Provide a safe home for Haitian Orphans

Thanks to your amazing support the children at the HTDC orphanage have finished another school year and are making the most of their summer

Carlo the Orphanage Director told us all about it:

“For the end of school we organized a graduation ceremony. We had about eight kids graduate from kindergarten to go to primary school. Two are from the orphanage and the other six kids are kids who attend our school from the neighborhood.

For the older kids all but two passed their final exams. We are very happy for them being successful to go to the next step. Wikenson is specially happy as he passed his 8th grade exams this year.

May 18 is flag day in Haiti. We had a small activity for the kids, they learned more about the flag and our history. The older children was very happy to learn more about our beautiful story as the first independent Black Country.

In June there was a big activity for the children. We had a chance to take most of the kids out for the day. The kids had so much fun, some of them performed singing, and Nolson danced.

Now the kids start enjoying a summer camp. We provide a meal for all the kids, some rice and beans. We also have an English teacher that play guitar and sing with them and a teacher that do sports with them.

Next week week we will have even more options because my church will get involved to help out more in the summer camp. I’m working with my church to see how we can start a music class for the kids who would like to attend some times this year. It could be a class for them during school.

We also start preparing the school for next year. We are painting and fixing benches and other stuff to get ready for September 3. Some other kids from the neighborhood are signing up to attend this year, and we are planning training for our teachers in two weeks.”

It’s always great to get these updates from Carlo, and we hope you like the photos too. Thanks so much as always for making this all possible.

If you ever have any questions about the orphanage and how we use your donations, please don’t hesitate to email Andy@IDVolunteers.org. I would be delighted to hear from you.

Thanks to your incredible generosity the children at the HTDC orphanage have been enjoying themselves recently.

With the help of your generous donations the rent’s been paid for the year, and the kids are all eating nutritious meals and doing well in school. So, while longer-term funding is still needed, the Orphanage Director Carlo has been able to organise some fun activities and celebrate some special days with the kids. Carlo explained as follows:

“For Easter the kids had a great weekend and we organized two nice dinner for the kids, they enjoyed a vacation from school and eating all the Easter food and saying prayers .

We also start playing more sport and games with the older kids two days a week. We hire a new teacher to do the sport with them, all the kids enjoy it and ask for more days per week. I will try to get some sneakers as donations and some other materials for the kids to do more sports.

On May 1 we also have a little party to celebrate Agriculture day in Haiti. The teacher explained to them why they should protect their environment and plant more trees and protect the trees we have. We had the kids plant some vegetables and we cooked and ate some vegetables and fruits together.”

This all sounded like loads of fun and we asked some of the kids what they thought.

Fourteen year old Wisly said:

“I would like to do sports every day because it’s very fun with the new teacher - he teaches us many other games that I did not know!”

On the other hand, seventeen year old Jean Wikenson seemed to prefer all the food!:

“I like Easter time and Agriculture day because we have so much variety of food with salads and meat. These special foods, they always delicious”.

Finally, ten year old Florentina loved all the activities:

“I liked the food and enjoyed the time off school watching Christian movies. I like the sports time too, I always get ready before the other kids!”

It’s great to hear how much fun the kids are having, and without the financial security you help provide none of this would be possible. Thanks so much as always.

If you ever have any questions about the orphanage and how we use your donations, please don’t hesitate to email Andy@IDVolunteers.org. I would be delighted to hear from you.