UPSTREAM INTERNATIONAL INC

EMPOWERING PEOPLE WHO HELP PEOPLE - THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS OUT WORLD CHANGERS AND DIFFERENCE MAKERS AROUND THE GLOBE AND EQUIPS THEM TO FULFILL THEIR UNIQUE PURPOSE. THE ORGANIZATION ASSISTS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN NEED AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BECOME SUSTAINABLE, INDEPENDENT, AND PROUD. HOW AND WHERE THE ORGANIZATION CONTRIBUTES IS BASED ON THE CULTURAL CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHS OF A COMMUNITY AS DEFINED BY ITS MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE--THE PEOPLE. THE ORGANIZATION USES DONOR SUPPORT TO BUILD SCHOOLS, PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS, CREATE SUSTAINABLE FOOD PROGRAMS, PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, PLANT AND GROW CHURCHES, HOST MISSION TRIPS, AND IMPROVE THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE.AS WE REFLECT ON ALL THAT GOD HAS ALLOWED US TO BE A PART OF THIS YEAR, WE ARE DEEPLY HUMBLED BY HIS UNWAVERING FAITHFULNESS AND THE INCREDIBLE GENEROSITY OF OUR UPSTREAM DONORS. THOSE WE SERVE DEPEND ON GOD'S PROVISION, DELIVERED THROUGH THE HANDS OF HIS PEOPLE. IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR DONORS THAT UPSTREAM IS ABLE TO STEP IN AND MEET THE NEEDS DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. THIS INCLUDES 486 STUDENTS SERVED AT OUR SCHOOL, OVER 375,000 MEALS PROVIDED, AND OVER 6,200 SALVATIONS ACROSS THE CHURCHES WE SUPPORT IN 2024.AS HAITI FACES PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PREVALENCE OF VOODOO AND VIOLENCE, UPSTREAM CONTINUES TO PRIORITIZE THEOLOGY AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BIBLICAL CHURCHES. THIS YEAR, WE PLANTED 2 NEW CHURCHES, EXPANDING OUR OUTREACH AND STRENGTHENING LOCAL COMMUNITIES. AT THE SAME TIME, FAMILIES FROM ACROSS HAITI ARE GRAPPLING WITH SEVERE FOOD AND WATER CRISIS. ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER IS ESSENTIAL FOR SURVIVAL, AND WITHOUT IT, PEOPLE ARE AT GREATER RISK OF DEHYDRATION, ILLNESS, AND DEATH. MEETING THESE BASIC NEEDS IS VITAL FOR THE HEALTH AND RESILIENCE OF THESE COMMUNITIES SO UPSTREAM SUPPORTED THE PROVISION OF OVER 1.7 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE.UPSTREAM ALSO CONTINUES TO SPONSOR THE BETTER THAN BULLETS PROGRAM TRAINING 136 STUDENTS 3 DAYS A WEEK WITH 4 INSTRUCTORS - ALL TO KEEP KIDS OUT OF THE LOCAL GANGS AND BUILD CONFIDENCE AND STRENGTH IN SELF AND THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES THAT UPSTREAM PARTNERS WITH OTHERS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR HAITIAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS.