As is tradition, the annual English spelling bee is always followed by a French one. The Have Faith Haiti Mission School is an école bilinguale, or bilingual school. Sudents learn four hours of English and three hours of French every school day, with a curriculum...
News + Updates
An Update from the Mission Amid Haiti Protests
Late last week, protests erupted in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, and in the northern city of Cap-Haitien, after the the government announced a price increase of 38 percent to 51 percent for gasoline, diesel and kerosene. U.S. State Department issued an alert...
All Tied Up: The 2018 English Spelling Bee Edition
The spring 2018 edition of a beloved Have Faith Haiti Mission tradition.
5 Lessons from Our Haitian Garden
“There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments.” Those wise words from gardening expert Janet Kilburn Phillips are fitting as we are proud to share updates from our vegetable garden. Just look at beaming Widley and his recent spring harvest. The vegetable garden...
Jelly Bellies and Faithful Hearts
Easter is always a special time at the Have Faith Haiti Mission - and not just because of the new spring outfits generously donated by individual sponsors. It's a celebration of faith and renewal, of community and coming together. Let's start with a little fashion...
Alternative Spring Break
Due to safety concerns – and logistics – large group visits to the Have Faith Haiti Mission is a rare occurrence. But we were so glad to welcome a group of fifteen students from Springfield College, in Massachusetts, for an alternative spring break on a service trip...
Holiday Blessings
The holiday isn't supposed to be about presents, but it would be a lie to not admit that there's something special watching children, who have learned to live without a lot, unwrap presents on Christmas morning. Unfettered, uninhibited joy. Woah! We couldn't have...
Love is It, and Love is All at Have Faith Haiti
We believe in showing you reality, without ever indulging in what some call "disaster porn" (you know those photos of ravaged areas or starving children surrounded by flies). When we first arrived in Haiti nearly 7 years ago, we showed you what we saw as we first...
Another End to the School Year, Another Graduation
The Have Faith Haiti school has two treasured traditions to welcome, and wave goodbye, to each school year. An ice cream filled dance party takes place each September before the first day of school, during which students get to select their backpacks, and fill their...
Concours d’orthographe at Have Faith Haiti
Our French Spelling Bee, the sister to our English bee held at the end of June, was held on July 5th. We discovered that many of our brilliant English spellers are also very accomplished French spellers! Chivensky once again took first place for the middle school! Our...