by rebecca.tatum@henryandwallace.com | Feb 17, 2015 | Ministries, Port-Au-Prince
Port-Au-Prince The English class at Port-Au-Prince was established with a vision to spread the Gospel through teaching English in Haiti. 11 English classes are held weekly where the team sees 200 to 250 students each week. Our hope through the English program is to help Haitians have more opportunities to be self-sufficient, create greater job opportunities, and provide for themselves by being able to communicate effectively online through email and other forms of communication, opening up more business opportunities. In 2013, John Fitts created a discipleship opportunity for leadership training. This program trains many English program graduates who expressed an interest in going deeper in their commitment to follow Jesus. The discipleship course is a one-year course that covers The Timothy Initiative (TTIOnline.org) material, which gives an overview of the Bible with a focus on making disciples.The inaugural class had 13, this year’s class grew to 17 disciples. The goal for this rigorous class is that each student will disciple another person or a group of people. The students will go and share the gospel in their communities. Some of the students will become teachers in Chadasha’s English program, and some will help lead another discipleship class. Meet the Port-Au-Prince Team! John Fitts John Fitts has been involved in missions for several years, and has been with Chadasha since March of 2009. Originally from Virginia, he currently resides in Port-Au-Prince. Fitts heads the the Discipleship and English programs across Port-Au-Prince. This is the second year for the Discipleship Program and he currently has 11 English classes being held. Josué Lamey Josué Lamey was born in Port-Au-Prince....
by rebecca.tatum@henryandwallace.com | Feb 17, 2015 | Ministries, Montrouis
Montrouis Orphan Retreat Center The Montrouis Retreat Center provides a place for under-supported orphanages to get out of their four walls, hear the gospel, and see hope beyond their world. In 2015 the Retreat Center welcomed almost 4,500 Haitian orphans in addition to, completing 10 construction projects to improve the site.The center offers a well-rounded assortment of programs for the children. They include: basic medical evaluations, sports activities, bible classes, worship services, craft classes, group games, hygiene classes, supplies distribution, and interaction with short-term mission teams from our church partners in the US. Multiple construction projects were completed at the Montrouis Retreat Center this year. In 2015, the team was able to complete a shower building, build and furnish a kitchen and dining area, build a utility building, install a desalination water plant, install electrical connections to the public power grid, build 1,200 square foot chapel, build an 850 gallon water tower, and replace the roof and screen in the porch of the guardian house. While buildings and kitchens do not change lives, they are tools that allow bellies to be filled and respite from the sun rays. The team is excited to have received the funding for the first of eight dorms to be built. With the enhanced programs and spaces to accommodate programming, the focused discipleship opportunities are more realistic. Meet the Montrouis Team! Matt and Sarah Rideout Matt and Sarah Rideout have been involved as missions for several years and have been with Chadasha since November of 2011. Originally from Tennessee, they currently live in Montrouis where they are organizing and managing the Orphan Retreat...
by rebecca.tatum@henryandwallace.com | Feb 17, 2015 | Jimani, Ministries
Jimani Hospital Jimani is now under the leadership of Dr. Yirdana Corporan Perez de Pujols and her husband Elias. In 2007, while Dr. Corporan was completing her residency, Chadasha asked her to move to Jimani and oversee the clinic. Together Yirdana and Elias are a wonderful team. They are both committed Christians who long to serve their neighbors in Jimani. Yirdana has faithfully overseen the clinic for nine years. Now, Chadasha plans to expand Yirdana’s role. She, along with Elias, envisions using Chadasha’s facilities to train families how to locate and prepare nutritional foods, provide theological and biblical training to area pastors, offer sports camps to young people and provide English language training. Chadasha is blessed to have such faithful, passionate, Dominican leaders in Jimani through the people of Jimani. The clinic continues to grow and now offers the following services: General medicine consulting Ophthamology Dentistry A laboratory Eye Surgery Education for the community Guest Housing The Guest House hosts multiple mission teams every year. Some work on the facilities. Others get involved with Batey 41 and the surrounding community. Many serve as medical mission teams. Up to 80 guests can stay on-site. Rooms vary in size and can accommodate as few as two people and as many as 16. Complete with a large kitchen, Yinabel Corporan and her staff are fully equipped to feed large teams. Chadasha’s goal is to provide a place of rest and nourishment in order to equip teams for the work God has called them to do in Jimani. Moreover, given Yinabel’s skill as a cook and her training in hospitality management,...
by rebecca.tatum@henryandwallace.com | Feb 17, 2015 | Little Hands and Feet, Ministries
Little Hands and Feet serves as a refuge for the children who need a safe, healthy environment to live and grow until their parents are able to care for them again or until they are adopted. The mission is to provide children with lots of love and the proper nutrition needed to sustain a happy and healthy life. To present the children God’s perfect plan, and teach them how special they are in God’s eyes, no matter what their background is or how they were brought into this world. Currently, there are 11 children being served. The children are overseen First Baptist Pernier Church, which is overseen by Pastor Jude Roseau. Education is provided at a local private school....
by rebecca.tatum@henryandwallace.com | Feb 17, 2015 | Batey 41, Ministries
On the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic one of the primary areas of outreach is Batey 41. A batey, or “work camp,” is a shanty-town camp where sugarcane cutters live. In the early 1900s, Haitian sugarcane cutters, lured by the promise of work, began the seasonal migration to the Dominican Republic. Over the decades, many of these sugarcane workers did not return to Haiti at season end and thus created a large, permanent population of Haitians in the Dominican Republic — a population that was not welcomed. The Haitians were not allowed to leave the bateyes, under the threat of deportation, except to work in the fields. Most of the 400+ bateyes in the Dominican Republic have not changed much since they were originally erected. They still have no running water, no electricity, no cooling facilities, no bathrooms, no schools for the children, and no medical facilities. The shanty homes consist of slatted wood walls, tarps, tin roofs, dirt floors and often house up to eight or more people. Fortunately, the Chadasha Foundation has been able to provide hope for one batey, Batey 41. Chadasha began serving the Batey 41 residents in 2011. Now it has access to medical care, a school building, teachers, books, school uniforms, clean drinking water, food and a church. The school has educated 340 people over four years, and the current enrollment is 120 students. The students learn Spanish, English and French in addition to their native Haitian Creole. The food program provides lunch each day to the 120 students. ...
by rebecca.tatum@henryandwallace.com | Feb 17, 2015 | Heartbeat of Haiti, Ministries
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. With a population of approximately 10.48 million people, 80% live in extreme poverty . There are 290,000 babies born each year, and it is estimated that 1,200 of these children are born with a congenital heart defect that requires surgery. Children born with heart defects in Haiti are either sent to the United States for help, live for a few years with their defects, or die shortly after birth. Most newborns with serious heart disease unfortunately die at home. Several charitable organizations exist to help with basic health care; however, very few provide cardiac care for children in the country. By partnering with Gift of Life and the International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF), two non-profit US medical charities committed to serving the children of the world with heart disease, Chadasha provides life-saving surgery as well as education to local healthcare providers. During 2015, Heartbeat of Haiti performed approximately 80 surgeries and plans to perform at least 80 surgeries in 2016. 36 of the surgeries for 2016 have already been funded. education to local healthcare providers so they can eventually provide this care independently. ICHF has been to 24 countries and performed more than 4,400 operations over the past 18 years. Meet Dr. Clint Doiron Dr. Clint Doiron is a cardiologist and the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors for Chadasha. Doiron, along with wife Kristine, has been actively involved for more than 13 years in mission work. He is a partner with East Tennessee Heart Consultants in Knoxville, TN. Doiron earned his medical degree from the University of...
