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Voldrogue School Construction Continues to Progress
Construction on the new St. Ann School in Voldrogue continues to move ahead well. Work on the roof of the Preschool building is moving ahead, the Administration building’s walls are complete and the foundations are being built for the six primary school classrooms. ...
Books for Sassier – Creating School Libraries
Can you imagine raising your children in a world without books? without libraries? Our children are surrounded by books from the time they are only months old. We take books and the ability to read for granted. Yet that is not the reality in Sassier. More than half...
Haiti Teen Trip 2012
Haiti Teen Trip 2012 Sponsored by ZanmiSasye and Sacred Heart Parish ZanmiSasye and Sacred Heart Parish are sponsoring the 2nd Teen Trip to Haiti this Summer. This is a great opportunity for Teens to experience Haiti and to share themselves and their talents with...
Sassier School Construction Update – January 26, 2012
Construction on the Sassier School continues to move along fairly well. Although the iron and carpentry work for the pouring of the first half of the roof of the large building was complete before the end of the year, the actual pouring could not be accomplished...
Voldrogue School Construction Update – January 26, 2012
The construction on the new school in Voldrogue was begun on December 11, 2011. The excavation for the foundations of the Preschool and Administration buildings was completed prior to Christmas. After a break for the Holiday season, work resumed during the week of...
Live in Haiti – Medical Mission
A team of medical professionals from Holland Hospital in Holland, Michigan is on the ground this week in Sassier, providing primary medical care in both Sassier and Voldrogue (about 45 minutes from Sassier). Please view our pictures below, and learn more about this...
Voldrogue School Construction Update
On December 11, we broke ground for a new preschool and primary school building in Voldrogue, about 45 minutes' walk from Sassier, although still in the Sassier Parish. For a number of years, children from Kindergarten to 3rd grade have been attending school in the...
New Sassier School Construction Moving Ahead Rapidly
Work on the construction of the new preschool and primary school is now moving ahead very well. The 2nd floor roof on the smaller building was finished in mid-November. Work is now focusing on 2nd floor of the larger building, which should be complete in early...
Gift Quandary? Adopt a Sassier Student!!
The end of the first trimester of studies is approaching quickly at the Parish School in Sassier. Examinations have begun and students are studying hard to do their best. Taking examinations is a real challenge for all students, but doing well is a great reward. So...
Medical Team to Visit Sassier in January
A team of medical professionals from Holland Hospital in Holland, Michigan will visit Sassier from January 14 to 20 to provide primary medical care in both Sassier and Voldrogue (about 45 minutes from Sassier). Most Sassier area residents rarely have access to a...
School Construction Update
The 2nd floor roof on the smaller building of the new St Jean Baptiste Primary School was poured on November 15. Work is now focusing on 2nd floor of the larger building, which should be complete in early January. The doors and windows of the rooms on the 1st floor of...
Sassier Water System Rehabilitation and Expansion Project
Started in August 2011, this project will rehabilitate and expand the potable water system in the area around Sassier. The water system has not been operable since the Hurricanes of 2008. The original system was installed in 2005; prior to that time, there was no...
Hoof It For Haiti
Hoof It For Haiti 2011 Charity 5K and Fun Run The second Annual Hoof It for Haiti Charity 5K and Fun Run will take place on Sunday, May 22, 2011, beginning at 8 AM in beautiful Glencoe, IL. The race will wind through the broad, leafy streets east of the historic...
College Pierre Toussaint Students plan school-wide celebration for Carnival.
College Pierre Toussaint Tenth & Eleventh grade students are bust planning celebration for Carnival on March 4, 2011. The celebration will include music, games, skits, and dancing by different grade level groups. Students from the national school in Sassier will also...
Three College Pierre Toussaint Students to Attend World Youth Day
Three Students from College Pierre Toussaint in Sassier, Haiti will be attending World Youth Day this August in Madrid, Spain as a part of the delegation from the Archdiocese of New York. Scheduled for August 16 to 21, World Youth Day is a gathering of young...
Road Rehabilitation Transforms Greater Sassier, Haiti Area
Since November, Orgaizasyon Zanmi Sasye has been rehabilitating nearly 7 kilometers of roads leading in and out of Sassier. Funded by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the project has provided work for more than...
School Foundations are finished! Work begins on the first floor!!
Work on the first floor of the new school building in Sassier is moving ahead. Despite terrible weather in November and December (including Hurricane Tomas) and the Cholera outbreak, work on the foundations for the new 18 room school building in Sassier has been...
Haiti Payday: Food For Work
Today (Sunday) is payday for the all 525 workers (non-qualified labor in USAID-speak) on our road rehabilitation project. These workers have worked 24 days over the past 5 weeks, doing heavy manual labor on the roads. Since this is a Food-for-Work project, the...
Medical Mission to Haiti January 2011
Coming to an area where almost no primary health care is available, the medical team will treat nearly 1000 patients during the clinic. Malaria, typhoid fever, chronic hypertension, diabetes and vitamin deficiencies are among the commmon ailments treated. Thanks to...
Haiti: A Doctor’s View
Dr. Clint Griffin, M.D., Holland Hospital Emergency Room This is my first trip to Haiti and I didn’t really know what to expect. My partner at work at Holland Hospital, Michael Page, had been to Haiti several times and was very familiar with the setting and the...