Learning the Art of Handicraft

Feb 17, 2021 | News + Updates

Two new wonderful volunteer additions at our school are teaching the joy — and the skills — of the craft maker.

Amy and Bob Thibodeau joined the Have Faith Haiti Mission team from Canada to lead courses in making and repairing things. Called WWW: Wood, Wiring and Water, the Thibodeaus are leading four different bi-weekly classes of varying age and skill to help students learn woodworking, electrical wiring and plumbing.

Currently focusing on woodworking, students have already completed two projects — shower hook shelving and a picnic table. The goal is to build five small tables for younger children, and possibly donate one of them to a neighboring orphanage or location in need of them.

Additional activities also include sewing, and some of our teen girls have made small drawstring knapsacks for themselves and others at the Mission.

Their developing skills – and growing love of the craft – are already so impressive, we may have some master craftspeople and artisans in the making!

  • hook shower shelves 1
  • WWW S1S2 Class Finished Towl Shelf 1
  • WWW S3 Class Finished Towel Shelf 1
  • hook shower shelves 2 1
  • picnic table 2 1
  • picnic table 1
  • woodworking 2 1
  • woodworking 3 1
  • woodworking 4 1
  • woodworking 5 1
  • woodworking 6 1
  • woodworking 7 1
  • woodworking 8 1
  • woodworking 9 2
  • woodworking 10 1
  • woodworking 11 1
  • woodworking 1
  • woodworking 12 1
  • sewing 1
  • sewing 4
  • sewing 3
  • sewing 2

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About Have Faith Haiti

Have Faith Haiti is a nonprofit organization providing safety, nourishment, education, and opportunity for Haiti’s impoverished children and orphans, and stability for staff and their families in Port-au-Prince. You can learn more here.