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SPRING | 2020
A Place to Call Home ................. 2
Announcing Project Hope 2030! by Ken Bever, Founder/President
2020 HFHC Child Care Clinic:
My Perspective ......................... 3 Thanks to our compassionate supporters, include a doctor and nurse’s office, three
Along Came Alex ................... 4-5 this past January — exactly 10 years since treatment rooms, a lab, a pharmacy, and
the devastating January 2010 Haiti an educational room. It will also serve as
Page 5 Page
In Honor 6
& In Memoriam .………. 6
earthquake — we reached our Rebuilding a base for visiting US medical teams.
The Joy Box Journey .................. 7 Hope 2020 goal of five million dollars!
The Coronavirus pandemic is just reaching
Projects to Consider ................. 7 With this support, we have been able to
Haiti’s shores and we have many children
Teens Learning New Skills build two homes for orphaned children,
suffering from preventable and/or
Outside the Classroom .............. 8 educate 3,000 children in 10 Christian
treatable conditions such as skin and eye
schools, build kitchens and start school
infections, minor burns, diarrhea,
lunch programs, and fund the construc-
dehydration, and urinary tract infections.
tion of Camp Hope at our Thomazeau
There is no health clinic in the Hope
Hope Center. For the children we have
Center area of Thomazeau and few
been able to reach, the change in their
families can afford to take their sick
lives has been truly significant.
children to the Thomazeau community
As we look ahead to the next 10 years, clinic several miles away.
we have met with our leaders in Haiti to
The clinic will house a school nurse office
identify challenges and opportunities to
The children of Thomazeau Christian Elementary for Louslande Dorcius (see photo above),
School who will greatly benefit from the new clinic enhance the Christian care, education,
who grew up as an HFHC-sponsored child
and training for all of our sponsored
at our Cazeau Christian Orphanage.
children. I am pleased to announce today
Louslande does her best to treat children
that the result of this collaborative effort
now in an empty classroom and, when
is Project Hope 2030 — a 10-year, $30M
necessary, arrange transportation for the
infrastructure and endowment campaign.
children to go with their parents to see a
Project Hope 2030 includes capital doctor. Unfortunately, many parents are
funding to build Christian secondary unavailable during the day as they
schools which will be accessible to all our struggle to provide an income for their
sponsored children, construct school family, and many do not own a cell phone.
nurse offices in all our schools, expand This leaves many children without timely
school lunch programs to 5/day/week for medical care.
all our schoolchildren, provide vocational
The Phase 1 cost of the clinic is $100,000.
training for all our orphaned teens, and
What a huge blessing this will be to the
expand after-school training programs.
school, church, and community! For more
This year, a vital initiative of Project Hope information on the Hope Center Clinic and
2030 is to complete Phase 1 of an other Project Hope 2030 plans for this
urgently needed 960 square foot health year, visit www.ProjectHope2030.org.
Dr. David Darrah gives medical exam during the clinic at the Hope Center. The clinic will
Annual Child Care Clinic held each January
Jean and Sonia surrounded by the children at
the Cazeau Christian Orphanage
A Place to Call Home
Since 1998, the Cazeau Christian Orphanage has welcomed 118 children who were in dire need of a family and a home where
they could grow and thrive. At the center of this ministry is Sonia and Jean Toussaint, an amazing couple who have poured
their time, talents, and heart into raising these children. A testimony to their success are their “graduates” who were raised in
the home. When we look at where these grown-up children are now and what they are doing, the success stories are many.
We find these young people working as nurses, doctors, police officers, electricians, preachers, translators, teachers, and the
list goes on!
What was it like to grow up at the Cazeau Christian Orphanage? We recently posed this question to some of our young adults
who grew up in the orphanage but are now in their next stage of life. Here are their answers, in their own words:
What is your favorite memory What do you love most What do you love most about
growing up in the orphanage? about Sonia? Jean?
“Sonia would get the older girls “I loved everything about her. “He is very funny and gave me
together and spend time praying One day, when I am a mom, I good advice. When we did some-
with and for us, sharing her advice, want to be like Sonia.” thing wrong, he would correct us
and preparing us for life. She — Blandyne, age 18 but do it in a good way. He treat-
taught us how to respect ourselves ed all of us the same.”
