“Fear Not!” Fear is a terrible thing. Everyone who has ever lived has experienced “fear” at some time in their life. There are so many things that people fear, that each fear has its own name… “fear of falling, fear of closed-in places, fear of bugs, fear of snakes,” etc. All these and many more…...
The U.S. Department of State has temporarily authorized departure for direct-hire U.S. government personnel and their family members in Port-au-Prince beginning October 7, 2022. Ongoing instability due to fuel shortages have resulted in the disruption of infrastructure, including sanitation and the availability of medical supplies, potable water, and food. Sixty cases of cholera have been...
Eight-month-old Loubenjie is from Latramblay, a village not far from us. This neighborhood is controlled by gangs, so when his mother brought him to us, he was already in bad condition. When he was just 6 months old, his mother abandoned him to escape poverty, living with his inexperienced father to take care of him....
The poor: “Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbor, go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.” Proverbs 3: 27 & 28 What the Lord has put in your hand to help the...
We call him "little Samuel," because we have two Samuels... So, he is "little Samuel" (Lamothe). He is now six years old and "as smart as a whip!" Little Samuel came to us at the age of two, by Social Services. I remember the day they brought him... His father was unknown and his mother...
"What You Don't Know is Bigger Than You." - A Haitian Creole Proverb That is certainly true of little Djoulins (pronounced Jou-lins). He is now in our Malnutrition Center and ready to be released. You may say, "He doesn't look malnourished to me!" Yes, that's true. But, as the Creole Proverb says, "What you don't...
“And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am...
Betina is a “different” little girl! She is now 10 and is in 6th grade! (Haiti schools just now opened here in Fond Parisien, but not in other areas). Betina “loves” to clean! (Her sisters love her for this. Ha!) She keeps her closet “somewhat” orderly, and she is always cleaning. Here, she is cleaning...
No other time in the History of Haiti has there been such a famine for food. The roads being blocked, the ports being closed, along with heavily armed gangs controlling the country have contributed to creating the perfect storm of suffering for the Haitian people. Today the Love A Child crew in Anse-à-Veau returned to...
This week Love A Child takes you to Old Letant, a poor fishing village in Haiti. Relying on the volatile industry for food, these families know hunger all too well. Children spend their days at the lake fishing for scraps, giving what they can to their mothers so their siblings can be fed. Mothers’ hearts...
