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 (2,396 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. In 2023, over 75 of our teachers and school administrators were able to participate in a teacher training program by p4h global to invest in our teachers and our students. - continued on schedule o

Haiti operations hfhc provides grants to and works with a separately-established ngo located in haiti to ensure the Ministries of the organization are fulfilled. The ngo oversees operations in ten schools and one orphanage. 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.

School development program construction teams have been hard at work to make improvements at many of our schools. Two schools had new kindergarten classrooms built - the delmas christian school and the mirebalais christian school. At the cazeau christian school, we were able to add three classrooms (11th, 12th, and 13th ) so that the students who attend there can continue their education from kindergarten until they graduate.

Health care as part of our child sponsorship program, over 2,400 Children received an annual medical exam in april. 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 2023, the school nurses were able to treat 967 Children for ailments. 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 62 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 2023, all Children received new mattresses and bedding. A new chicken coop was built to enable 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 sponsorship (paces) program, to help with future careers. These programs included courses in tailoring, electric systems, journalism, nursing, forklift driving, and pastry/cooking. School lunch program thanks to generous donors and strong partnerships all 10 schools serve hot nutritious meals five days a week to 3,719 Children (695,453 meals provided each year). Two schools (hinche and cazeau) had new rooftop kitchens built to serve the Children. 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 Children. 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 3,877 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. Forty-three 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 resumed limited travel in 2023 and we continue to Hope that we can invite mission teams to return when it is safe to do so. 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 lesson, games, and a hot lunch. Each child was sent home with a bag full of rice and beans. They were thrilled program service us ops this covers expenses in the u.s. for administration and execution of all programs in haiti. Systems are structured 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 2023 was held in three sessions with over 200 students 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 16 young people gave their lives to the lord in baptism during camp and confessed jesus as the foundation of their faith. In this 20th year of hfhc summer camps, 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 fun worshipping and playing"