“I love and miss her so much. Be-
and how to live a Christian life.” — Jhimy, age 20
ing at the orphanage felt like
— Betty, age 20
heaven for me.” “He helped me learn how to save
“I loved being around my brothers — Kendenson, age 18 and manage my money.”
and sisters. It was just wonderful — Francilia, age 20
living there!”
— Manoucheka, age 21
For Sonia and Jean, this is not just a job but their life’s work and their calling. Sonia says that each morning when she wakes up,
she thanks God for allowing them to work in this ministry. Jean said his greatest joy is watching the children grow up, get an
education, and then become Christian leaders.
While children who come to the orphanage have experienced devastating loss, they soon realize that they have found a safe
refuge where they are accepted and loved, are members of a large family, and will always have a place to call “home.” HFHC is
so grateful for the sacrificial love of Sonia and Jean. Their investment in the lives of children who come through their doors and
into their hearts has made such a positive impact on every child. Sonia and Jean’s love and Christian influence have not only
had a profound effect on these young people but also on others they will influence — for generations to come!
Betty Manoucheka Blandyne Kendenson Jhimy Francilia
2020 HFHC Child Care Clinic:
My Perspective
by Beverly Niehls, M.D.
Because of nation-wide protests in the Our time together was one of mutual
months leading up to our clinic when no teaching and collaboration; it was he
travel was possible throughout the that realized that the little girl was
country, I saw some children who had affected by Zika. I was able to share
not been able to get to a hospital and some of what I have learned over the
were severely ill. A young mother years about medication choices and
brought her disabled daughter to the other options. He was able to share
clinic and asked if “the lady doctor” about local medical needs. What a
would check her. She had severe neu- blessing to have been able to spend
rologic problems that were a result of time with Jeff. I look forward to seeing
this young mother having been infected him again and continuing to learn
with Zika virus during her pregnancy. together!
Dr. Beverly Niehls examining a sponsored child at
Living and working in Pennsylvania, I
HFHC’s Annual Child Care Clinic I am very excited to know that HFHC is
have never encountered this. There was
planning to have a school nurse at
also a young teen that was so very ill
This is the third year I have volunteered every school to follow up on sick chil-
that she had to be taken to one of the
to be part of the medical team at HFHC’s dren and is raising funds for a perma-
few emergency rooms in Haiti. She was
Child Care Clinic. Each year I have been nent clinic at the Thomazeau Hope
admitted with severe breathing prob-
startled at the poverty and hunger these Center. What a blessing for the Thom-
lems. What a blessing that this girl will
children face. A U.N. study found that azeau school to have an on-site clinic to
get proper treatment because she is
Haiti has the worst food insecurity in the aid the children. The clinic will also be
part of HFHC’s sponsorship program!
world, and I have witnessed this able to serve the families of the stu-
firsthand. We see so many children in I also had a surprise this year — bring- dents, help with Camp Hope partici-
the clinic who have headaches or belly ing me great joy. The first day of clinic I pants, and assist U.S. medical mission
aches due to hunger. My heart breaks was introduced to a young Haitian man teams as they come to bless the entire
for the children and their parents for the – Jeff Jean -- who is finishing up his last Thomazeau community!
uncertainty of where their next meal is year of medical training to be a licensed
coming from. The children all receive a doctor, and he wanted to observe for
snack when they arrive at clinic, but the week. I enjoy teaching medical stu-
many of them save it knowing that they dents back in the States, so that sound-
will later be fed lunch. This snack may ed like a great idea. As I was getting to
be all they get to eat tomorrow, or they know him through my interpreter, I
take it back to feed a family member at discovered that he grew up in HFHC’s
home. Cazeau Orphanage from 2000-2008 and
then completed his secondary training
During the second clinic week we exam-
at HFHC’s Delmas School. He has had an
ined more than 1,100 children. They
American sponsor all along. It was so
came with rashes, cavities, headaches,
gratifying to know that what we are
glaucoma, and their hunger. For some,
doing with HFHC is working! He is the
this is the only medical care they will
reason we do this… he and those other
receive this year. We examine and treat
success stories that come out of this
those in need, feed them, and love on
ministry.
