God has blessed our Thomazeau Hope Center with a huge natural resource – the sun! To take advantage of this great energy source, we have dreamed for years of a solar electric system to reduce the need of our large diesel generator. This past March, God answered our...
Volunteers from across the U.S. came to Haiti this summer with one thing in common — a heart to show Christian compassion through service to the needy. Their days were spent leading youth camp activities for teens, helping with work projects, training our teachers,...
Youth in Need of Hope and a Future They are called the Petrochallengers. They are an ad-hoc group of 20– and 30-year-olds across Haiti who have called for peaceful protests over the past year in Haiti. The group formed through Twitter and social media and are asking...
The HFHC Christian Schools are excited to introduce a new Bible curriculum this academic year. In previous years, teachers have been able to teach memory verses, but have not had adequate resources to systematically teach Bible stories. Now, the students will receive...
My journey to Haiti began on my quest to meet our sweet Bebylove. In 2016, my husband Derek and I began sponsoring one of the Cazeau orphans knowing only a few pieces of her story. Later that year, Tonya Hunt, Vice President of HFHC, visited the Ladies’ Class at our...
Each summer, young people throughout Haiti assemble for a fantastic four-day experience called Camp Hope. Teens in HFHC’s sponsorship program are immersed into a fun church camp community that includes relationship building, leadership training, and Bible-based...
The issue of food security is still prevalent in Haiti even as the world becomes increasingly more modern. Due to deforestation and dry conditions, food is difficult to grow and erosion causes soil to wash into the oceans. Thankfully, with the help of agriculture...
My first Christmas Joy Box trip was in 2013, and I had no idea what I was getting myself into! Growing up, my family had been a part of the effort at our church, but I had no idea how big it really was. We landed in Haiti and met up with the rest of the group at the...
From the very beginning, principals and teachers have written everything in small notebooks. From attendance records to lesson plans and tests, everything is on paper. With electricity available in some schools and in nearby cyber cafes, school administrators have...
t Phito. In 1999, Phito was brought to Cazeau Christian Orphanage at age 10 after his mother passed away. Through HFHC’s child sponsorship program, Phito was able to receive a quality Christian education at Cazeau Christian School. After finishing high school, he...
Thanks to generous donors, the Robert Christian School, located in a remote village in western Haiti, and the Thomazeau Christian School in central Haiti recently received much-needed solar electric systems! Schoolchildren now enjoy brighter learning environments,...
Hope for Haiti’s Children is thrilled to announce the 2,000th child has been sponsored! HFHC is at 80% sponsorship of all 10 schools. Sponsors and supporters, you have made this possible. But we are not finished! With your help, we hope to reach 100% sponsorship by...
Rick Bartlett, OD, was part of an eye team of 8 optometrists who donated their time this past February to serve in HFHC’s Child Care Clinics. They brought with them over $200,000 worth of donated glaucoma medicines to distribute to those identified with this insidious...
What do you like to do on a sunny day? Some may want to lay outside and soak in the sun while others may want to go for a run or work in their yard. Regardless of what your choice of activity is, at some point in the day you are going to want two things: water and...
Please join us in prayer for the current unrest in Haiti. Protests and violence have caused major shutdowns of businesses and schools, making daily life very difficult. Thankfully, today we are seeing some calmness come across the nation. Hope for Haiti's Children...
Every penny counts! For the past few years, the students at the Westbury Christian School in Houston, TX, have collected coins and put them in specially designed water bottles to help the orphanages in Haiti and Honduras. Steve Hawley, an educator and coach at...
Water is an essential element of life. In rural parts of Haiti, including the Thomazeau region, water is much less abundant. Without clean water wells, schoolchildren and their families settle for contaminated water for drinking, cooking, and bathing. Hope for Haiti’s...
Summer camp brings back wonderful memories for many Americans. This past summer, 220 sponsored teenagers enjoyed HFHC’s Christian Leadership Youth Camp held at both Global Outreach and Camp Hope facilities. During these weeks of camp, teens heard insightful messages...
Mission teams, donors, and strategic partners enabled sponsored children to gain new skills this summer at Camp Hope. Non-profit partners Care of Creation and Hope Seeds provided training and seeds for our campers to learn how to construct sack gardens for sustainable...
In January 2012, I had the privilege of being on the HFHC mission team that saw the opening of the Thomazeau orphanage and was able to meet the children the very first week of their arrival. Seeing the six little boys and six little girls all around two- to...