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Meet the first-ever journalist for St. Francois d’ Assisi Parish, Mr. Jean Williams Jules. Jean Williams grew up in Bois Brule and received his primary education at St. Jacques school. He completed middle school at St. Francois in Anse a Galets and then moved to Port au Prince for high school and a scholarship. After studying journalism and camera work, he received an internship and then worked for 3 years for a radio station in PAP, covering the demonstrations- a very intense period to be getting started in! He left the dangerous situation to return to the safety of home on la Gonâve. We are thrilled to support him in his work as he travels about the island to photograph and learn about the activities of the Parish.![]()
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Mwen se timoun Bwa Boule. Se la mwen fèt. Mwen te gen chans pase nan lekòl Senjak, Bwa Boule. Lè saa direktè ki te lekòl la se te Edbuche Foneis.![]()
Mwen fè Preskolè rive nan Sizyèm (6è) ane fondamantal nan lekòl Senjak, Bwa boule. Apre mwen kite bwa boule mwen monte Ansagalè al kontinye etid la nan Senfranswa Dasiz. Se la mwen fè 7è, 8è ak 9è ane. Apre lekòl fondamantal la, mwen kite lagonav rantre Pòtoprens pou m kontinye rès etid la. Rive Pòtoprens, mwen te jwenn yon lekòl ki te banm yon demi bous, mwen aprann Jounalis Repòtè ak Kameramann. Mwen te fè 3 mwa estaj nan yon Radyo nan Kapital la. Apre estaj la, yo te nome mwen kòm Repòtè.![]()
Mwen pase twa (3) lane nan travay la, apre mwen te pwofite ak yon lòt Radyo. Mwen te nome kòm kameramann. Mwen te gen pou reskonsabilite kouvri manifestasyon pou yo. Rive yon lè (apre yon tan), pwoblèm ensekirite fèm pat ka kontinye ak aktivite mwen. Mwen te oblije kase tèt tounen lakay. Mwen rantre lagonav poum kontinye travay la.![]()
Mwen pako marye. Mwen santi mwen kontan mwen ka travay Senfranswa Dasiz
Haiti opened its schools nationwide on September 11th! Enrollment typically builds gradually but is off to a great start, as evidenced by these photos from the week. Enjoy and share these with anyone who loves the hope of a fresh, new school year✏️📓🖍️❤️![]()
Donate now to support teacher salaries, books and supplies for these beautiful students and their teachers
Our ability to support teachers with salaries that are competitive and paid monthly, without fail, is an investment that we make in the quality of the St Francois school system. In a similar way, the investments that we make in building, maintaining and updating school buildings is a commitment to the students and the community. School buildings host adult education classes, health clinics and even goat clinics (outdoors of course!) for decades. You can join us to support the future of Haiti by educating its people- with your gift to education today.![]()
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📚✨ Today is International Literacy Day, and we're on a mission to make a positive impact! 🌍![]()
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This year's theme, "Promoting literacy for a world in transition: Building the foundation for sustainable and peaceful societies," couldn't be more fitting. The world is changing rapidly, and access to literacy is more important than ever.![]()
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On the beautiful island of La Gonave, Haiti, 10 elementary schools have been making incredible progress. The average number of proficient state test scores has risen from 79% in 2020 to a remarkable 87% this spring! ![]()
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But there's still work to be done, especially for the 1900 children and adults in La Gonave Haiti Partnership education programs. Your generous donation can make a huge difference. Your support will provide books, supplies, and meals for these individuals, helping them not only learn to read and write but also build better lives for themselves and their families.![]()
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Education empowers people to start businesses, participate responsibly in the market, and read with their children. For the past three years, meals have been provided for adult students, many of whom attend class after a long day of work.![]()
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Let's join hands and be part of this transformative change! 🤝 Together, we can help create a more literate, sustainable, and peaceful world. ![]()
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Donate today and be the change!
La Gonâve Haiti Partners is all about healthy babies!![]()
Two to three times a week, the amazing team of Bill Rice Community Health Network doctors, nurses and midwives pack up the Toyota and motorcycles to bring maternal care clinics out to 9 hard-to-reach communities on the island of la Gonâve, Haiti. Through the Network, 40 community health workers and birth attendants await the team in their villages and assure that all moms are seen. Routine prenatal /postnatal check-ups with vitamins, vaccinations and teaching are provided, then the Team heads back. First time and high-risk moms are encouraged to deliver at the Bill Rice Clinic, but when that’s not possible, the village matwons and healthworkers have good supplies and training to make home delivery the best it can be. Last year, the team’s effort supported 505+ healthy home births!![]()
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Midwife Vilana (#midwives for Haiti) and Dr Lazar consult on a patient.![]()
Patients wait during a mobile mother and child clinic in St Esprit school at Gros Mangles.![]()
The Matwons of Bill Rice Community Health Network and Mdme Aline Dupont, supervising nurse.
