Author: ayitiweb

Famine threatens in Haiti. https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147502 At St. Matthew’s food supplies had been tenuous and lunches had been suspended. We recently managed to facilitate a temporary supply. Bon appétit!

Annual soup fest for the benefit of St Matthew’s School, Bayonnais, Haiti

Click on link to check on the first steps: fitting the kids with uniforms

https://youtu.be/UwTzwGUWsh4

for your splendidly generous response to our annual back-to-school appeal – “Uniforms 2024-5”

Bonnie Vigeland (convener Haiti ministry) on station, Lorie Healy with pen & check book – thank you Lorie! TV behind: students tell of their lives and their school with thanks.

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# 1 in a series of glances back as we look forward to setting up the kids for the coming school year 2024-2025

2008: first visit, 35-40 children, 5 grades, 5 chalkboards

May 18th, fete du drapeau, is a national holiday in Haiti commemorating the the ripping of the central white section from the French Tricolor to form Haiti’s blue and red flag in 1803. Independence followed in January 1804

And an occasion for fun at St Matthieu : click to see

• dance
  • sack race
    • musical chairs
      • capture

… … of the mind. Although nourishment of the body remains in jeopardy in Haiti, still l’école St Matthieu offers education and hope for the future. Seventh and eighth grade have been added in the past two years; thank you to The Church Periodical Club for funds to buy these classroom necessities. https://churchperiodical.com.

Though social disorder reigns in the capital, in Bayonnais they are preparing for the future. school is in session, upper grades get a first experience with computers thanks to Brighten Haiti and Bethel Computers for Education. CLICK HERE