A few weeks ago, we talked about how Haiti has many successive planting seasons, more than the typical two planting seasons we have here in the U.S. Because of Haiti’s climate, they can plant and grow throughout much of the year, keeping the gardening cycle going year-round, as long as they have access to water...
At just 14 months old, Donia is fighting a battle no child should have to face. This week, her family brought her down from the mountains to our Love A Child Malnutrition Center. She is severely malnourished and desperately needs care. Children like Donia stay with us for several weeks, receiving specialized nutrition, 24-hour care,...
Just five minutes from Love A Child, a village of mud huts and hungry families cries out for help. In this moving episode, Bobby and Sherry bring 43,200 meals to families facing poverty, danger, and desperate need. Mothers carry food home, children gather for a hot meal, and the Gospel is lived out through compassion....
From our Love A Child compound in Fond Parisien, our radio station broadcasts music, Christian programs, health information, storm warnings, community updates, and yes, even soccer games in Creole. Because in Haiti, you better not forget the soccer! For many families living in the surrounding mountains, our station is their only connection to the valley...
In the middle of gang violence, food shortages, and a lack of jobs, life in Haiti can be incredibly difficult. But every Wednesday and Saturday, Dr. Stinfil and Dr. Merisca are making sure one thing doesn’t get forgotten - people’s smiles! At the Love A Child Dental Clinic, patients from surrounding villages receive the dental...
Polynice, one of our Love A Child clinic nurses, is working alongside a nursing intern from the Nightingale Nurse Program. With hundreds of patients coming through our clinic each day, we are grateful to partner with our local community by giving young nurses a place to gain valuable clinical experience. It’s another way Love A...
Sometimes a blessing doesn’t stop with the person who receives it. It keeps moving. This year, the kids in our Children’s Home were blessed with new backpacks. Instead of letting the backpacks they no longer needed sit unused, we gathered what we could and Pastor Brunel shared them with children in a nearby village who...
Getting ready for church! The children at the Love A Child Children’s Home are dressed and ready to worship the Lord this morning. The Psalmist said, “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.” Psalm 122:1 KJV What a blessing it is to have a beautiful church...
Part of our teaching and demonstrating at our Agricultural Training Center (ATC) is something called “Appropriate Technologies.” That’s a fancy way of saying there are simple, affordable, and achievable ways (“technologies”) to add improvements to daily life for rural Haitian families fighting poverty and hunger. Appropriate Technologies are simple things like rocket stoves for faster,...
Just look at this beautiful baby boy, who was brought into this world at our “Love A Child Birthing Center” in Fond Parisien, Haiti. The baby’s name is “Raymond Reddington.” (There is a TV Program named “The Blacklist," whose main character is named Raymond Reddington!) Our wonderful Birthing Center is such a blessing, and we...
