MERCY OUTREACH MINISTRY INTERNATIONAL INC
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Mission Statement
Mercy Outreach Ministry (MOM) is dedicated to changing lives of the poor in developing countries through the transfer of alternative, appropriate and sustainable technologies to address poverty and the wide spectrum of socio-economic disparities using a partnership model and our Sustainable Urban Village (SUV) concept. Our Sustainable Urban Village (SUV) Research Center on the GOC University campus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti will introduce alternative, appropriate and sustainable technologies to communities to address disparities such as energy production, multi-media and internet accessibility, housing, food security, health, education, workforce development and the development of Village infrastructure .
About This Cause
Mom is a 501(c)3 humanitarian non-profit in the U.S. and an NGO )non-governmental organization registered in Haiti. MOM has worked in rural Haiti for over 22 years and has as its experience agricultural projects (family gardens) and animal projects located throughout rural areas in the south and the western part of Haiti in Fond Verette. Thirteen men and women were trained to build Biosand filters for clean water. We had the first commercial solar bakery in Haiti using the world's largest solar oven, The Villager Solar Oven that bakes hundreds of loaves of bread a day with only the sun . MOM established a media center in three different locations between 2004 -2015 in an attempt to provide a stable internet connectivity. MOM established a dairy project in the summer of 2014 in Petite Riviere De Nippes with the purchase of 10 cows and 2 bulls for breeding. We also established a chicken and turkey project for family farmers as an economic development project. Other projects included sewing classes, a small peanut butter business (female) and an animal project with beef, and pork. We sponsored teacher salaries and provided books, pencils and school supplies to needy students in the south and in the western part of Haiti. We built latrines and water cisterns in Fond Verrette and provided farm equipment and tools for the agriculture project there. Persistent Poverty in developing countries in spite of billions of dollars in aid, is the “elephant in the room” that won’t go away. Our solution to this monumental challenge is the transfer of appropriate and sustainable technologies to address poverty at multiple levels such as housing, health, education, sanitation, waste reclamation, workforce development and gender equal entrepreneurial development, agriculture, food security, infrastructure development, internet accessibility and communication media. Our Sustainable Urban Village (SUV) Research Center on the GOC University campus in Port-au-Prince, Haiti will introduce alternative and sustainable technology projects. The projects will be based on the shared vision of a community and teamwork which becomes the driving force to bridge the gap between vision and reality. It is working together to identify the problems, and their possible solutions as well as threats from those who might resist change. The management of political networks is especially critical and often complex. Alternative Technologies and Energy Production The SUV will convert natural energies; wind, solar, wave, tide and geothermal, into usable energies like heat, electricity and mechanical motion. Analyzing these natural energies, we’ve designed a system that stores energy as heat, elevated water, compressed air, hydrogen & biogas, all of which are inexpensive and proven techniques. Newly designed and hurricane proof wind turbines will drive air compressors and induction heaters, efficiently converting wind energy into heat and compressed air. Various solar thermal collectors will store heat directly from the sun, a much more efficient approach than photovoltaic. Heat from the sun will also purify seawater and make heat for cooking, food processing, hot water and more. Multi-Media and Internet Accessibility The only access to regular communications in most developing countries is through cell phones. It is estimated that fewer than 5,000 Haitians have access to the Internet via the country's servers; still, limited efforts to expand computer and Internet use in Haiti have gotten off the ground. The SUV Media Center will position itself as an educational resource for individuals wishing to learn about the benefits the Internet has to offer. The SUV Media Center will provide full access to email, WWW, FTP, Usenet and other Internet applications such as Telnet and Gopher. Printing, scanning, and introductory courses to the Internet will also be available to the customer. The SUV Media Center will also provide customers with a unique and innovative environment for enjoying great programs, on-line courses, and telemedicine. Based on Fuze, an award-winning video collaboration service from smartphones, tablets and desktops to offices, huddle spaces and meeting rooms, The Center will give the communities a more flexible and cost-effective way to video-enable their world. The SUV Media Center will be the first Tablet Internet café in Haiti. The SUV Media Center will differentiate itself from the strictly- cafes by providing its customers with Internet and video conferencing services. A fully operational Media Center is crucial for the transfer of knowledge and technology. The lack thereof has robbed communities of the opportunity to learn about the availability of technologies that can break the back of persistent poverty in their communities. Housing Haiti is the poorest country in Western Hemisphere with 80% of population living below poverty line and a housing deficit of 500,000. Our solution to this problem is to • Generate a scalable construction system that converts readily available agricultural bio-waste into durable construction panels for affordable housing. • Create a self-sustainable economic life cycle that generates recurring revenues through growth in agriculture and local manufacturing. • Invest in people through Workforce Development and Farming Cooperatives By building with compressed agricultural fiberboard panels, the technology will • Utilize the agricultural waste by-product (stalks and husks) from Haiti’s existing renewable rice and sorghum crop harvest (185k Hectares annually) as the supply chain for manufacturing durable compressed agricultural fiber (CAF) panels. • Generate additional farming revenue from the crop waste feed stock which will increase overall price per yield for crop production to promote higher local crop production and stabilize food supply. Development of Village Infrastructure The construction of buildings and the provision of energy sets the foundation for building a municipal waste system, educational facilities, medical clinics, workforce development project, small businesses and specialized and general skill sets in agriculture, fishing, construction, retail, tourism transportation training and safety, health care, food security, etc. MOM's innovative Sustainable Urban Village (SUV) Research Center in collaboration with major universities in the U.S. and the GOC University in Haiti, will explore, develop and transfer cutting-edge sustainable technology globally to rural communities via on-site and internet-based education. The human side of change is considered as important as the strategic mission. A community must accept and commit to a project for it to be successful and training and resources support will be required for its sustainability. Our solution is to efficiently and effectively use what has been freely given to us in nature (solar, wind, water) to benefit those who are in need of help . Poverty is a very complex problem and there are many reasons that it exists. Our organizational capacity is excellent because years have been spent networking and communicating with highly-accomplished professionals across a broad spectrum of science, technology, and business to bring them all together to make the Sustainable Urban Village Research Center a reality. Their quest for using their talents to improve lives across the world could be realized by joining forces with MOM to accomplish its goal of transferring appropriate, alternative and sustainable technology to developing countries for the amelioration of poverty. With the Media Center in operation, we can offer educational opportunities in partnership with U.S. colleges, corporations globally via online courses, exchange programs, etc. Access to a stable internet connectivity will influence economic development through innovative marketing programs like the MarketMaker that brings small businesses, farmers, fisherman, etc. together to share their resources via a collaborative network. The success and sustainability of our projects will be the measuring stick for the successful use of the transfer of alternative, appropriate and sustainable technology for the socio-economic development of communities in developing countries. Conclusion The Sustainable Urban Village (SUV) Research Center will signal the step by step building of community infrastructures that will create a new economy with opportunities for local residents to capitalize on the resources in their area, and in turn, invest in their own futures by purchasing homes and essentials with the help of our micro-finance component.