Hope for Haiti's Children Ministries

Child sponsorship ministry hfhc's child sponsorship ministry provides funding for underprivileged haitian Children to receive a quality education at one of 10 christian schools established by hfhc in partnership with local churches of christ. The schools, located in the central and west departments of haiti, serve more than 3,000 Children (2,366 are sponsored). In addition to tuition, the child sponsorship program provides each sponsored child with a uniform, a backpack, school supplies, and an end-of-year gift. Every december, each child receives a joy box which contains a variety of christmas gifts. All sponsored students also receive annual medical exams and paid access to a medical clinic throughout the year. During 2022, 245 Children were added to the sponsorship program thanks to our child education sponsors and 17 students were able to pursue advanced vocational training programs. Health care as part of our child sponsorship program, 2010 Children received an annual medical exam in march. Throughout the rest of the year, we have nurses in each of our ten schools who can address the medical needs of Children and teach health education in class. If needed, a child has paid access to a local medical clinic. In 2022, the school nurses were able to treat 866 childrent with ailments. At the thomazeau Hope center, the Children's medical clinic was opened to treat school Children each weekend.

Haiti operations our haitian staff oversees operations in our ten schools and two orphanages. Haiti operations covers all in-country expenses related to sustaining each of our programs. It includes staff wages, in-country communication fees, office expenses, government requirements, and transportation costs. In 2022, four motorcycles were purchased to help school administrators and staff transport supplies to remote locations and to carry Children to the doctor if needed.

School development program construction teams have been hard at work to make improvements at many of our schools. The hinche school was torn down and completely rebuilt in 2022. This school was transformed from a one-room schoolhouse where classrooms were separated by wooden partitions into a two-story building where each grade has their own classroom. Three other schools (dubuisson, brajirois, and cite soleil) were able to expand and build classrooms to accomodate the upper grades. In 2022, two schools (cazeau and delmas) received funds to plaster and paint the walls to improve the learning environment.

Orphan care ministry hfhc's orphan care ministry provides ongoing operational funds to the cazeau orphanage in port-au-prince. The orphanage provides comprehensive childcare to 60 orphaned Children ages 4 to 18. This is a true home for the Children - not only furnishing the necessities of food, clothing, housing, and medical care, but also providing a loving family. In addition, they took classes to learn sewing, baking, gardening, computer technology, and english. In 2022, a large pavilion was built to provide a shaded place for the Children to meet, play, and do their homework. This year, we have been thrilled to see Children who grew up in the cazeau orphanage complete training programs, through the promising adult continued education sponsorhip (paces)program, to help with future careers. These programs included courses in plumbing, electric systems, journalism, nursing, and pastry/cooking. School lunch program thanks to generous donors and strong partnerships all 10 schools serve hot nutritious meals five days a week. Each school is equipped with a kitchen which has a propane stove, cooking pots, plates, cups, and access to clean water. It is often the parents or grandparents who cook. This program makes a significant impact in the overall health and cognitive ability of our childrn. Our school principals report that Children are more engaged, attend school regularly, and perform better academically. At our child care clinic, we found that these Children have grown, gained weight, and are much healthier thanks to school lunch programs. Joy box/gift ministry in december, Hope for Haiti's Children delivered 3,452 christmas joy boxes to sponsored students and other local Children in need. The shoebox-size packages contained various small items for the Children to enjoy, as well as a huge bundle of christmas cheer to remind them they are not forgotten during the holiday season. Thirty-two u.s. Churches and groups helped with this project. In addition, at the end of the school year, each child is given 5 before they leave school for summer vacation as a gift from their sponsor. Mission trips although american medical mission teams were unable to travel to haiti due to the pandemic and political unrest, we were so thankful that our sponsored Children still received an annual medical check-up. Our haitian staff, nurses, a pharmacist, and local doctors travelled to the schools to conduct this year's clinic. They worked tirelessly and we are so grateful to them for "going the extra mile" to ensure that the Children received an exam and that our sponsors received an update on their sponsored child this year. Our staff will resume limited travel in 2023 while we continue to evaluate americans returning to serve. Crisis relief knowing that our Children would be hungry during the summer months when they didn't receive a school lunch, we began a program each friday where kids could come to school to gather for a bible lession, games, and a hot lunch. Each child was sent home with a bag full of rice and beans. They were thrilled ongoing efforts since the hurricane in the fall of 2021 continued in 2022 with 26 new houses being build for families whose home was destroyed. In addition, we strive to meet needs as they arise throughout the year in regard to widows in need or Children and families in crisis. Program service us ops this covers expenses in the u.s. for administration and execution of all programs in haiti. Systems are structured in order to keep communication between our u.s. and haiti staff constant and stable. Assorted items are accumulated and/or purchased, organized, and shipped to haiti from our u.s. offices as well. These include school supplies, hygiene items, teaching materials for the youth camp, medical necessities for our annual child care clinic, and printed papers for the students to use when they write letters to their sponsors. Leadership camp camp Hope 2022 was held in three sessions with 200students participating in three-and-a-half day camps. While campers enjoyed familiar routines(like competitive games/activities, delicious meals, and engaging lessons), they also embraced a needed reprieve from the political unrest and gang activity. All glory to god that 19 young people gave their lives to the lord in baptism during camp and confessed jesus as the foundation of their faith. In this 19th year of hfhc summer campts, camp Hope provided a warm and inviting christ-centered atmosphere where students from all ten school communities felt welcomed, valued, and deeply loved. In addition, follow-up events were held one saturday in the students' local community. Special training sessions were held for those who were recognized as teen leaders while at camp. Students receive breakfast and lunch and engage in worship, large-group teaching, small group discussions, and games/activities. "the Children were so excited to be back together and really had fund worshipping and playing"