JMJ has been supporting children in Haiti since the 1980s. Currently we are supporting 2 schools in Haiti.
The first school is located in Dubuisson and run by the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (M.I.C. Sisters based in Montreal).
The school was destroyed during the earthquake in 2010. “The students are in their classrooms, but the floors are on bare ground... very inconvenient on rainy days,” writes Sister Nicole Beaulieu mic. “There are no windows yet and the walls made fragile by the earthquake have to be strengthened. That is why the school is not finished and we are waiting to have the necessary funds.” (The Sisters advise us that they have received grants to re-build the school.)
The second school is operated by Present Hope Ministries in Ouanaminthe, in the north-eastern part of the country on the border with Dominican Republic. They have a team of 17 teachers who work hard daily teaching from 7:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. They earn between $85.00 – $100.00 per month. For their role in educating our children and the next generation, this is inadequate. However, they accept and teach with love and grace abounding.