Travel doc­u­ments

A valid pass­port is needed for US cit­i­zens; non-US cit­i­zens may require a Hait­ian visa. Allow at least 3-weeks before travel to secure this visa. For more infor­ma­tion, please go to www.travel.state.gov.

Clear dates with ESMI

Please go to our web­site www.esmihome.org and fill out the Plan a Trip form. You will then receive via email a con­fir­ma­tion of your trip. If you have any ques­tions about your loca­tion of min­istry, desired ministry(ies), num­ber of team mem­bers, etc., you can send an email to esmieletter@aol.com. Please note your trip is not con­firmed until you receive your con­fir­ma­tion email.

Mak­ing travel plans

Once you have con­fir­ma­tion from us on your dates, num­ber of team mem­bers, min­istry loca­tion and min­istry project for your team, then go ahead and make your air­line arrangements. This air­line itin­er­ary must be sub­mit­ted to esmieletter@aol.com office four weeks before travel.

Trip cost

Once your trip is con­firmed, ESMI will for­ward you an esti­mated cost for your team’s trip to Haiti. You can visit www.esmihaiti.org/faqs/ to get a list of current-estimated cost depend­ing on loca­tion too. The cost infor­ma­tion is also located in this packet.

All pay­ments are due four weeks prior your team’s depar­ture date to ESMI mail­ing address below. This allows ade­quate time in the US and wiring funds to Haiti for our Haiti staff to begin prepa­ra­tions for your team’s arrival. ESMI reserves the right to can­cel your team’s trip if funds are not received on time.

You can mail your funds to the address below or con­tact our ESMI coor­di­na­tor at esmieletter@aol.com to have your funds wired to our account:
El Shad­dai Min­istries Inter­na­tional, Inc.
P.O. Box 811000
Boca Raton FL 33481–1000

Health Prepa­ra­tion

Tetanus shot (within past five years)
Malaria pre­scrip­tion from your doc­tor
Hepati­tis A and B rec­om­mended
Typhoid recommended

Please go to www.cdc.gov for more information.

Reg­is­ter­ing your team with the U.S. Embassy in Haiti

Once you’ve com­pleted your travel arrange­ments, please go to www.travel.state.gov and reg­is­ter your team.

Travel, Med­ical and Emerg. Evac­u­a­tion insurance

All team mem­bers are encour­aged to acquire Inter­na­tional Med­ical and Emer­gency Evac­u­a­tion insur­ance. Team lead­ers and sending-church lead­er­ship should ver­ify that poli­cies are in place. ESMI does not pro­vide travel, med­ical or emer­gency evac­u­a­tion insur­ance coverage. Each church, orga­ni­za­tion, or indi­vid­u­als are respon­si­ble for acquir­ing this cov­er­age on their own.