What is the one thing that teachers say impacts a child’s ability to learn? Hunger. While most Haitian children do not have access to consistent, healthy food options, HFHC’s Children’s Food Fund ensures that students in our schools enjoy hot, nutritious lunches. The...
Project Hope is our 10-Year plan to build a solid foundation to comprehensively care for all our sponsored children. Our holistic approach is illustrated in the Project Hope Child Development Framework shown here. I am thrilled to announce that all Project Hope gifts...
Students who attended Camp Hope 2021 are excited to attend area-wide youth events where they worship together, enjoy a meal, play with their friends, and share their faith! These youth rallies are part of a larger effort to keep students connected to faith leaders in...
It's that time of year... Hope for Haiti's Children is wrapping up a busy season of well-child checkups! In our annual Child Care Clinic, each sponsored student receives a thorough medical evaluation conducted by a Haitian nurse and doctor, along with prescription...
Hope for Haiti's Children offers unique learning opportunities to students who grow up in our two Christian orphanages at Cazeau and Thomazeau. The PACES program (Promising Adult Continued Education Sponsorship) ensures that young people have access to real-world...
Watch this sweet video of many happy children being touched by your generosity. Over 3,200 Children Receive a Christmas Joy Box...
As a little girl, I can remember trying to sleep the night before Christmas and just hoping that Santa would stop by my house. What would he bring? Would he remember me? The same is true for the children in Haiti. They anxiously await that December day when they...
You may be wondering... Are the children making it ok during this difficult time? How is HFHC ensuring every child has food?...
On August 14, a major 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti’s southern peninsula, killing 2,189 people with 344 still missing. The quake also injured an estimated 12,000 and toppled more than 53,000 homes, schools, and church buildings. The earthquake struck 78 miles...
For most children in Haiti, consistent access to quality health care is unattainable. As you can imagine, the disparity between child health demographics in Haiti and the United States is astounding. For example, the mortality rate for children under five years old is...
What was supposed to be an 8-day trip filled with visits to Hope for Haiti’s Children’s 10 schools and 2 orphanages has turned into a 6-night hotel stay with daily reports of protests in the streets and a decision to stay put. But… protests, many of them paid...
For more than fifteen years, Hope for Haiti's Children has hosted summer youth camps that have helped sponsored students grow and thrive. Hundreds of young people have attended camp and experienced the transformative power of Jesus’ Gospel, the fellowship of Christian...
Dear HFHC supporters, I would ask everyone to join with us in prayer after the shocking assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse on July 7. No branch of government in Haiti is functioning well and many armed gangs are attempting to take control throughout the...
Haiti has one of the highest levels of food insecurity in the world. Two-thirds of children under five suffer from anemia and one-fifth suffer from chronic malnutrition, stunting their growth. Due to constant political unrest and nationwide unemployment in Haiti,...
This past fall, the children at our Cazeau Christian Orphanage were thrilled to play for the first time on a large playset! Due to unrest in the country, the playset remained in warehouse storage for over a year. After many additional delays due to the pandemic, the...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan. 19, 2021 – Students at the Cazeau Christian School were thrilled to meet for the first time on the rooftop of their newly-expanded school facility for thanksgiving songs, prayers, a flag-raising ceremony, and a celebratory band performance! Thanks...
Every year, volunteers from churches and organizations across the U.S. look forward to participating in Hope for Haiti’s Children’s Joy Box Ministry. This program invites individuals and families to pack a small box with toys, treats, and necessities for a specific...
Child Sponsorship Model Child sponsorship is a method of development work that involves connecting a generous donor with a single child in need. Typically, sponsorship organizations work in impoverished regions of the world and direct the donor’s monthly support...
The first case of COVID-19 at the end of March brought all travel to Haiti to a halt and forced schools, churches, and most businesses to close. By September, the number of cases identified was slightly above 8,300 for Haiti’s 11.4 million people, but many believe...
In 1995, five of us from the Connecticut Valley Church of Christ set out for a visit to the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere -- Haiti. We went because Ken and Rhonda Bever had a “chance” encounter with Jeantyrard Elmera after a trip they had made the previous...