Mission Trips with NWHCM

The Basics

• Our standard mission trip length is 10 to 14 days, but we will accept applications for trips of other lengths. See our Ways to Serve and Neighbors Project sections for ideas on how you or your team could serve while in Haiti.
• When serving with NWHCM, we coordinate your travel, housing, food, and logistics for ministry. We have been hosting short-term mission teams for more than 30 years and we see you as a vital part of who we are and what we do.
• We welcome mission teams of all sizes, as well as individuals who want to serve in our ongoing ministries. We are also open to families who want to serve together.
• If you are a team leader, or want to organize a Mission Team, please contact us (see below).

Application Process

1. Submit a Mission Trip Application. We have many trip dates already scheduled, but also welcome inquiries for other dates.
2. After applying, you will receive an e-mail from our travel manager notifying you know if we can accept you application at this time, or if we need additional information.
3. Once you’re confirmed, the next step is to submit your trip deposit ($500, transferable, non-refundable). You will be automatically prompted to do this after submitting an application, or you can submit a deposit by clicking here. You may also mail a deposit check to our offices. With either method, please include a note with your name and trip date (please do not write on the check itself).  Once we receive your deposit, your plane ticket will be purchased.  Even if you don’t go on the trip, you will be responsible for the full cost of your plane ticket.
4. The following applications will require special approval and references may be requested:
   1. Trips lasting four weeks or longer
   2. Applicants younger than 18 applying apart from a mission team or parent/guardian

All applicants under 18 will require proof of parent or legal guardian consent.

Costs

Our trips generally cost between $1,400 and $1,700 for a ten to fourteen day trip, though amounts may vary based on airfare prices. To inquire about handling church group costs as a lump sum, please contact travel@nwhcm.org.

Trip costs include:

• Airfare to Port-au-Prince, Haiti (usually $600-800)
• Transportation costs within Haiti ($300)
  • Hotel in Miami or Port-au-Prince, if needed during travels
  • Bus or plane travel, tap-tap, luggage transportation and other to travel from Port-au-Prince to NWHCM sites in Northwest Haiti.
• Travel insurance ($35)
• Ministry costs ($665)
  • Housing, meals, and basic medical care (if needed) at our clinic.
  • Interpreters, security, transportation, ministry costs and miscellaneous activities

Mission Trip participants only need to bring money for snacks, meals on travel days and souvenirs. For more details, please see our Mission Trip FAQ section.

Points

NWHCM’s Points program is a unique way to earn a scholarship for your mission trip or someone else’s, while helping the poor in Haiti at the same time. Taking advantage of it is easy! Click here to learn more
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Questions about NWHCM trips?  Contact:

Barb Enata, Stateside Travel Liaison

barb.enata@nwhcm.org

The “Fine Print”

Refunds: NWHCM is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization. Under Section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code, all contributions to NWHCM are non-refundable. Therefore, NWHCM cannot refund any payments made for internships or mission trips; Your trip “payment” and any gifts made toward your trip are contributions that are pooled into ministry and operating budgets. Per IRS requirements, all contributions are administered under the full control and authority of NWHCM, and funds are used specifically for expenses related to those ministry activities.

Cancellation: Travelers who cancel their trip for reasons such as a medical or family emergency have the option to apply their trip balance toward a future NWHCM mission trip, or to transfer or designate those funds toward another person’s trip. Both options are available for the 12 months following the date of the original team’s departure. That trip balance will be determined after subtracting any costs already incurred (such as airline tickets).

Excess Funds: Excess monies raised will be held for 12 months in case the individual decides to take another mission trip with NWHCM during that time. After one year, any remaining money will be redirected to the ministries of Northwest Haiti Christian Mission.