Ready For School!

 

Ready For School!

 

 

Haitian Homes for Haitian Children has 11 children ready for the first day of school (October 3rd). Our Haitian staff has worked many hours to make sure that these children have their uniforms tailor-made to fit each child. The children's school tuition and fees for the entire year of 2012-2013 have been paid by our generous supporters. Each child has pencils and paper and their own book bag. Because classrooms are open and contain nothing but benches, tables and a blackboard, the children must carry all of their supplies with them every day. The older children even carry heavy dictionaries with them.

 

The only thing missing will be the faces of the 5 children that we have not yet found funding for. But we have not given up yet! Some of you may have a friend, a group you belong to, or a church you go to, who have an extra $2 a day to allow a child in Haiti to go to school and remain with their own family rather than be sent to an orphanage. Just share what we are doing and give them the opportunity to be part of one of these children's lives.

 

God Bless You,

 

Jane





 

MOVING BEYOND THE MISSION....
In setting up the local leadership of HH4HC, I decided to try a concept not frequently used in Haiti - the TEAM style of leadership. I knew that I would be taking a risk by trying to do this, but I had found it so useful in every area of church leadership I had worked in that I really wanted to try it. Luckily, one of our three employees, Travis, is an American missionary who has lived in Haiti for 2 years. Our two other employees are Haitian. The three of them have worked together now for about 6 weeks, visiting families, enrolling children in schools, and getting the finances straight. This is part of the email that I received from Travis after the employees Team meeting this week: Today's meeting could only be described in one word, "GREAT!"  We had a very good conversation about working as a team and the best ways to get some things to the finish line in the next few weeks. We had the meeting at Wilbins' house and after the meeting we all stuck around and talked about life for about 2 hours. It was a great time for me to get to know the people I am working with on a personal level. Travis went on to talk about how the salaries that they are being paid go to help no only the employees, but their extended families and even their communities. So our mission to help children and their immediate families extends beyond our intentions and helps a community. Jane