Upstream International Inc

DOING MORE, TOGETHER. WE ARE CHRISTIAN SERVANTS EMPOWERING LOCAL LEADERS TO BUILD COMMUNITY AND SPREAD THE GOSPEL BY PREACHING, TEACHING, FEEDING AND SERVING THE BODY.

EMPOWERING PEOPLE WHO HELP PEOPLE UPSTREAM SEEKS OUT WORLD CHANGERS AND DIFFERENCE MAKERS AROUND THE GLOBE AND EQUIPS THEM TO FULFILL THEIR UNIQUE PURPOSE. UPSTREAM ASSISTS ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES IN NEED AND EMPOWERS THEM TO BECOME SUSTAINABLE, INDEPENDENT, AND PROUD. HOW AND WHERE UPSTREAM CONTRIBUTES IS BASED ON THE CULTURAL CHALLENGES AND STRENGTHS OF A COMMUNITY AS DEFINED BY ITS MOST PRECIOUS RESOURCE--THE PEOPLE. UPSTREAM 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. THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF MANY, UPSTREAM FLOURISHED DURING ANOTHER VERY CHALLENGING YEAR IN HAITI AS THE PEOPLE ENDURED GREAT POLITICAL UNREST, INCREASING VIOLENCE AND KIDNAPPINGS, AND EXTREME ECONOMIC HARDSHIP. FUEL SHORTAGES, FOOD SHORTAGES AND HOSPITAL CLOSURES CONTINUE. WE HAVE WITNESSED THE RESILIENCY OF THE HAITIAN PEOPLE.IN CITE SOLEIL, WE EDUCATED 320 STUDENTS AT CITE SOLEIL COMMUNITY SCHOOL AND COMPLETED 211 DAYS OF SCHOOL AMONGST SHUTDOWNS AND GANG WARS IN THE COMMUNITY. 100% OF OUR STUDENTS PASSED THEIR STATE EXAMS. WE PROVIDED NEARLY 100,000 MEALS TO STUDENTS AND STAFF, PROVIDED MEDICAL CARE FOR ALL STUDENTS, AND FILLED 110 BACKPACKS WITH SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR OUR STUDENTS.UPSTREAM CONDUCTED A BUILDING CAMPAIGN THAT ALLOWED US TO BUILD 4 ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS, IMPROVE SECURITY AND INCREASE THE OVERALL SIZE OF OUR CAMPUS.WE CONTINUED OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS, DOUBLING OUR MEAL DISTRIBUTION TO 700,000 MEALS IN CITE SOLEIL AND PROVIDING 350,000 GALLONS OF WATER.THOUSANDS OF HAITIANS WERE PROVIDED POWER THROUGH A TRANSFORMER AND TECHNICIAN, AND TWO HOMES WERE BUILT WITH OUR SUPPORT AFTER THE HURRICANE HIT.4,500 WOMEN AND CHILDREN SOUGHT REFUGE IN HUGO CHAVEZ PARK BECAUSE OF WARS IN CITE SOLEIL. COUNTLESS TIMES WE PROVIDED SUPPORT TO THE MOTHERS, DISTRIBUTED FOOD, AND SHARED THE GOSPEL.WE HELPED INCREASE OUR CHURCHES TO A TOTAL OF 46! NEARLY 3,900 PEOPLE CAME TO KNOW JESUS AND MORE THAN 2,600 WERE RESTORED TO THE CHURCH. MORE THAN 239,000 ARE APPROACHED BY ONE OF OUR UPSTREAM EVANGELISTS WITH THE GOOD NEWS AND COMFORT OF LOVING REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE FAMILY OF GOD! WE HELD 3 PASTOR CONFERENCES SHARING STORIES, ENCOURAGING ONE ANOTHER AND WORSHIPPING THE LORD.