them. And the children are so happy to
Dr. Niehls with Jeff Jean who is completing his last year
receive this care.
in medical school to become a licensed doctor
Along Came Alex
by Tonya Hunt
Visitors are few at the top of the mountain where two of home, all in one day. It is a “field trip” like none other! I
HFHC’s schools, the Robert Christian School and the can only imagine how they count the days until they get to
Brajirois Christian School, are located. The journey up is come! A sad reality is that we can only bring down
filled with deep ruts, large rocks and hairpin turns and only children to the clinic who are sponsored. The children who
donkeys, motorcycles, and four-wheel drive vehicles seem do not have a sponsor stay behind.
to be up for the challenge. But on this day, a small group
from the Northview Church of Christ was headed up the After our greeting, the
mountain to visit the Robert Christian Elementary School children were dismissed for
which educates 230 children. lunch and the principal, Coles
Jean, rushed a little boy
Once you arrive, the view is breathtaking! You can see the through the crowd to see us. I
winding road snake around the mountain below with the looked down and saw this
ocean in the distance, and you can feel the crisp air that little boy with no expression
mountaintops bestow! What waited for us next was worth on his face, no smile, no tears,
every nail-biting part of the journey, and words can’t just a blank stare. Then I saw
accurately describe what our eyes saw or what our hearts his swollen little neck with an
felt that day. open wound that was oozing.
The principal unbuttoned his
Boy in need
The children heard us arrive and all sat in their seats shirt to reveal swelling and of medical care
patiently waiting for us to enter their one-room school discolored skin that spanned
building where two classes meet. As we entered, they all the way under his arm. I withheld the need to gasp, and
stood slowly and began to sing a song to welcome us. my heart hurt for him wondering how long he had dealt
Their little voices rang out, “Jesus is my salvation. I will with the wound, the pain, and the obvious infection. “He
stay strong.” is not sponsored but could he please come to the clinic
too?” the principal asked. “Absolutely, bring him!” I said. A
We announced to them that we were excited because in few days later, the little guy came to our clinic with his
just four days, we would be seeing them again at the schoolmates – still with a swollen neck and no change in
annual HFHC Child Care Clinic in Port-au-Prince. Once a his condition. He was seen by the doctor and given
year, our sponsored children receive a complete health antibiotics. Just a few simple pills and he should be better
exam, are interviewed so we can send updates to their in no time. The wait had been long to get the treatment
sponsors, and receive a bag full of school supplies and he needed, but at last he did.
basic hygiene items. These children who live on the
mountain will get up very early to make their journey We visited his school again two days later. It didn’t take
down the mountain to come to the clinic and then go back long to spot him. The improvement was significant, and it
Beautiful view on the drive up the mountain to
HFHC’s two Christian schools
Robert Christian School children and members from the Northview Church of Christ
was obvious that he was feeling better. And What I know after seeing the benefits of
then, along came Alex. Alex Bartlett had sponsorship over the years is that his life was
served all week in our vision clinic. She had changed forever that day. Alex’s support of
met this little boy when she checked his eye $36 a month will ensure that his school
pressures. Her heart had been touched, and tuition is always paid for, he’ll get a new
she kept feeling a tug to sponsor him. Alex school uniform, a backpack, school supplies, a
was already sponsoring one child and she Christmas Joy Box, and he will ALWAYS get to
wondered, can I support another? When she come to our Annual Child Care Clinic.
saw him on the mountaintop that day, she
asked for someone to translate something
that she wanted to tell him. They stood there If you are interested in changing the life of
together, and she tearfully said, “My name is a child today, please contact us at
Alex. I am going to be your sponsor!” She 866-314-9330 or visit us on the Web
told him that she would help him, would care at www.HopeForHaitisChildren.org
for him, and would be praying for him. A little Alex with Juleson, her new
sponsored child!
smile peeked out as she hugged him.
CHILD SPONSORSHIP FORM □ Yes, I/we would like to sponsor a child for $36/month.
