"Life Restarts – Restart Life"

The below is taken from a text message from Deacon Gerry Keenan, who is on the ground in Sassier, Haiti this week as part of the Hurricane Matthew relief effort.  The pictures below tell the story. Looking off the balcony of the parish house, it was as if I had...

In Post-Hurricane Haiti, a Picture of the Human Toll Begins to Emerge

The article below is taken from the front page of today’s Miami Herald. If features Concepcia Pamphile from our clinic in Sassier and the administrator of the hospital in Jeremie.  As you will see, the relief effort is underway and the work that needs to be done...

Hurricane Matthew Roars through Sassier

“I don’t think we will survive.” – Mondy Pamphile October 4, 2016 Deacon Gerry Keenan received this text this morning from the head of our partner organization in Haiti. He and his family are huddled in their home as 100 mile per hour winds...

Sassier Medical Clinic Day 1 – A Young Life Saved

On September 4, the new 14 room medical clinic welcomed its first patients – the culmination of a 12 year effort to bring primary medical care to Sassier, a poor community in the mountains of southwest Haiti. The Clinic’s first patient was a young boy who...

The Rains have Finally Returned!

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.  By...