Dear friends and generous supporters
Above all, on behalf of From Here to Haiti and the people of Haiti, I want to thank you for the support you have provided FHTH over the years. It is with your help that we have completed all our projects and I hope you will continue to support our work.
Below you will find an update of the various projects being currently worked on and some that are awaiting funding.
We, at From Here to Haiti, are very grateful to the organizations, parishes, schools, and individual donors who, together, have made these works possible. We are particularly grateful to PAX CHRISTI CHURCH in COLORADO, whose support made it possible to repair so many churches in the Nippes. As you know, things at the Capital are dire but these projects are in the far provinces where the population is very poor and where, with your help, we will continue our much needed work.
Thank you from the bottom of our heart.
Note: Keep in mind that the website is currently being updated. We will need some time to add photographs to illustrate the text.
PROJECTS IN THE WORKS
OUR LADY OF MT. CARMEL in Fond Rouge - Grand'Anse
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel is a very active parish and the faithful love their church. Their number has grown a lot over the years and now, the church has become too small for the number of faithful coming to mass and parish events. The church needed to be enlarged. Construction is moving well and we are getting ready to put a roof over the new construction.
ST. MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL in Pigny - Nippes
St. Michael the Archangel church was destroyed by the earthquake of 2021. Since then the faithful of Pigny have been worshiping in a makeshift struccture using debris from the destroyed church. This church as a historic patrimony in that it is the oldest church in the parish. It provides a place of prayer but also a cultural and social venue.
SALESIAN SISTERS OF DON BOSCO in Anse a Veau - Nippes
Hurricane Melissa did not spare anyone on its track. The community of the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco in Anse a Veau suffered much damage. Several areas of their residence was damaged and the roofing sheets flew into the wind. Now water falls freely inside the residence and the Sisters need help to repair their home. A young boy, Sal-Luca Zuccarello, heard their pleas and used the special event of the Super Bowl to raise the much needed funds to which the St. Luke School of Religion added to do the much needed repair of the Sisters' residence roof.
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION in Cadieu - Nippes
Immaculate Conception is one of four chapels in need located in the 5th arrondissement of Berraderes, in the Nippes. On August 14, 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the south killing over about 2,300 people and left 12,000 injured. It was the worst disalter to strike Haiti since 2010. At least 137000 buildings were damaged or destroyed. In spite of the great damage, Immaculate Conception continues to operate and the faithful come faithfully each Synday for Mass carrying their own chairs. The community is very dynamic and are ready to help in any way their meager means allows.
NOTRE DAME AUXILIATRICE in Marassy - Nippes
Notre Dame Auxiliatrice is a chapel of St. Francis Xavier in Miragoane, in the Tiburon Peninsula . Tarps held by pieces of wood make up the roof and when it rains, water flows freely inside the small chapel. It is a two story edifice, built on the side of a mountain. Below are four classrooms and on top is the chapel with the tarp roof. With the generous help from Pax Christi parish in Colorado, we hope to finish this work quickly to allow the community to pray without worrying about the rain.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER in Gilles - Nippes
When the new pastor of St. Francis Xavier took over his new duties he looked at the facade of his new church and thought that it looked too much like a regular house rather than a church. He reached out to FHTH for help in redoing the facade of the building. We said we would help without knowing where the funds would come from. We are, however, confident that God will provide.