education

We fund primary school education, supplement staff salaries, subsidize secondary education, and…

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clinic

We support a permanent medical clinic, collaborate on a clean water project,…

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community health

We empower the communities we support to increase their education, health, and…

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economic development

We provide adult education, resources and local employment to support self-sufficiency.

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teams

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Encouraging Entrepreneurs

Earlier this year, one of our board members, Ron Kinley, met with borrowers in the micro-loan program supported by Haiti Foundation of Hope. As always, his goal was to encourage the program participants to be creative in meeting local needs. Here are just a few of the businesses taking place:

• One borrower bought three goats (two of them young goats) and made a profit by selling two of the animals a couple months later.
• Another community member buys pigs and goats to butcher and then sells the meat.
• A borrower purchases kitchenware in bulk in a city and sells it at a local rural market.
• Another man buys pigs or goats to resell at another market or in his village.
• One woman is making cosmetics after purchasing the raw materials in Port-au-Prince.

We are encouraged by people’s entrepreneurship. You can support economic development in rural northern Haiti by giving to Haiti Foundation of Hope.

education

We fund primary school education, supplement staff salaries, subsidize secondary education, and…

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clinic

We support a permanent medical clinic, collaborate on a clean water project,…

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community health

We empower the communities we support to increase their education, health, and…

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economic development

We provide adult education, resources and local employment to support self-sufficiency.

Learn More

teams

Throughout the year we send medical teams to rural Northern Haiti to…

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Change Takes Time

Written by Ron Kinley, HFH board member:

During a recent team trip to Haiti, we visited six drip irrigation gardens that were the results of the week-long training provided 18 months ago. Drip kits were distributed to everyone who completed the training and they have been put to good use. Some of the gardens have already had two harvests resulting in a much-improved food source for these families.

Another area we support is the micro-loan program. During my two weeks in Haiti there was a lot of rain which was needed to end the drought. However, a planned meeting with a group of micro-loan borrowers had to be cancelled due to the extensive rains which made it too difficult for people to travel. These sessions are always a great opportunity to hear success stories and encourage entrepreneurs so I hope to reschedule a meeting during my next visit in June.

The big picture is that good things are happening with our work in Haiti. In the past I have asked for your help in supporting specific projects and you have responded in significant amounts. Today I am asking for your help in supporting the daily work of the overall effort in the form of monthly gifts to Haiti Foundation of Hope.

We are seeing good progress in education, medicine and economic development leading to long-term improvements in each village. But all of this takes time as families become self-sufficient. For that reason I am willing to be bold in asking you to seriously consider making a monthly gift to our work. The easiest way to do that is here on our website.

Thank you for your prayers and financial support. You make the work of Haiti Foundation of Hope possible.

education

We fund primary school education, supplement staff salaries, subsidize secondary education, and…

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clinic

We support a permanent medical clinic, collaborate on a clean water project,…

Learn More

community health

We empower the communities we support to increase their education, health, and…

Learn More

economic development

We provide adult education, resources and local employment to support self-sufficiency.

Learn More

teams

Throughout the year we send medical teams to rural Northern Haiti to…

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Economic Development

For M. Dieumetre, the micro-loan program funded through Haiti Foundation of Hope has been a great help to him and his family. It was once difficult to find food but now he has multiple gardens and animals.

The micro-loan program is just one aspect of the economic development activities taking place in Terre Blanche and surrounding communities.

MICRO-LOANS

M. Dieumetre uses his micro-loan money to buy seeds. He grows millet, a corn-like grain common in Haiti. He has a garden near the river, and others on the hillside. He sells the millet at the market in Gonaives.

Along with the loan of money for small businesses, participants in the micro-loan program receive education on money management.

AGRICULTURAL TRAINING

Another economic development activity taking place is agricultural training. Haiti Foundation of Hope recently held agricultural training for 30 people. Part of the training included learning how to use drip irrigation. Each participant was given a drip kit to use in their own gardens.

Those who received training are excited to use their new knowledge and to share the knowledge with their neighbors and friends.

CURRENT STRUGGLE

Many people in Terre Blanche and the surrounding communities make their living off the land – growing crops or raising small livestock. Currently, the area is severely lacking rainfall. The river that runs through the area is almost dry. For almost all the farmers, the most recent crops have failed due to the drought conditions.