This year has been challenging for everyone. But as Pastor Delamy writes: “The Lord is eternally great in faithfulness. His mercy endures forever. Despite the pandemic, the mercy and the compassion of the Lord Jesus never fail and stay powerful forever.”
We are grateful for your continued support of the work in Haiti. Because of you, children attend school, families receive food, and patients receive medical care. Like everyone else, we look forward to 2021 with hope for new beginnings, health and peace.
Blessings to you and your family this coming year.
From all of us at Haiti Foundation of Hope
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We fund primary school education, supplement staff salaries, subsidize secondary education, and…
The founders of Haiti Foundation of Hope, Joe and Linda Markee, are transitioning into new roles as the HFH ministry heads into a new season. In this video, Larry Moore, the HFH board president from 2005-2019, shares his connection to the Markees. Also, Joe and Linda give us a glimpse into their new role with HFH.
What God has done through the ministry of Haiti Foundation of Hope is nothing short of a miracle. Lives have been changed because God gave vision to both our founders, Joe and Linda Markee, and our beloved Pastor and his wife, Pastor Delamy and Elvire. Fifteen years after the birth of HFH we can visibly see how God has brought HOPE to Terre Blanche and the surrounding villages. As we enter our next chapter as a ministry—the next 15 years—what does God have in store?
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We fund primary school education, supplement staff salaries, subsidize secondary education, and…
During the coronavirus “shut-in,” I’ve had time to organize 16-years-worth of photos. Lots of memories have flooded me. So many lives have been changed, including my own.
I remember the early days of worship in the little church in Terre Blanche; a few students came. Today with a special event, this can be a packed house.
There was a time when mothers like Denise had the saddest faces as they watched their children waste away from malnutrition. Today there is nutrition teaching and cooking demonstrations by community health workers. Children, including Denise’s daughter, are thriving.
Three years ago, 1-month-old Bienca was brought to the clinic with failure to thrive. Today, with continued and constant oversight by the clinic staff and a weekly visit by a Haitian pediatrician, she attends pre-school.
I think photos of children show a huge change in Terre Blanche. I have a photo taken in 2004, when there were no schools or planned activities for children. Today’s photos show engaged and curious kids. With education, a daily school lunch, families who participate in the micro-loan program and an introduction to the bigger world, the changed lives are visually evident.
Rosita, one of the longtime cooks for the daily lunch program, has had a huge life change. In the early days, she began her day at 4:30 in the morning by carrying water on her head to start cooking for 1,000 students.
Today she works in a clean kitchen and stands at a sink with water from a faucet.
HFH is ready to celebrate 15 years of working in Terre Blanche. During these days of “shut-in” due to the coronavirus, we are thankful for the present infrastructure that makes it possible to give the Haitian population education and medical care to protect themselves and their neighbors in this difficult time. This would not have been possible 15 years ago! Our board is grateful to you, our partners.
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We fund primary school education, supplement staff salaries, subsidize secondary education, and…
Conference staff greet participants with a smile at the registration table.
Due to unrest in Haiti earlier this
year, Haiti Foundation of Hope
canceled its February and March
medical teams. However, several
Americans traveled to Terre Blanche
in March to assist in hosting the ninth
annual medical conference. Here is
their story:
Imagine a small village in remote
Haiti where homes are mostly mud
huts. There is no electricity and clean
water is found only at community
wells. The road to the village is rocky
and unpaved.
Imagine that for the past two
weeks the country has been on lock-
down with violent demonstrations.
Fuel is in short supply and travel is
difficult, to say the least.
However, on the day of the
conference, we walked into the Terre
Blanche church (where the
conference was held) and were
amazed to see the many Haitian
professionals who had traveled to
attend the training.
There were more than 250
people, many of them doctors and
nurses, and more than half of them
were student nurses. People came
from as far away as Port-au-Prince, a
trip that takes several hours.
Participants were introduced to
the Clinic of Hope and referrals to the
clinic were made. All of this provided
a sense of pride for the clinic staff.
Some participants asked to volunteer
at the clinic.
Unlike in the United States, continuing medical education in Haiti is extremely limited. The conference included both Haitian and American presenters.
Dr. Emmanuel Mercier, the
Medical Director at the Clinic of Hope,
talked about tuberculosis, which is
timely because the clinic will soon be
opening a TB center.
After the conference, Dr. Mercier
wrote, “With the medical conference
many health professionals had the
opportunity to meet each other and
discuss together the latest
achievements. The new protocols we
have learned will help us to improve
the care of the patients. … Not only
Haitian professionals benefited from
this conference, but also other
foreign participants.”
We join our Haitians partners in celebrating this ongoing ministry!
Written by Linda Markee.
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We fund primary school education, supplement staff salaries, subsidize secondary education, and…
We made the difficult decision to cancel our March volunteer team to Haiti in light of the recent unrest in the country.
While the country “lockdown” appears to have ended and calm has returned to much of Haiti, we did not feel comfortable sending non-emergency volunteers to Haiti at this time.
Haiti Foundation of Hope provides long-term help in rural northern Haiti. Our work is not dependent on outside volunteers but is sustained by Haitians in their own communities and supported by financial donations from people like you. Knowing the work in Haiti continues eases our disappointment in canceling teams – something we have not done in years. We know that the Clinic of Hope remains open, students continue to learn, and community groups still meet.
If you would like to help the work in Haiti continue, please consider donating.
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We fund primary school education, supplement staff salaries, subsidize secondary education, and…
If you’ve been following the news lately, you are probably aware that Haiti is facing yet another crisis. Roads are shut down, businesses are closed and people are stranded as demonstrators protest the Haitian government.
We have made the difficult decision to cancel our February volunteer medical team to Haiti as well as a small work team that was also planned for this month. The cancelation is not only for the safety of our American volunteers but the Haitians who work with us in Haiti.
“Great sufferings are every where in Haiti,” wrote our in-country partner. “People who have some money are starved because there is nothing to buy. People who do not have money – we do not know how to name their situation.”
But in the midst of the chaos, the Clinic of Hope has remained open in Terre Blanche. Staff continue to see patients and community members know it’s a place to seek help. “The Clinic of Hope is like a beacon of light in these dark times,” said our in-country partner.
Please pray for peace in Haiti.
If you would like to help Haiti during this time of need, you can donate to Haiti Foundation of Hope. We provide ongoing assistance in Haiti, including food for those in need.
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