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#Connect4 Tournament at the #HaveFaithHaiti mission. Though it came down to a fierce battle between Appoloste (the boys' champion) and Djulene (the girls' champion), the victor was ..Djulene! Posted by Mitch Albom on Friday, May 15, 2015

Special report on the anniversary of the earthquake that ravaged Haiti in 2010. Video by Romain Blanquart, Detroit Free Press. Click herefor Mitch’s story from USA Today. January 12, 2015.

Published in USA Today on the fifth anniversary of the earthquake that ravaged Haiti in January 2010, Mitch Albom shares a special update about the Have Faith Haiti Mission. Read the story here, which includes this special feature:

HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM HAVE FAITH HAITI! Christmas and New Year's celebrations were enjoyed by the children of the mission, including our newest child "LewLew," age 3. Pizza, cake, a new family, love. Life really can be a new year. Thank you all for making 2014 so...

All the children and staff were also treated to a special visit from Erika Saeger, an ambassador for the nonprofit “AdoptTogether” who works as a producer for a film company in Los Angeles. This was Erika’s second visit to the Mission, and she made a point of spending...

Five new children were welcomed into the Have Faith Haiti Mission: Francise, Jemina, Knox, Darvensky, Lewvensky. IWe look forward to sharing more about them soon. Although they haven't been with us for very long, they're already part of the family

Troy, MI —  Third, fourth, and fifth grade leadership students at Bemis Elementary welcomed a special visitor today: Mitch Albom, who came to collect the books and DVDs students collected for the children of the Have Faith Haiti Mission. Thanks to Bemis for being so...

On April 12, 2014,  staff and students gathered at the Have Faith Haiti Mission chapel to honor long-time missionary Florence “Mommy” Moffett, who died in 2012 at age 82. For more than 20 years, Florence lovingly cared for the children at the Mission, often...

Dental checkups on 34 kids and several staff members were completed last week at the Have Faith Haiti Mission in Port Au Prince.  Dr. Keri Miller and her team of volunteers (pictured below) reported only a few minor cavities among the kids, with one child needing some...

Bradley Whitford, star of the hit ABC comedy "Trophy Wife" and well-known for his roles in "The West Wing" and "Saving Mr. Banks" visited the Have Faith Haiti Mission/Orphanage in early March, bring two of his children with him. Brad, George and and Lulu stayed on air...