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Bringing help to those in need 9 · Friday, January 15, 2010 OAKVILLE BEAVER · www.oakvillebeaver.com Continued from page 8 that number appears to be low. The Mission, which employs approximately 150 Haitian staff, is still awaiting news about the vast majority of its local staffers, said Waterman. She told The Oakville Beaver that one young man employed by the Mission is attending university. He was in school when the earthquake struck and was trapped, watching all but four of his 20 classmates die before he was rescued. He did survive and Waterman called it miraculous. While North Ridge Family Chiropractic has raised funds for Haiti in the past -- for two surgeries for children and the hospital itself -- it is now simply directing those who may want to help, to the Mission of Hope Haiti website at www.missionofhope.org. Maduri suggests donating in the `Where most needed' category. Cheryl, who hails from Carlisle, Ontario, first became involved in Haiti after holidaying in the Dominican Republic. She spent time volunteering at Haiti's Hospital of Hope, a part-time clinic offering medical services to one of Haiti's poorest regions before moving there for a two-year term. The van der Marks are due to come home in September 2010. They were in Canada last summer for a vacation while school was out and returned in late August. Maduri said her office has put out an e-mail to all patients who were concerned about Cheryl and her family. Since September 2008, Cheryl and her family have been there fulltime helping build the Mission hospital into a full-time hospital offering chiropractic, medical treatment and eventually dentistry. Cheryl is the medical director. Her husband is overseeing construction efforts. There are Haitian doctors and Grant, who is a paramedic. The Mission of Hope website this week, after the earthquake, posted the following, "Earthquake News Update -- Haiti was hit on Tuesday by a massive earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, causing the collapse of buildings, including a hospital, and causing widespread panic. Fortunately, most of the Mission of Hope staff and families have been spared major calamity, though our buildings and other facilities have yet to be surveyed for damage. Most of all, we covet your prayers as we deal with the aftermath of the earthquake." PHOTO COURTESY DR. JULIE MADURI RIGHT AT HOME: A typical Haitian home near the Mission of Hope Haiti headquarters near Port-au-Prince. "God is good. He definitely spared look at life. them (the van der Marks) and in that One with despair and way, they can help," said Maduri. death: One with hope and "Death is an every day occurrence in Haiti. Every month, the people there see someone they know die and they deal with it altogether differently. 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