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.