Our Mission

The La Gonave Haiti Partnership is a “ministry of presence” and a community development partnership between the people of La Gonave, the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti and the United States Partners. We work together on: Education Healthcare Nutrition Agriculture Water Economic Opportunity The US partners are ecumenical and include Episcopal, Anglican and Presbyterian churches; local [...]

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Our Partners

The US Partnership works with the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti to promote sustainable growth and development for the people of La Gonave Haiti. We use an accompaniment model of development that addresses the traditional problems of “rescue aid” by building human capabilities and capacities within the communities through education, economic development and improved public health. [...]

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Trip Report

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, FERNANDINA BEACH, FLORIDA JUNE 1-5, 2013 A team of 11 (7 youth and 4 adults) from First Presbyterian Church, Fernandina Beach, Florida left Port-au-Prince on Saturday, June 1st on their way to La Gonâve. For all but one of us, it was a first visit to Haiti and first trip [...]

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The Island of La Gonave, Haiti

La Gonave Island (French: Ile de la Gonave) is an island of Haiti located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in the Gulf of Gonave. It is the largest of the Hispaniolan satellite islands situated off the mainland. The island is an arrondissement, La Gonave Arrondissement, in the Quest Department of Haiti and includes the communities of Anse-a-Galet and Poine-a-Raquette.

Haiti has been called “the land that the world forgot” and La Gonave has been called “the land that Haiti forgot.” Learn More

Blog

“But, My Baby Is Still Sick”

On the first workday of our trip in May we arrived at the Bill Rice Clinic full of enthusiasm about the project ahead. We had Dr. Wilnique with us and we were going to tackle the storage closets, full of supplies that needed to be catalogued and cleaned out. By ten that morning we were [...]

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Haitian Fathers

Father’s Day is soon and it seemed only fitting to give them their due. While the women of Haiti are certainly the Poto Mitan of the family, there are lovely men who work hard to take care of their families and give back to their communities. We want to be sure they get the recognition [...]

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Matwones – The wisdom of Haiti

One highlight of our April, 2013 trip was a meeting at the Bill Rice Clinic where we got to meet 11 of our “Matwones” or traditional birth attendants. What a wise and wonderful group of people. Several years ago it was determined that one way to address the high rate of maternal deaths in childbirth [...]

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Everyday Should Be Mother’s Day

As we approach the “official Hallmark” Mother’s Day it seemed like a good time to honor how Haitian mothers contribute to their families and their communities. There is a wonderful Kreyol saying that Haitian women are the “potomitan” or center pole of the Haitian family. The term comes from an old story about courage and [...]

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Education Update – Lotore

ST BARNABUS SCHOOL , Lotore community. St. Barnabus offers classes for kindergarten through 6th grade. Currently there are 175 students and 9 teachers. Families pay 75 goudes/ month for children to attend 1st- 6th grades. This includes a pen and notebook but not a uniform. The children study French, Creole, math, science, art, writing and [...]

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