Sponsor a Child

It is pretty easy to start sponsoring a child, just leave a comment here on the blog or FB and we will contact you, send you an easy form to fill out and then you can set up the payment through PayPal, it is that easy! We have over 90 children that need a sponsor, and for the price of a drink and candy bar each week ( only $20.00 per month)  you can change the life of a child in Haiti and help them have a better education.

One of the questions I had was, "Why are there 2 and 3 year old children going to school?" The answer is because it is a safe place for them to be, otherwise they will be left to wander the neighborhood while their parents are out trying to make a living. They get loved on and nurtured at the school, they are is a safe place and they are learning.

Lots of Children

Carrefour Children's Academy has lots of children that need a sponsor to help them get the best education that they can. There are over 90 children attending the school, and the school is operating on donations and a small fee that the parents pay. It would be nice to make sure each child had a uniform to wear. While I was there I noticed that most the the kid's uniforms were held together by safety pins, or were either too big or too small, some didn't have a uniform at all. Part of the money that is donated through sponsoring a child will be to provide each child with a uniform that fits them. Please consider sponsoring a child, you can do a monthly payment of $20.00 or an annual payment of  $220.00 that is getting a one month discount for paying for the year.
Here are a few more of the children that need to be sponsored.

Choosing to Help!

I met Jean Francois Aristide aka “Marco” in October while in Haiti working with another great NGO. He was my personal interperter  He followed me around making sure that I understood everything everyone was saying to me and telling others what I was saying. We had some down time and had a chance to talk about life and kids and Haiti, and America and we just became friends. He has a great sense of humor and we quickly started joking with each other and the other team members joined in on the fun.

After returning home Marco and I started talking about the school he was trying to run. I just kept thinking to myself, “How is he able to do this and why would he put so much effort into this?’  He convinced me to start helping him, and again I thought to myself, “If he is doing all this work with the limited means he has how can I say no?’

So the journey started. My sister and I jumped onboard or maybe is was more like being dragged on board, but we started helping Marco and his school. We decided to take a trip to Haiti to see the school for ourselves and we came up with a plan to help him.

We fell in love with all the cute children going to school. There are teachers that are dedicated to giving these children more than just an education they want to teach these children how to be good loving and kind adults. They give unconditional love to each child and it is evident in the smiles that each child had while they were at school. The school itself isn’t much to brag about. It is a make shift shelter, and while I was in the school for only about 20 minutes I started feeling like I was getting heat stroke. How do these kids sit in there and actually learn? I am not sure how they do it but they do and with a smile on their face.

With the permission of the parents we took pictures of all the kids and we are hoping that we can get our friends, your friends and others to sponsor a child to go to school. This money will be used to buy more textbooks, get uniforms, and start saving for a better school structure. 

For $20.00 a month, we can make a difference to this school and community. We can help these children have a brighter hope for tomorrow and learn the life skills necessary to be productive good citizens in Haiti.

I will be posting pictures of the children on the blog, once they are sponsored I will mail you a picture of the child you are sponsoring and you will receive a thank you note after each trip we make to Haiti and an updated photo. You will be able to follow the progress of our efforts on the blog and on our FB page.

If you are interested in sponsoring a child leave a comment on FB or on the blog and I will get in touch with you to get your mailing information and get everything set up. We will be using PayPal it is easy to use and really convenient.

The story of CCA (From the beginning to the present day)

