Verse of the Month

Micah 6:8

And what does the LORD require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.

The profound wisdom expressed in this one verse speaks volumes to understanding what God’s will is for our lives.

The needs in our world are too numerous to count and seem to be increasing at an alarming rate. It seems every day we hear of a new disaster or tragedy. Knowing when, where, and how to help can be challenging and requires much discernment. The Dalton Foundation leadership team has been intentionally seeking strategic, like-minded partners to connect on specific projects to amplify impact.

Our founders, Ray and Jan Dalton and Executive Director, Barbara Campbell were honored to get to visit Samaritan’s Purse headquarters and meet with Franklin Graham and others from their leadership team. The work they are doing both domestically and abroad in Jesus’ name is profoundly needed and impactful. We were blessed by their hospitality and impressed by the quality with which they do their work. Their unwavering commitment to the gospel was both convicting and encouraging. We look forward to partnering with them at a deeper level on international healthcare projects in the future.

We also had the opportunity to attend the TECH- Technical Exchange for Christian Healthcare Spring conference this past month. Our Executive Director led a panel discussion on the importance of building and developing strategic partnerships for ministry sustainability and impact. Leaders from FAME and ITEC were on that panel to discuss their approach and experience with strategic partnering. It is from key relationships like these that we will seek to expand our medical equipment modernization and standardization program that we piloted in Haiti to other mission hospitals around the world. We couldn’t do it alone. Together we can!

Equipping the Caregivers - Southern Haiti

The Equipping the Caregivers project is certainly one of our most impactful and popular projects. Thanks to key partners we assembled over 300 kits for physicians, nurses and facilities that contained basic diagnostic equipment that is needed to care for patients close to home and prevent unnecessary complications and delays in treatment. Together with our partner Hope For Haiti we held a partners meeting on May 11th in Les Cayes which is located in the Southern department of Haiti. 17 in country partners were able to join us online and 40 partners attended the event in person. Our in-Country Coordinator, Covsky Aimable, traveled to Les Cayes for the meeting and was able to share about the work being done by The Dalton Foundation and the Haiti Health Network. Our North American staff members were thrilled to be able to take part in this meeting online.

Before the meeting closed Covsky and the Hope For Haiti team were able to distribute over 200 kits to healthcare professionals representing healthcare facilities from all over Southern Haiti. On Thursday and Friday of that same week the Haiti Health Network team along with Hope For Haiti staff were able to travel all over the Southern Department visiting Healthcare facilities and delivering 76 more kits to 15 healthcare facilities to some of the harder to reach areas.

Putting these diagnostic tools into the hands of healthcare professionals enabling them to do their job better is a such a blessing.  

Photo Credits: Hope For Haiti

Addiction Recovery | Re-entry

Support for the Reentry Community

The Madison Correctional Institution recently held an event recently called Family Engagement Day. They invited inmates from the reentry portion of the jail, along with one support person. It could be a spouse or family member, and they had a great turn out with over 30 people present. This was an all day event filled with important information that the inmates would need as they become restored citizens. Relink.org was invited to share as well as other agencies such as Brightview, and Ohio Means Jobs. It meant a lot to the families to hear how they could help support the person they love and help them plan for their life outside of prison.

At relink.org we are so thankful that we have all of the resources in one place for people to have easy access. The reentry population has a lot to line up upon release such as a job with a fair chance employer, housing, furniture, transportation, clothing. It is all so accessible in relink.org, and can quickly be printed out into a report of places to contact. Some of the inmates mentioned that they struggle with technology after being incarcerated for so long, and that relink.org was so easy to use. We love to collaborate with other agencies to give wrap around support to those who need it most.

Family Resources Added

Earlier this month we officially launched our new Family Resource category on relink.org. Community input and feedback have always been vital for the growth and progression of the relink.org resource tool. Our team has worked for months collecting and verifying data from throughout Ohio in areas like foster care, child-care resources, marriage support, and family counseling. We want to see Ohio families stay together and thrive. We believe the family is so vital to human development and families face countless challenges. It is our prayer that this resource will help connect families with things they need right when and where they need them. Click here to learn more about these resources and search today.

Based on the story told of Dinah in Genesis 34 in the bible, Dear Dinah in Dayton Ohio was founded to create a safe place for survivors of human trafficking and to help raise awareness of this issue that is more prevalent in our society than we would like to think. Led by founder Mandy Reed, they do this by connecting the community of people who are devoted to protecting and empowering the Dinah’s of our world. Unfortunately, Ohio is routinely in the top 5 states for human trafficking activity. Due to its central location and extensive highway system, traffickers in Ohio are prevalent. The Dalton Foundation team has learned about the important work of Dear Dinah both through our work on relink.org and with our partnerships from TECH- Technical Exchange for Christian Healthcare. Dear Dinah not only supports women as they come out of trafficking situations, but they also help educate the general population on how to spot trafficking and what to do if you suspect trafficking. Click here to learn more about resources Dear Dinah offers.