HA-336

The community of Verettes, Haiti, and specifically the Eben-Ezer Baptist Church of Verettes, is the location for the Child Project Center HA-336.  It’s in a rural area, basically a town surrounded by beautiful mountains.  

This is the view directly behind the center.

 Verettes is far enough away from the epi-center of the 2010 earthquake not to have been affected by that.  What it is affected by is the economy of Haiti.  The information I was given by Compassion Haiti says about Verettes, “Eighty-eight percent of the population does not have a job”.  Just think how important the project center is in an area like that.  First of all, they are given hope thru the gospel of Jesus, and along with hearing the Word, they are helped with the needs of daily life... as well as education to help them lift themselves out of poverty.  We saw the results of mothers in the CSP who were learning dress-making skills, baking, and literacy. 

This mother showed us how she had learned to write her name.

This Mom modeled the dress she learned to sew thru the CSP project.

In the future, these skills will help them provide for their families.  The next generation, the children of HA-336, will have a better chance to lift themselves out of poverty.  There are 365 children registered at this project center... only 338 of them had sponsors at the time of our visit.  Would you like to sponsor one of these beautiful children and make a huge difference in their lives? 

Here are some more photos of the facilities and children at HA-336.

 

The playground looked like it should be condemned, but it was being used by the children.

As you can see, they were having a joyful time playing on it!