Partners with Sassier Zanmi Sasye: Engendering Hope, Creating Opportunity and Improving Lives in Haiti.
Partners With Sassier
Partners With Sassier (Zanmi Sasye) is a not for profit organization which partners with local groups in the Sassier area to bring hope, create opportunity and improve lives for the 10,000 inhabitants living here in Haiti. Since 2006, we have provided or facilitated more than $3 million in direct assistance and investment in the Sassier area. Our work builds upon and complements efforts begun in 1998 by Sacred Heart Parish in Winnetka, Illinois. We focus on four principal areas: education, healthcare, agriculture, and community & economic development.
Our Focus
Agriculture
After several years of drought, the rains have finally returned to the greater Sassier area. The drought has resulted in five failed harvests, resulting in significant hunger for many people throughout the whole Grand Anse province, in which Sassier is located.
Education
Healthcare
About Us
History
Accomplishments
Statistics
Children Being Educated in Sassier Parish School (2014)
Classrooms in Sassier Parish School (vs one Classroom 2004)
Length of Gravel/Dirt Road Rehabilitated by Sassier Community in 2011
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Percentage of Fully Certified Teachers in Sassier Public School (Compared to 0% 10 Years Ago)
Latest Updates from Sassier
7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southwest Haiti
Saturday morning, August 14 2021, Southwest Haiti was hit by a 7.2 Magnitude earthquake. There is heavy damage and reports of many dead and injured. We have heard from our friends in Sassier that the schools, rectory and clinic are still standing. The church was badly...
Adopt a Sassier Student 2018
It’s September again…the sounds of children’s voices and laughter once again fills the hallways at the St Jean Baptiste Parish Schools in Sassier. More than 600 students from preschool to 13th grade are very happy to be back in school. Almost two years...
Health Care in Haiti: Sassier Medical Clinic
Just a year ago, the Clinique Medical du Sassier (Sassier Medical Clinic) was inaugurated in a fabulous community celebration attended by Haiti's Minister of Public Health and representatives of the donors from the Winnetka area. The Clinic, staffed by a doctor, two...
Sustainable Agriculture: Breadfruit, Peppers, & Limes
Growing fruits and high value produce can provide significant and sustainable short and long term benefits for our farmers. Our Agriculture Project's primary focus is providing our farmers the capability, expertise and business frameworks that will enable them to...
Spotlight: Farmer Collaboration & Teamwork
Labasti Farmer Team collaborates to ensure a bountiful harvest Over the past year, we have been working with 230 farmers to help re-establish agriculture in the greater Sassier area. Our team, led by Agronomist Wisly Jasmin, has provided seeds, plants, tools, training...
Children with Empty Tummies Cannot Learn
Dedicated teachers throughout Haiti will tell you that one of their greatest challenges is students who come to school hungry. Younger children begin crying by 10 AM, asking for bread or other food. The eyes of older students glaze over about Noon, a...
Agriculture is Coming Back in Sassier
Agriculture is Coming Back in Sassier Agriculture is the primary business in the Sassier area, with almost every family involved in growing crops and raising animals. Rebuilding agriculture is key after the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew in October...
News From Sassier: 2018 is off to a good start!
Zanmi Sasye's President, Gerry Keenan, is visiting Sassier this week and sent us the following update: The rainy weather of the past few weeks has cleared, so everyone's activities are back to normal as the sun shines on the Sassier area. 2018 is off to a good...
2018 Building on Success
Happy New Year! Bonne Année! Bon Ane! We hope that your 2018 has started very well. We ended 2017 with a Huge Thank You for your support and dedication to helping our sisters and brothers in the Sassier area back on their feet after Hurricane Matthew destroyed so much...