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Progress in Petit Trou

• Thanks to your support of our year-end Impact Gift campaign, our first ever photography workshop is currently taking place with our girls' empowerment group. We can't wait to share photos directly from these young photographers in training.

• An expansion of the agriculture program at St. Paul's School is well underway. This new wall and well will allow for a doubling of the size of our vegetable garden, improved irrigation, and expanded moringa and lime tree groves, these producing nutrition for our students and revenue for the school.

• Nurse Dorceley and Agronomist Raphael are working on the next phase of a food security initiative that is allowing community health workers to serve as key resources, improving nutritional outcomes via better crop yields.

• Several young ladies, with support from their mentors, are piloting a local soap making initiative, an effort that helps communities stay healthy while supporting small business development and economic growth.

• We have welcomed new staff, Valentina and Arsheley, shown here with Patrick! Arsheley is from Petit Trou and is the new accountant working with the girls’ empowerment, community health, and community-based agricultural programs. Valentina is based in Port-au-Prince but will be spending lots of time in Petit Trou, supporting our local team with continuing education, capacity building, and leadership development.