Happy Birthday, Pere Jean Madoché Vil!![]()
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We are blessed beyond measure to work alongside you. Your wisdom and courage and humility make a deep impression upon us; your confidence that God always makes a way inspires us to never stop hoping and believing in better days. We regret that we have only Zoom to see you these past 3 years.![]()
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Today we are reminded of the good that a person like you can do in this world- creative, energetic- serving the people during dark and difficult times. We are honored to call you our brother, pere and partner in God's work on la Gonâve!
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This shiny new gadget is a 3/4 hp submersible pump, sourced from the Dominican Republic. It will be the guts of a new well in Palma. A crew drilling across the road offered to check out a site on the St. Marthe and Marie campus, and voila! Water! Pere Vil and the crew will determine the best way to integrate the well with the existing water catchment components. ![]()
Please consider a gift to our INFRASTRUCTURE FUND to help transform every church and school roof into maximum water catchment structures with gutters, pipes and cisterns.
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Against all odds, The St. Francois school system will officially complete the 2022-23 academic year this weekend! Despite a late and bumpy start last November, teachers, staff and students got their groove back after Christmas break.![]()
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The 10 primary schools, 2 middle schools and 1 high school pushed on through the summer to get caught up. School Directors have been in Anse-a-Galets this week calculating final grades and completing each students' report card (shown here). ![]()
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On Saturday, each school director will meet with School System Coordinator, Mr. Edbouche Foneis and Pere Jean Madoché Vil. Then on Sunday, report cards go out. All across the island young people will be seen carrying their green cards home to eagerly awaiting![]()
families. This summer break will be very short in order to get back to a typical schedule; the new school year starts September 11!
Day 2 of the Annual Conference in Charleston kicked off with a tour of Palma!
Good morning from Charleston! Kicking off the annual conference in person and virtually.
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HAITIAN FLAG DAY. May 14, 2015 found me traveling with student nurses from Clayton State University in Morrow, GA to la Gonâve, Haiti on an international study abroad trip. We were assisting with a mobile clinic in the community of Ti Cotelette. ![]()
Flag Day was the following week, and students were practicing for their day of celebration. We witnessed so much joy! in anticipation of the upcoming festivities.![]()
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Eight years later, May 18th, 2023 is Haitian Flag Day once more. Every year, across the world, Haitians celebrate this day. The Haitian flag is a primary symbol of Haitian freedom, intended to show solidarity among Haitian people—a symbol of pride, unity, and![]()
individual liberty. Created in 1803, the flag was fashioned to celebrate independence from France and carries the motto, “L’UNION FAIT LA FORCE,” meaning “Through Uni-![]()
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Across the globe, there will celebrations of Haiti’s independence, but also protests because of the current political turmoil, gang violence, and vigilante killings across the country. While the world celebrates Haiti, it also grieves the terrible plight of many![]()
Haitians today. On behalf of La Gonave Haiti Partners, I pray that for all of us, Haitians and others who love the people and the country, the flag once more will send its powerful message that freedom from terror demands strength and unity among people.![]()
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May the people of Haiti join forces and together find solutions to this terrible crisis that is crushing freedom and threatens hope.![]()
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Thanks to the generosity of our donors and church partners, lumber has been purchased to build new school desks and benches for the St. Francis PreK-12th grade school in Anse-a-Galet. ![]()
Student enrollment for the St. Francis school has increased from approximately 544 students to 638 students for the 2022-2023 school year. Work began March 14th and will be completed early April. Once completed, work begins on renovations for a new library!! We give thanks for the continued support of our individual donors and church partners.
A prayer from St. Francis Parish:![]()
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Almighty God, you know the hearts of all of us, ![]()
in your wiliness, be clement towards us and all those who serve you. ![]()
Strengthen us and keep us in faith in this special time of lent as we face challenging situations. ![]()
You are our hope.![]()
We want to thank you for all our friends who meet in this moment to bring and share new ideas to better support families on la Gonave through the various programs that we have in the partnership.![]()
Thank you for our friends, for their families, for their generosity and their dedication to your work.![]()
O Gracious God, we pray you for all those who are sick, we think also about the sister of Ann who is very sick. ![]()
So many people are sad in this moment, we pray you for them, for those who do not have people to take care of them, especially those of our communities on la Gonave. ![]()
O Lord, hear our prayers. ![]()
Through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior we pray,![]()
Amen
These are students and families from one of the nine rural schools supported by La Gonâve Haiti Partners. At the first of the new year, Jean Thony and Frantz Toussaint selected six students in each school to be trained and then to receive their own ![]()
pregnant goat to raise and rebreed. ![]()
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Pere Vil said in his report accompanying the picture, the La Gonâve Goat Project is changing lives by teaching school children the “entrepreneurial spirit.” These young students are experiencing first-hand the importance of hard work, perseverance and responsibility. They are are learning about vocations in goat husbandry, veterinary and management.
