Caribbean. The organization is known as "Nos Petit Frères et Sœurs" (NPFS) in Haiti.

The painting uses the Creole words for "Joy" (Jwa) and "Peace" (Lepé). This painting was inspired after NPH saw the California Beach Angel Painting.

Only a few hundred miles south of Florida, USA, is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, the island nation of Haiti. Here, a fifth of all children die before they reach the age of five and the life expectancy rate is only 48 years old. Father William Wasson founded Nos Petit Frères et Sœurs (NPFS), Our Little Brothers and Sisters, in 1988.

NPFS has three distinct facilities: St. Hélène, a permanent home for orphaned and abandoned children; Kay Père Wasson or The Father Wasson Center, our former pediatric hospital now used for administration, rehabilitation and educational purposes; and a pediatric hospital called St. Damien Chateaublond.

In December 2006, a state-of-the-art pediatric hospital in Tabarre, named St. Damien Chateaublond, was inaugurated. The hospital’s main focus is on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malnutrition and cancer. This facility provides in-patient care with 120 beds and out-patient care for up to 100 children daily. There is also a dental clinic, laboratory, and public health clinic on premises. Adjacent to the hospital is Kay St. Germaine, a 2,300 sq. ft., rehabilitation and physiotherapy center. These programs reach over 30,000 people annually.

Click here to see a video about St. Damien Pediatric Hospital (2006) in Tabarre, Haiti.

Follow the below links to open Adobe PDF brochures to learn more about NPH in Haiti:

• NPFS Haiti Programs Medical 2008.pdf
• NPFS Haiti Programs Orphanage 2008.pdf
• NPFS Haiti Programs Outreach 2008.pdf

Check back later for more pictures of the painting in the clinic. It was painted on loose canvas so it could be easily transported. The painting is in the process of being framed.