Day 1 – The team packaged the initial 150 meals for families.

Day 2 – One of the recipients of the package of stuff, including a New Testament Creole Bible.

Day 2 – Team is loaded up and ready to get to work!

Day 2 – Lots of happy families, taking their packages from the distribution site.

Day 2 – Team members distributing.

Day 2 – All the packages are ready to go!

Day 2 – all 150 food packages and the team.

Day 2 – Many thank you’s from the recipients.

Day 3 – The team installing a cement floor with the bucket brigade.

Day 3 – The floor is being leveled by the Haitian contractors.

Day 3 – Tristin and Brantley helping to get water at the local water well.

Day 4 – the other house that received a cement floor.

Day 4 - Nathanael and Jean Ronel stopped to capture a moment.

Day 4 – Nathanael and Jean Ronel stopped to capture a moment.

Day 4 – Nathanael made a lot of new friends this week, including Kenzie.

Day 4 – one of the many sights of the day.

Day 5 – Brianna purchased a dress from Odette at the local “shopping” market.

Day 5 – Father and son, Tim and Nathanael, do some good bonding over buckets of cement.

Day 5 - the Shoemaker family, Zach, Veronique, Tim, and Nathanael.

Day 5 – the Shoemaker family, Zach, Veronique, Tim, and Nathanael.

Day 5 – Children bring back goods we distributed on the path home.

Day 6 – The team and some local children an Beauvior’s house.

Day 6 – playing bubbles was a favorite of many children.

Day 6 - Nathanael and Wisner share a BIG hug, thanking Nathanael for all his work to make this a reality.

Day 6 – Nathanael and Wisner share a BIG hug, thanking Nathanael for all his work to make this a reality.

The Many Hands Editorial Team is a collective of dedicated staff, local leaders, and operational experts working directly on the ground in Pella, Des Moines, Haiti, and Abaco. United by a shared mission to be Love in Action, our team provides transparent, data-driven insights into sustainable community development. Every field report, impact update, and educational guide we publish is rooted in our daily work alongside these communities. We are committed to answering your hardest questions and sharing the real, unpolished stories of how local leaders are breaking cycles of poverty and transforming their neighborhoods from the inside out.

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