While our main goal is to support the operations of The Good Shepherd School in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, serving 1200 students and families we also support the projects of local leaders to improve living conditions in Haiti (food, water, sanitation, natural disasters, etc).
The school in Port-au-Prince was not affected.
Your donation will support the efforts of 2 Haitian leaders that we know and trust:
1. Steeven Bien-Amie, a graduate of the school who is currently the South Bloc Director with Young Life. His wife, Jeni is a teacher at the school.
Phase 1:
Organize local leaders to care for kids and families who are a part of the Young Life ministry in Jeremie, Les Cayes, and Aquin, areas most affected.
They will repair homes, purchase and distribute supplies like food, water.
UPDATE: We have been able to give much-needed rebuilding materials and food supplies to 14 leaders in the area whose homes were damaged. ($1500)
2. Joseph Roberson, "Wooby", a community advocate whose family from Les Cayes has suffered damage to homes and injuries.
Phase 1:
Purchase and distribute much-needed supplies to Les Cayes.
Organize clean-up efforts of local neighborhoods.
UPDATE: Wooby has been to the area 3 times and has formed a team of local workers to repair homes. It cost about $800 per day to restore 2 houses damaged by the earthquake. We have supported his work to give this help to 18 families to date. ($7200)
We are now building 2 homes for 2 families. Not just wrapping tarps around them but rebuilding with wood and tin. One family has 14 people living at the house and the other has a newborn and a father in a wheelchair. We are happy to help support these families and share the love of Christ for our neighbors. Love one another! (a new home costs about $3700 for materials and labor.)
UPDATE: With your donations to this fund, 4 homes were built from the ground up restoring people’s lives by giving them a beautiful new place to live and hope in humanity and God! On Christmas eve, Wooby and his friends distributed rice and shared meals and gifts (Joys as Wooby calls them) with 100 families providing a happy Christmas for all. Loving others is what Christmas is all about. We love because He first loved us!
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS WORK AND SHARING THE LOVE OF CHRIST WITH PEOPLE IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
Recent photos from Wooby….
