IADD - Haiti Relief

The actions of one oil and gas Landman in Oklahoma has saved thousands of lives in Haiti!

Brent Justus, a Landman who lives in Duncan, Oklahoma founded Life’s Hope to give care to suffering people. Last year, his organization provided 130,000 people living in Kenya and Tanzania, Africa with a daily source of clean drinking water. In 2008, his organization traveled to refugee camps in Thailand and installed water treatment systems that provide 60,000 people a daily source of drinking water. When the earthquake struck Haiti, his organization sprang into action.

During their first exploratory journey, they discovered that essential workers were in dire need of a reliable source of drinking water. Warehouse workers charged with distributing food, clothing, water, and essential goods to schools, orphanages, and hospitals before the earthquake struck did not have any water. The workers were suffering from dehydration, which slowed their operation to a crawl. Adventist Hospital near Port-au-Prince was critically low on drinking water for medical staff and patients. Life’s Hope volunteers installed two solar powered water treatment systems providing 17 gallons a minute of clean, safe, drinking water at these two critical care locations. It is estimated that these two systems are relieving the suffering of over 30,000 people daily. Life’s Hope volunteers returned to Haiti with enough equipment and manpower to provide clean water to over 150,000 people at the request of the United Nations. They are working with Convoy of Hope, Mission of Hope, and Feed the Children to identify the most critical locations.

IADD made a donation to Life’s Hope for one very important reason – they are finding the most critical problems with the relief effort in Haiti and providing permanent solutions. For more information about Life’s Hope, visit their web site at www.lifeshope.org. Please consider making a donation today. They are making a tremendous difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of lives in Haiti and other impoverished locations around the globe.

Best regards,
Jim Oberkircher, Executive Director
International Association of Directional Drilling