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Visiting Jeremie
Mitch Albom is currently visiting the Have Faith Haiti Mission and will be sending updates. Here is one: This is what Jeremie, on the coast, looks like 10 days after Hurricane. Homes gone. No food. Crops blown away. Water, medicine, in dire short supply. Many of our...
Cleaning up Matthew
A former volunteer currently in Haiti was able to visit the mission. The children are in good health and spirits. Some of the staff members are still waiting to hear from their family members on the south coast, which was hit the hardest and where all communication is...
The Worst of the Hurricane Matthew Passes
While the worst of Matthew's storm potential has passed Haiti, the worst effects of the storm are still unknown as rescue workers are not yet able to get to the areas hardest hit--areas without the infrastructure and resources they need to endure the storm. Nor its...
Tuesday Afternoon at Have Faith Haiti
UPDATE as of 4:00 PM: They are safe. There is ome tree damage, lots of water, but nothing terrible. Electricity is on and off, which was expected. Nannies have stayed home so the kids are with two volunteers who live and teach at the mission. Although they outnumber...
Tuesday Morning and Hurricane Matthew
UPDATE AS OF 11.A.M.: Everyone made it through the night safely. Things are OK so far, though the storm has really picked up this morning. The campus is in a pretty good area. It's not on a hill (where there are landslides), not too close to the ocean and not in a low...
Dinner by Head Lamp
UPDATE FROM HAVE FAITH HAITI MONDAY EVENING: The wind is picking up and it's looking more eerie by the minute. Still not much rain for us but reports are showing flooding in the south. In the mean time, were doing our normal Monday cooking night (Fusilli with raw...
Have Faith Haiti Prepares for Hurricane Matthew
Hurricanes are fickle. They can change course quickly, for the better or the worse. Current weather reports predict that Hurricane Matthew will be striking Haiti today. For those concerned about the Have Faith Haiti Mission, please note the following update from Gina...
Back-to-School Shopping at Have Faith Haiti
Yesterday, three adult supervisors took 11 students from Have Faith Haiti that had earned the privilege to shop to a local store. Each received $20.00 ($5.00 of each donation purchased paper, pencils, pens, crayons and other needed supplies for the whole...
Life-Saving Dental Care in Haiti
Alabama-based dentist Dr. Keri Miller once again brought her team from East Alabama Pediatric Dentistry to provide free dental services to the children of Have Faith Haiti. The kids took their cleanings and cavity-filling like champs, even if a few needed some...
Annual Spelling Bee Ends in Three-Way Tie
On Wednesday, April 27, the school at the Have Faith Haiti Mission held its third annual English Spelling Bee and for the first time ever, three winners tied for first place. Congratulations to Djouna, JJ, and Widley.