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Joy Returns to Haiti

Women carry buckets of water on their heads.

I’ve been visiting Terre Blanche on a regular basis since 1996. I’ve come to know and love the women of the village and especially the women who work tirelessly to cook for the school children. I’ve watched them trudge up the hill from the closest well (about ¼ mile up a hill) with 5 gallons of water on their heads.

They begin this task at 4:30 a.m. with the first flicker of daylight. I’ve watch some of the younger men carry 2 buckets at a time by hand. One time I watched my husband struggle to help one of the men. The bucket’s wire handle dug into his hand and it was very difficult to carry even one bucket.

One year, a long time ago, I saw JOY come to the school compound as a new well was dug on the compound. Remember all this hand-carried water is used to cook for 1,000 students and wash their dishes and give them a drink. This is no small task.

The JOY was short lived as the new well soon collapsed for no apparent reason and the women went back to carrying the water on their heads. I never heard them complain of this task. Pastor Delamy did share, “These women are getting older and frailer and are beginning to fall down when they carry all this water.” Think about a 5-gallon bucket of water – that weighs about 40-50 pounds. Yikes! No wonder Haitian women complain of neck and back pain.

Members of the October team work on installing the solar pump for one of the wells.

Last October I saw JOY return to the Terre Blanche school compound. First, two successful wells were dug in August. One was by the church and one was behind the kitchen. When the HFH board team arrived in October, one of the board members was prepared to install a solar pump at one of the wells, which was done successfully.

Now there is water in the kitchen for cooking, drinking and washing. There is much JOY and HFH is grateful to have a small part in making this daily task easier.

By Linda Markee, HFH board member

education

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clinic

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community health

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Raising Hope: Celebrate

A report from our Raising Hope campaign:

What a great team to Haiti! My prayer had been that God would give us eyes and ears to see, hear and understand the work in Terre Blanche and surrounding communities. That prayer was answered. We have much to celebrate and process as the Haiti Foundation of Hope board looks to the future.

A big thank you to those who gave generously to support the work that touches my heart: primary and secondary schools and the school lunch program.

School lunches are important. For many of the 950 students (pre-K to grade 12) this may be the only meal for the day. Each child gets a generous serving of rice and beans with sauce on top. This little girl’s empty plate says it all.

This group of pre-kindergarten kids is off to class. No one will get lost using this method.

Several wells were successfully drilled in early August. This has been a blessing in an area that continually struggles with drought and clean water sources. These wells also are vital to the community health program which is making a significant difference in the lives of people. This well in the church yard provides clean water for all who come.

Ann Petersen, October 2013 team member

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

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

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New Wells Provide Clean Water

Clean water is often hard to come by when you live in Haiti. For many years, Haiti Foundation of Hope has struggled to have a well with good water on the school campus at Terre Blanche. Until recently, all the water for drinking and cooking for the nearly 1,000 students had to be hand-carried in five-gallon buckets from a well down the road.

The long treks of carrying water is no longer necessary. At the end of July, a well-drilling group arrived to drill a well that would meet the need of clean water for the school. On the first day of drilling, a well was successfully drilled across the road from the school campus, next to the church.

The good news continued with another well with good water successfuly drilled in the yard of the medical clinic. A third well found good water at a crossroads closer to Gonaives where several unsuccessful attempts had been made in the past. Further well drilling included wells at Finel, Dubedou and two other nearby locations.

What a gift to the people in these communities, and to the school children, to have clean water.

To help the school with other expenses such as lunches, books and teacher salaries, donate online. Your gift will make a difference in the lives of children and families.

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