2025 Year at a Glance

-96 families received goats (43 in 2024; 130 in 2023)
-90 families received seed (86 in 2024; 80 in 2023)
-322 families received emergency food (150 in 2024; 235 in 2023)
-128 students fed daily, with 12 teachers and staff supported at St. Rose Elementary School in rural Ferye
-15 elderly individuals received a small monthly stipend (about $20 USD)
-New in 2025: five cisterns built, providing clean water to hundreds of villagers who previously walked hours or relied on unsafe drainage water
 

“Food Has Become a Luxury”

 In a year marked by heart-wrenching news from Haiti, our in-country partners continue to inspire us.

Gerald, principal of St. Rose Elementary, shares the impact of the school canteen, where children receive a simple daily meal of beans and rice:

 “Before we had the canteen, many children came to school without eating and suffered stomach aches. Since starting the program, those cases have disappeared.

 In this time of crisis, canteens are essential. Parents are struggling deeply—food has become a luxury. When the stomach is empty, the ear cannot hear and the brain cannot retain anything.”

Highlights from 2025

-Continued support for St. Rose Elementary, now serving 128 students 
-Miss Rosemite, a nurse educated through TVI, returned to serve Pestel—providing blood pressure checks, glucose testing, and first aid. In the last quarter alone, she treated nearly 90 patients
-Daily meals provided to students at St. Rose—often their only meal of the day
-Despite escalating gang violence, our Haitian partners KPA (Kretyan Pwogrese Ansanm in Creole) faithfully distributed goats, seed, and emergency food as families fled gang-controlled Port-au-Prince for rural Pestel

The Impact Behind the Numbers

-Five centrally located cisterns now supply clean water to hundreds, eliminating hours-long journeys during the dry season
-Goats provide families with both nutrition and financial security. Each family receives training and commits to passing on a young goat to another household, multiplying the impact
-Monthly stipends helped elderly individuals—among the most vulnerable—meet basic needs
-Seed distribution enabled families to grow and sell crops locally at a time when gang-controlled roads make market access dangerous
-Emergency food reached 322 families—well over 1,600 people—as food insecurity in Pestel continued to rise sharply
 

Our Haitian friend Phenicq writes:  “Thank you so much for all the good things you’re doing for the people. May God bless you.”

 The photos below are from December’s cistern construction and food distribution, which included rice, oil, beans, and peanuts.