Boy/Girl Preference: _________
Name(s) ______________________________________________________________________________
Preferred Age Range: _________
Address ______________________________________________________________________________ We will mail you information
and a photo of your sponsored child.
City _________________________________ State/Province ________ Zip/Postal Code _______________________
Thank You!
Phone Number ( ___________ ) _____________________ Email _________________________________________________________________________
(For groups) Organization/Group Name _____________________________________________________________________________________
Payment Frequency (choose one): ________ monthly ($36) ________ quarterly ($108) ________ annual ($432)
Contribution Method (Choose one): □ Automatic credit card payment (Visa, MC, Discover, AMEX)
Please charge my credit card on the 1st of the month:
□ Automatic monthly bank withdrawal
Attach a voided check and sign below. ___________________________________________________________ ___________ __________
Please withdraw my checking account on the 1st of the Month Credit Card Number Exp. Date CCV
_________________________________________________________________ _____________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Authorized Signature Date Cardholder Name
□ Mailed check Send first payment to Hope for Haiti’s Children. You ________________________________________________________________________ __________
will receive a reminder in the mail when the next payment is due. Authorized Signature Date
But Jesus called the children to him
and said, “Let the little children come
to me, and do not hinder them, for the
kingdom of God belongs to such as
these. ” - Luke 18:16
Gifts In Memoriam
Frank Comfort Mary Nell Hasty (cont’d) T.S. Mathew Mary Kay Rose Esther Sokolov
Sharon Comfort Steve & Lisa Sargent Rejo Matthew Senath Church of Roslyn Pressner
Joseph Jeffrey Emmett David & Patricia Jones Sarah McCormack Christ Len Vickery
Jane Johnston Southeast Church of Christ Paul & Margaret Willette Rosson Ellen Young
Snayley Gue Ladies Bible Class McCormack John & Teresa Lucas Barbara Walton
Tim & Susan Holthouser Jo Jean Anderson Louie Poirrier Robert Shepherd Steve Walton
Judy Hamilton Delores Gardner Al & Donna Bayer Elizabeth Hartsel Nathan J. Zeiger
Nick & Meredith Hutchens Jeffrey Wheeler Rose Pressner Kate Sherry Judith Carmack
Linda Harris Cameron Kiecke Roslyn Pressner Sherry Flanigan
Dave & Shaun Talaber Kenneth & Diane Kiecke Malcolm Rector Lucille Smith
Mary Nell Hasty James A. Mahon Jr. LaWanda Rector Don & Dana Webb
Don & Linda Roberts Jane Johnston
Gifts In Honor Of
Virginia Allinson Dr. David Darrah Tom ED Gooden Lynn Lacoss Bob Neiman
Brian Allinson Dale & Jane Cox Don & Linda Roberts Martha Wersch Paul & Mary Ann
Gale Barker Shirley Donahoe Ann Hill James D. Ladd Tucker
Nick & Meredith Hutchens Susan Miller Thom & Sandy Besso Nicholas Ladd Ruth Ravinskas
Corrie Barto and Sugar & Donna Duberg Darrell Howell Daisy Levy Charlene Unick
Crème Collaboration Anonymous Jonathan & Shana Patrick Paradis Grandma & Grandpa
Kristen Dixon Bob & Charlotte Dulohery Mosby Lorens’ Christmas Root's grandkids
Davis and Bethany Barbara & David Duncan Austin Howitz Ken & Shanta Murray Anonymous
Heather Thorn Frances Marie Ehman Ron & Hermine Carol Jean Lusty Sandra Rusnak
James A. Bever Claire Feuling Howitz Mary Lou Simon Paige Stenzel
Thomas & Lisa Bever Ray & Vessie Falconberry Rose Howland Katie Macek Peter Scanlon
Max Blackwell Doug & Carolyn Hughey Anonymous Lois Branyik John & Bonnie Geysen
Zach Scott Ken Fargnoli Tonya Hunt Richard McBrayer Andrew Seese-Bieda
Bennett Blystone Charles & Laura Murad Buford & Juanita Julie Loveless Barbara Seese
