It is very common for community leaders or volunteers to visit our Trojes office requesting us to work in their community. We request that they complete our forms for community data which they return when completed. There is currently a waiting list of over 50 communities in line for us to work in. All of Continue reading
Month: February 2015
Sent with Love
Originally shared on December 21, 2011. When the earthquake struck Haiti almost two years ago, there was an outpouring of aid from around the world. People donated and aid agencies responded with much needed help. You could see the generosity of the world in the tents provided to the displaced, some from China, Bolivia, the Continue reading
There is True Heart and Real Hope in Haiti
As told by Paul Sofka When I visited Cité Soleil for the first time, on a Pure Water for the World volunteer trip in October 2012, I saw the deplorable conditions that many families were living in. While there, I visited an old water well site. Water was being pumped from a distant well into an open cement container. Using plastic Continue reading
We All Stood and Cheered
As Told by Randy Thompson I have been going to Haiti for six years now. Along the way I have received a treasure trove of memories that warm my heart. One of them was just outside a school in Cité Soleil. We had a group of folks on a due diligence trip (you should consider Continue reading
Two awkwardly placed school additions are no match for master driver Ostilio!
Recently, Ostilio, Rony, and I went to Pacoyalito to for a deworming campaign and hygiene talk with the community. We pulled up to the school and these two adobe buildings were between us and the school. The guys, both sitting up front, said yep we could make it. I said you’ve got to be joking. Continue reading