It was a Thursday, a Thursday of the month of April of the year 2011. I remember clearly because of Thursday like that, I saw very little during my years. As I was returning from the city, arrived at a crossroads not far from a friend's home, I noticed a group of compact people forming a circle around something or someone. Something because I could not see though that self or where I was and somebody parked I could notice tears dripping from the eyes of some and also hear a few scarcely audible amentiations. And it was then that my curiosity was going to take my breath away. I advanced and made a way among the crowd. And then, coming to the front, what I saw was so striking, that my blood became cold, and I remained there, motionless and speechless, thinking of my children, the children of my friends, the children of my neighbors And has all the other children. I thought of them because before me was a dozen youngster, a weapon has its dimensions. And it was then that I understood why people were only whispering. In Haiti when a thief is killed, one can neither cry nor complain or complain. This is considered a shame and the family always tends not to present itself. However this does not mean that she does not live in pain despite her shame. A pain she can not express for fear of being misjudged. It was a hard blow, watching this young lying on the ground lifeless, emptied of his blood, humiliated and hated for his act but whose death troubled hearts. I went to my house, visualizing this indelible image of my memory. And then, speaking to my wife of what I had just seen, that she had this idea, to found a community school, in order to help parents and young people to receive an education but also participate in their social formation skills, teach them notions of life skills, contribute to the creation of a better society by making better citizens. She began going to people to talk to them and explain her vision and the good that it could bring to their children and family. It was for these poor people a great satisfaction, all welcomed her as a savior and inscribed their children. However, it was just an idea until then, people came to us with their children, and she began to work with them, and I was helping to economically provide these charming children mostly what they had with the little That I won Or that my brother Jean and my beautiful sister Jenny and my adoptive mother Myrtha sent me. And working with a group foreigners, I met Dave who took notice of our initiative, started giving us his precious help, then there were Roseanna, Sherree, Michelle, Amy, Cathlin, Deborah, Cynthia, Katie and friends, Delane and her school,  Snowcrest, skyhawks, and those lovely people who started providing us with supplies. We need your help to help more kids get an education, so they have a better future and to make our country a safer place for everyone. Thanks for helping.....

Be a hero from now on

When I was little, I used to dream all the time of becoming a hero, just like batman, Robbin, Superman, Spiderman, the Fantastic 4, the Xmen, Robot cop and so one. I wanted to have super power, so I can fight Magneto, the Joker, the Decepticons and other bad to protect the planet earth and my loved ones. And seeing that it was impossible for me to be like them, I ended up losing hope and renouncing my dream of finally making the justice league. 😞And I do not tell you the shame I had, because I was really convinced that I could have super power.😠I had to resign myself to believe that I could never be a super hero as it exists on the TV😕. I was really disappointed to see my dream fly away. Until the day when I finally understood the true meaning of this word. I was really disappointed to see my dream fly away. Until the day when I finally understood the true meaning of this word and realized that there existed much more heroes than that which marked my childhood. Heroes of which I have not realized their existence until I have had enough maturity and experience to finally recognize and understand it. Without super power or a lot of money, they also helped to make the world better by loving and sharing with their loved ones and others the little they had. This is to say that each of your efforts, each of your sacrifices, your gifts, make you a hero for your family but also for those children whom you accompany in their education and fulfillment. I, they, we say thank you for continuing to be our heroes, because heroic is what you do for us.

Words of Thanks

Hello everybody, my name is Jean Francois Aristide and I am the co-director of CCA. Since three years ago, my wife and friends and I have been working in this community and that is also where we live our daily lives. Witnesses of the precarity in which our neighbors and compatriots live. We have decided to give them our contribution by enabling their children to receive an education of quality and thus allow them to hope for a better future. For education is the path that leads to all fulfillment.
My wife, being a mother and teacher, shows them a love and unconditional support, allowing them to learn better and to feel loved and accepted. This moral comfort, also allows them to know this important and to refuse certain paths. Limited by our economic means, we are still in a letal state as can testify the photos. However, for more than a year, God has permitted me to meet the most charming beings I have ever met. Thus, exchanging our ideas, I spoke to them of our initiative and all decided to accompany us in this noble task contributing with their feeble means to the enlargement of this project. They introduced me to other charming people who also now contribute to the education and development of these children who had no choice but to wander the streets or stay at home, growing up without any hope of a better tomorrow. And that is why I wanted this first post to be a tribute of thanks to all those who have decided to accompany us. Thank you for your time, your knowledge, your money but more thank you for your love. You allow us to dream and hope, to feel human to repeat the children who expressed their thoughts. Thank you and thank you again. God bless you.

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