Dana Minaya Jacob Feitler Gregory Tim & Tammy Ellen & Jerry Sheehan
Our Families Jennifer Hull Jaycees McDonald Allison Sheehan
David & Carol Boussu Janet Fette Jordan Weems Gina Harrison William M. Stevens &
Parker Bradford Mark Fette Patti & Michael Joiner Jonathan Mosby Addie Stevens
Carolyn Bentley Dr. Nathan Flacker and all Paula Fulford Loren Howell Carolyn Stevens
Jeanne Branch the ChenMed Family Kathleen and Carol Vivian Mosby Patricia R. Swan
Elise Rubinstein Victor Alvarez Veronica Ewert Jonathan & Shana Georgia Cline
Ray Bykowski Dr. Henri R. Ford Kevin Kennedy, DVM Mosby Larry & Diana Vickrey
Dried Materials Unlimited Jiann Wang Anonymous Traci Mueller Barbara & David
Carolyn Cassidy Stanley Fortilus Jerry & Carolyn Kisner Christopher Mueller Duncan
Allison Sheehan Kyler & Shannon Cole Janice Springer Julie from Vino Nails Dan Wilkers
Miles & Kyra Chapin Mike & Phyllis George Dennis Lacoss Robert & Susan Lang Anonymous
Jennifer Hull Michael McNeeley Richard & Barbara Jessica Napleon
Julie Georges Lacoss Diana & Marrow Davis
Kenneth & Gail Fargnoli
Below are some current needs at our schools and
orphanages. Please prayerfully consider donating to
Thousands of people in meet one of the needs listed below:
churches across the United
States fill Joy Boxes with
small gifts for children.
Any amount given will help purchase rice,
beans, and oil, and help pay for the
administration of the school lunch programs.
The Joy Boxes ship to Florida
where Mission Flights Inter-
national transports the
packages to Haiti.
The Dubuisson Christian School has 5 external
doorways in need of metal doors.
HFHC staff receive the Joy
Boxes from the Customs
Office then organize and
store them until delivery.
Heavy duty industrial wall-mounted fans are
needed for children to have better air flow inside
of classrooms.
The day everyone has wait-
ed for… the team hand-
delivers a Christmas Joy Box
to each child!
The Pageste Christion School needs a new coat
of paint on both the interior and exterior of their
village school building.
The children enjoy opening
their Joy Boxes, playing with
and sharing the gifts, and
celebrating the season!
Hope for Haiti’s Children
12020 Southwick Lane
Cincinnati, OH 45241
1-866-314-9330
www.hopeforhaitischildren.org
U.S. Staff
Ken Bever, Founder/President
Tonya Hunt, Vice President
Jennifer Anthony, Finance Manager
Steve Cooner, Director of Development
Charlayne Boyd, Office Manager
Dina Clyde, IT/Website Consultant
Amy Hughes, Sponsorship Manager
Meredith Hutchens, Media/Grants
Jennifer Rice, Gift Processing Coordinator
Melissa St. Clair, Office Assistant
Jonah Turner, Communications Coordinator
Haiti NGO Operational Team
Jeantyrard Elmera, President
Jean Baptiste Chery, Vice President
Natacha Dormevil, Thomazeau Orphanage Administrator
Marieshelle Jean-Pierre, Finance Administrator
Evenson Johnny Laine, Operations Assistant
Roolite Religeaux, Spiritual Development Trainer
Ducalie Thomas, Sponsorship Coordinator
Sonia Toussaint, Cazeau Orphanage Administrator
Board of Directors
Kent Blake - Germantown, TN
Cedric Boyd - West Chester, OH
Jenya Comfort - Statesville, NC
Peggy Cruze - West Chester, OH
Doug Freede - Sugar Land, TX
Julie Georges - Bridgeport, CT
Bruce Zupa - Nashville, TN
Teens Learning New Skills Outside the Classroom!
Training programs at the Cazeau and Thomazeau Christian Orphanages are inspiring future
translators, bakers, tailors, seamstresses, painters, computer programmers, and small busi-
ness entrepreneurs after they graduate from the orphanage and complete secondary school.
Visit us online at www.HopeForHaitisChildren.org
Facebook and Instagram @hopeforhaitischildren and Twitter @hopeforhaitis
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