Help Haiti's first line response to Covid-19

Here in Haiti, you well know all the recent history.
Bandits and crime are all pervasive,
Port-au-Prince is now the kidnapping capital of the world, hunger is rampant,
the President was brutally killed, and the government has very few elected members,
there was another major earthquake three months ago,
there are thousands of internal refugees from violence,
we are in our third wave of Covid, and have been dealing with major shortages of oxygen, diesel and gasoline to keep our hospitals powered and functioning.

It can seem like on an already moonless night, deep and dark clouds roll in,
covering even the last lone star.

In our many programs in Haiti, we are doing our best to deal with the many challenges here, as you are where you live.

But our farms have folded, our guest house forced to close, we have had to suspend burying the destitute dead, we have two teachers who lost their lives to bandits, we have lost a large number of staff who have fled to live in other countries, and fundraising is way down, even as urgency spirals to new heights.

Our main efforts at this tough time are for very vulnerable people, including refugees and earthquake victims, and keeping our institutions going.

We are helping full throttle at grass roots levels.

Every year Forbes magazine lists about 170 countries according to how easy or difficult it is for any enterprise to survive there.

Haiti always ranks as one of the most challenging countries in the world, in which to succeed in any business or enterprise.

We know this by our lived experience, and yet, we are dedicated. We have grit. We care.

Our motto is "If not me, who? If not now, when?"

Let's agree to care more, not less, and to let Grace enter.

You can start tonight, by looking at the closest star.

Fr Rick Frechette CP DO