Your friends and family in Hands and Hearts with Haiti want to update you on current happenings with our mission work in Haiti. Although we have not been able to be there in person, our efforts, prayers, support, hopes, and dreams still continue. Since the takeover of the city Mirebalais and surrounding villages by criminal … [Read more…]
By Mary Zenczak After many visits to Haiti, one lasting impression continues to inspire me: the unwavering faith of the Haitian people in the promise of a better tomorrow. In the face of political coups, natural disasters, and unimaginable hardship, their resilience is a living testament to the power of prayer, faith, strength, and hope. … [Read more…]
“Small Things with Great Love.” St Therese of Lisieux Most, if not all of us, experienced some degree of anxiety, loneliness, and fear during the Pandemic. Initially we feared shopping in public, sending our kids to school, public events, going to work, public transportation, dining out and even going to Mass. Fear gripped many of us. … [Read more…]
February 2022 EXCITING NEWS!!! HHH is developing a partnership among our parish schools in Haiti, Ohio, and Wisconsin. We look forward to building relationships and friendships, learning from each other and becoming global citizens. Our current school committee members include: Fr. Eustace Romel, Fr. Edius Servil, Fr. Woodnel Georges, Golds Mithe Joseph Grandoit, Vivaldie Marseille, … [Read more…]
Hands and Hearts with Haiti has some exciting news to share. We are developing a partnership among our parish schools in Haiti, Ohio, and Wisconsin. We look forward to building relationships and friendships, learning from each other and becoming global citizens. Our current school committee members include: Fr. Eustace Romel, Fr. Edius Servil, Fr. Woodnel … [Read more…]
If you attend school in Haiti, you can teach grades up to the level you attained. Therefore if someone attended school up to through the fourth grade, s/he can teach 1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th grade without having any teacher training. Since our goal is to support quality education at Monsignor Remy Augustin High … [Read more…]
Dear compatriots, dear friends from all over, good men and women of the Earth, There is a situation of dependence, misery, social injustice, violence that has plagued Haiti for several years and it has worsened in recent months. The unbridled struggle for power and the illicit enjoyment of the country’s goods and wealth are causing … [Read more…]
By Hilarie Rath “Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.” Matthew 7:7 What beautiful words for all of us to trust! Yet sometimes doors close, and when that happens, it’s important to see the new door and give it a pull. … [Read more…]
Starvation and COVID 19 has swept the country already ravaged by natural disasters and disease. Fr. Romel, the Pastor of Saint Louis Parish in Mirebalais, Haiti, sent us a brief update: Brothers and sisters,I want to greet you in the name of Christ our Lord! My parish, in Mirebalais, has a very large number of … [Read more…]
Goat activities for the second half of March 2020, were significantly slowed down by the coronavirus. We begin our quarterly vaccination campaign on February 15th 2020 for the goats. We did cover three out of the five villages that we serve: Desvarieux, Noyau and Feja, until we were forced us to stop visiting with our … [Read more…]