Mackenson Takes it to the House

JAMSBooks recently partnered with Dr. Ric Bonnell and the Kay Mackenson clinic in Haiti to custom-illustrate a coloring book about diabetes education. Dr. Bonnell’s adopted son from Haiti (one of 8 children), Mackenson Phildor Bonnell, 20, co-authored the book, telling the story through his experience as a child.

Dr. Bonnell sent me this link the other day. I feel like JAMSBooks collaborated with a celebrity; he’s a hero in the way he knows how to put his heart to good use.  This is what Mackenson’s up to…

Coloring Books Reach 57,159 Children Since 2009

TIME TO CELEBRATE!

57,159 children and many color-happy adults have received education in the form of coloring books in the following countries as of December 2015:

South America
Bolivia (80)
Colombia (1000)
Peru (375)

Central America

Nicaragua (1160)
Belize (1500)
Honduras (2,950)
Guatemala (1140)
El Salvador (1000)
Panama (1080)
Central American Burn clinics (1900)
Other (9900)

India (10)

Caribbean  
Dominican Republic (3400)
Haiti (21,035)
Jamaica (1000)
Dominica (1000)

Africa
Malawi (500)
Ghana (3350)
South Sudan (20)
Other (3425)

Asia
Himalayan Burn Clinic (50)
Philippines (800)

United States
3,624

Kay Mackenson Teaches About Diabetes in Haiti

We completed a 20-page book for Dr. Ric Bonnell and the Kay Mackenson clinic and staff! What a pleasure to work with this team. The book will help children in Haiti understand the signs and symptoms of diabetes. It will show them how to get help, take insulin and live a healthier life! Can’t wait to see pictures of children looking at these books in Haiti.

Meanwhile, here are some representative pages:

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Global Missions Health Conference, Here We Come!

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On the way to the Global Missions Health Conference in Louisville with Kristin Casciani, faithful consultant and friend. We are excited to be “booth bunnies” while catching up with colleagues and meeting new ones.

Shouting out about JAMSBooks bringing health education to children around the world!

HUGE giveaway: mini jam jars…thank you Amanda Weber for the idea…

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Thirsting for Education

Clean water. Vital for health. Well, of course.

Here in the States, we drink clean water…bottled, mineral, Fiji, Smart. We – let’s change that to I – don’t think so much about our water being dirty; instead I focus on its purity, its mineral value or the best way to buy it.

I admit it. I do it.

What I don’t have to do is ask my kids to drink dirty water I’ve hauled for a few miles in a bucket.  Many moms in Honduras do this but now a portion of them have a better way.

Water filters + education.

Sister Larraine Lauter, Executive Director, Water With Blessings sent these pics of moms in Honduras.  A few years ago, Larraine’s vision and JAMSBooks creativity together created a little textbook/coloring book.

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She tells me these custom-designed coloring books by JAMSBooks have proven tremendously effective tools to help teach why clean, filtered water is so very necessary. Hundreds of moms learn while coloring, then pass along the education to their curious children, thanks to this program.

Drink it in…Cheers, Sr. Larraine.

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