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With your prayers and generous support, students in La Gonave are attending classes. Enjoy the recent pictures of students sent from the island. ![]()
There’s a fundamental truth that gives us hope – that together we can do extraordinary things. Join us on #GivingTuesday![]()
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O God, in whose hope, we find hope; in whose peace, we find peace; in whose joy, we find joy, we come before you with thanksgiving. When others fail us, You do not. When others refuse to come to our aid, You draw near. When others would do us harm, You surround us with your love.![]()
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In you, O God, we give thanks and especially this day, we give thanks for your people of La Gonave. Stand with them when the ground beneath them feels uncertain. Stand beside them when adversity threatens to overcome them. Whisper your words of grace to them, so they never doubt that you will never let them go.![]()
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O God, we give thanks for all your children in Haiti and for your everlasting promise of peace.![]()
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In the name of Christ, we pray.![]()
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Ô Dieu, dans l'espérance duquel nous trouvons l'espérance ; dans la paix de qui, nous trouvons la paix ; dans la joie duquel nous trouvons la joie, nous venons devant toi avec action de grâces. Quand les autres nous échouent, vous ne le faites pas. Quand d'autres refusent de nous venir en aide, Tu t'approches. Quand les autres voudraient nous faire du mal, Tu nous entoures de ton amour.![]()
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En toi, ô Dieu, nous rendons grâce et surtout en ce jour, nous rendons grâce pour ton peuple de La Gonâve. Tenez-vous avec eux lorsque le sol sous eux semble incertain. Tenez-vous à leurs côtés lorsque l'adversité menace de les vaincre. Murmurez-leur vos paroles de grâce, afin qu'ils ne doutent jamais que vous ne les laisserez jamais partir.![]()
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Ô Dieu, nous rendons grâce pour tous tes enfants en Haïti et pour ta promesse éternelle de paix.![]()
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Au nom du Christ, nous prions. AMEN.![]()
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A Thanksgiving Message from La Gonave:![]()
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We thank all of you who are part of the partnership program for the joint efforts so that our children can find something to feed themselves by educating, as is the case for many countries.![]()
May God continue to bless each of you!![]()
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#GivingTuesday
We live in a country where life is easy. We can go to our favorite coffee shop and enjoy expensive coffee to start our day. Better yet, we can take the day off and stroll beside the river or a long walk in the woods. As Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday approaches this week in the States, we look back at this past year in amazement at what the Lord has done in our lives. Our friends in Haiti are trying to make it through the daily challenges of just surviving. Please consider giving to Emergency Relief on La Gonave this Tuesday – funds raised will cover costly medical supplies and other needs on the island. Supplies are dwindling and costs are rising. Significant increases are expected in 2023. You can help! #GivingTuesday
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Oh Lord, thank you for the wonderful partners we have on La Gonave island and thanks for their resolve, their energy and their hope for the future. And may we be true partners in enabling them to flourish and enjoy the lives they so richly deserve.
A Prayer from Shallowford Presbertian Church for our partners on La Gonave:![]()
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Be with our extraordinary Haitian partners on La Gonave island. Please give them the education, the food, the economic opportunities and the health care they need to overcome the challenges they face every day. Help us to provide the hope they need as they bring about a better day for their families and their country.
A prayer for Haiti from First Presbyterian Church, Fernandina Beach FL:![]()
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"Many inhabitants on the island will soon die of hunger" – declared a mayor on La Gonāve, where our Haitian partners live. A container of food remains stuck at the mainland capital's port. Fuel and electricity shortages, civil unrest, and a telecoms blackout have isolated our friends, making it impossible for us to provide any physical help. Your prayers are critically needed – for God's grace to rescue our friends from this misery and guide them back to peace. We trust that our merciful Lord hears us, and will act.
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Save the date for our next Partnership Meeting, November 17, 2022 at 5:30. Agenda to follow. Here is the zoom information:
Looking ahead with incoming Board Chair Bob Scarr. #lagonave #lagonavehaitipartners
Annual Conference Day 2 at Alpharetta Presbyterian Church #lagonave #lagonavehaitipartners
Kicking off the Annual Conference with the Board Meeting at Alpharetta Presbyterian Church .
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A Time of Celebration!—The Opening of new Ste. Marthe and Ste Marie Middle School! The newest school in the St. Francis Parish and the first rural middle school—student registration starts in July!!![]()
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Join us at our Annual Conference, July 29th and 30th, in Alpharetta, GA to learn more about this exciting initiative!! More details and registration info can be found at: ![]()
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Two months ago, on February 21st, shock and sorrow reverberated around the world as news of the sudden death of Dr. Paul Farmer was announced. Paul Farmer challenged us all to think of humanity as one...
