7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Southwest Haiti

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 2017

Adopt A Sassier Student 2017

Adopt a Sassier Student 2017: Our Students Need Your Support! 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...
Graduation Day in Sassier

Graduation Day in Sassier

Graduation Day in Sassier Matthew Can’t Defeat Us! Graduation Day in Sassier What a celebration for the 24 graduates of College Pierre Toussaint! Wish you could have been there. It would have been easy for the twenty four 13th Graders at College Pierre Toussaint...
A Bountiful Harvest In Sight

A Bountiful Harvest In Sight

A Bountiful Harvest In Sight Four failed harvests in a row have created desperate situations for farmers in the Sassier area. Nearly two years of drought and the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew last October left farmers with almost nothing–no resources...
700 Meals A Day

700 Meals A Day

700 Meals A Day Over 100,000 Meals Per Year! Jesus fed the 5000, and our team of skilled cooks feeds 700 students and staff at the Sassier Parish school about 150 days a year–over 100,000 meals a year! Providing a hot lunch to the students is extremely...
Rebuilding Roofs Rebuilding Lives

Rebuilding Roofs Rebuilding Lives

Rebuilding Roofs, Rebuilding Lives Our past few posts have focused on the farming aspects of our Agriculture Project. Helping our farmers regain their livelihoods after Hurricane Matthew is not simply one-dimensional. Replanting, pest control, better means of...