A LIFE WELL LIVED - Feed My Lambs Ministry

Marianne Herbert

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of one of our family members Marianne Herbert. Please follow this link to Feed My Lambs Ministry Facebook Page for the full post: https://www.facebook.com/feedmylambsbda

We will forever miss Marianne a mother, a nurse, a problem solver and a true friend to the Feed My Lambs family. Marianne has been a part of Feed My Lambs for over 10 years and during this period she made multiple trips to Haiti. She spent time sorting clothes for the children, discussing the curriculum with the school principal, providing medical care, distributing food to the hungry and spending quality time talking for hours with the children in the orphanage and school. Marianne was instrumental in starting the Student Feeding Program ensuring that students would not attend class hungry and so ensuring that they had access to food three days a week. She spearheaded a raffle to raise funds to purchase housing for the University students attending school in Port Au Prince. This home gave them a safe space to study and reduced their distance of travelling to school.

Marianne made a huge impact in the many lives she touched. We will be forever grateful for her kindness and her memory will always be in our hearts forever.

Below is a tribute we shared with you all via newsletter a while ago when Marianne was leaving Bermuda for the UK and medical care.

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU to Marianne Herbert, Feed My Lambs Ministry’s most ardent supporter, volunteer, donor and fund raiser for many many years. Founder, Phillip Rego, visited Bermuda in recent weeks to attend an Appreciation Event at St. Mark’s Church Hall in honour of Marianne, who is leaving Bermuda at the end of April. She will be sorely missed, and will be leaving Bermuda with our profound and utmost respect and deep gratitude for all she has brought to Feed My Lambs Ministry, the children in Haiti and the Bermuda community. We will miss you terribly Marianne!

Pictures tell the story better than words, so this newsletter features many, and some links to videos that were taken on the day as well as some from the children at the orphanage and school in Haiti, who call Marianne “Mom”.

Marianne, you have made a difference in so many lives….

Wishing Marianne all the best and giving heartfelt thanks for all she has done for the children in Haiti

Marianne helped to fill many many containers going to Haiti from Bermuda over the years…

Marianne sponsored Woody through school and now university. He is an engineer today.

Thanks to Marianne who has walked dogs, sold calendars, organised tag days and participated in car boot sales over many years to raise funds for Feed My Lambs Ministry’s school student feeding programme (lunch 3 days per week), that programme has thrived, with over 600 children attending Feed My Lambs Academy daily. Marianne is irreplaceable, and we will be working hard to find ways and means to ensure that the food programme continues. Thanks to her efforts, our loyal supporters in Bermuda and others in the US , a container of food was sent to the orphanage and school in March. What a lifesaver, literally!

Preparation – making peanut butter sandwiches

Additionally, thanks to loyal supporters, sewing machines (6) for uniforms and more were included in the container. FMLM was able to purchase and install new batteries for the solar panels, and they are now up and running. The growing season has been excellent, and with ongoing education at the school for staff and the children about the importance of sustainability, growing food and tending the garden, the result has been better than ever this year. More photos below to tell those stories in ways words never will.