Our work does not only take place in comfortable environments, but also in hard to reach places where only a motorcycle can get you there. Most of the time, my trusted driver, and HHH Liaison, Fernand Isidor, insists that I wear an helmet. Here we are on our way to visit some schools in those hard to reach places, and pay the tuition of the HHH children.
Our Work
EDUCATE AND TRAIN
We help Educate the children and Train the young adults. Guided by the words of Jesus in Matthew 25: 35-40, we touch the life of the people and give them hope for a better future: one boy at a time, one girl at a time, one family at a time, one community at a time; not for our own glory, but for the glory of God who makes it all possible.
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Haiti Hope House's mission is clear:
Help Educate the children and Provide Totally Free Vocational Skills Training to the young adults.
To that end, we identify
children in the Mizak community who are not able to go to school or stay in school because of economic reasons, such as this boy named Roodley seen on the left with Rev. Aguilh and his mother when he visited them in 2011. Roodley was 11 years old, and he did not yet go to school. He did not even have a birth certificate, so he could not register for school. Thanks to the HHH's education program, a birth certificate was obtained for Roodley and as he was promised by Rev. Aguilh, he was able to enter school for the first time in September 2011. See him on the right in a picture taken in 2018, a handsome young man, still a little shy, and at that time in the 6th grade. This my friends is what Haiti Hope house does. This is what your donations make possible: the transformation of the life of children like Roodley for the better, for ever. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU MAKE POSSIBLE WITH YOUR GIFTS TO HAITI HOPE HOUSE. |
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Seen below with Rev. Aguilh are a young boy and a young girl in this 2010 picture. His name is Lowenson, and her name is Nehemie. He entered the program in September 2010, and she entered in September 2011 while they were both in kindergarten. He spent six years in the program and left at the end of the 2016-2017 school year after failing to make a passing grade even though he was allowed to repeat the 4th grade.
She is still in the Program. This is her 10th, and last year, in the Program this year. She is seen on the right, in this 2017 picture, a beautiful 12 years old young lady in the 6th grade. She has since completed Elementary School and begun Junior High School.
She is still in the Program. This is her 10th, and last year, in the Program this year. She is seen on the right, in this 2017 picture, a beautiful 12 years old young lady in the 6th grade. She has since completed Elementary School and begun Junior High School.
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In this picture Rev. Aguilh is visiting the home of Rosederline,the little girl seen here with her mother and her grandmother. The mother is blind and was sexually victimized by a family friend. We took Rosederline in the Program in 2012. She was then in kindergarten, at the "Canards of Bonica," the same school where Lowenson and Nehemie were.
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This is Rosederline in a picture taken during my trip in September 2017. She has grown into a beautiful young lady. She is 11 years old here and in 4th grade at the National School of Mizak. She has been now in the Program for seven years. She had to repeat the 2nd grade. She has left Mizak, and the Program,in 2019. She went to Port-au-Prince to live with her godmother. |
This is our work. This is what we do.
We do not just pay for one year of school and leave.
We stay with the children for as long as possible.
When we first started the education program in 2010, we supported 25 children, and our cost for the year was about $1700. Since then these numbers have increased considerably: 40 children in 2011, 52 in 2012, 60 in 2013, 76 in 2014, 85 in 2015, a high of 106 in 2016, 101 in 2017, a new high of 107 children in 2018, 101 for the 2019, 95 in 2020, and 90 in the 2021-2022 as well as the current 2022-2023 school year. They attend up to 15 different schools that participate in the Program. For this school year, our roster, includes 21 new students and 79 returning students. The number of students attending the 3rd cycle, (Junior High School) has reached an all time high of 41. Our yearly cost has consistently increased and depending on the exchange rate is approximately between $7000 to $9000 a year.
Consider this:
So far more than 300 children, some of whom would have never gone to school, were they not given that opportunity through the Haiti Hope House’s "hope through education" Program, have been, or are being educated, thanks to HHH.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT !!!.
We do not just pay for one year of school and leave.
We stay with the children for as long as possible.
When we first started the education program in 2010, we supported 25 children, and our cost for the year was about $1700. Since then these numbers have increased considerably: 40 children in 2011, 52 in 2012, 60 in 2013, 76 in 2014, 85 in 2015, a high of 106 in 2016, 101 in 2017, a new high of 107 children in 2018, 101 for the 2019, 95 in 2020, and 90 in the 2021-2022 as well as the current 2022-2023 school year. They attend up to 15 different schools that participate in the Program. For this school year, our roster, includes 21 new students and 79 returning students. The number of students attending the 3rd cycle, (Junior High School) has reached an all time high of 41. Our yearly cost has consistently increased and depending on the exchange rate is approximately between $7000 to $9000 a year.
Consider this:
So far more than 300 children, some of whom would have never gone to school, were they not given that opportunity through the Haiti Hope House’s "hope through education" Program, have been, or are being educated, thanks to HHH.
THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT !!!.
As for the young adults training in marketable skills:
In collaboration with HAPI (Haitians Artisans for Peace International), and LMI (Living Media International), Haiti Hope House has so far offered 4 Electricity & House Wiring classes taught by Rev. Aguilh BSEE, MBA, PMP, MDIV, 2 classes on Project Management, 2 classes on Basic Computer Skills, and 2 classes on ESL/ English Translation.
The first Electricity class was offered in February 2011. Fifteen (15) young adults, including 2 young ladies participated in this training, and received an Assistant Electrician Certificate upon completion.
A second Electricity class was offered in May 2011 and 12 more young people including 4 young ladies participated.
In October 2011, Rev. Aguilh, Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) completed a three weeks, 60 hours, class on Project Management (PM) in collaboration with HAPI (Haitian Artisans for Peace International.)
In March 2012, The first Basic Computer Skills (BCS) was offered mainly because during the Project Management class Rev. Aguilh discovered that the majority of those attending the PM training have no computer skills which presented a real challenge for anyone
who desires to work in the field of Project Management.
A second BCS training was offered in September 2012.
A total of 33 young men and women also took part in the two Basic Computer Skills training and received a certificate of completion.
In collaboration with HAPI (Haitians Artisans for Peace International), and LMI (Living Media International), Haiti Hope House has so far offered 4 Electricity & House Wiring classes taught by Rev. Aguilh BSEE, MBA, PMP, MDIV, 2 classes on Project Management, 2 classes on Basic Computer Skills, and 2 classes on ESL/ English Translation.
The first Electricity class was offered in February 2011. Fifteen (15) young adults, including 2 young ladies participated in this training, and received an Assistant Electrician Certificate upon completion.
A second Electricity class was offered in May 2011 and 12 more young people including 4 young ladies participated.
In October 2011, Rev. Aguilh, Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) completed a three weeks, 60 hours, class on Project Management (PM) in collaboration with HAPI (Haitian Artisans for Peace International.)
In March 2012, The first Basic Computer Skills (BCS) was offered mainly because during the Project Management class Rev. Aguilh discovered that the majority of those attending the PM training have no computer skills which presented a real challenge for anyone
who desires to work in the field of Project Management.
A second BCS training was offered in September 2012.
A total of 33 young men and women also took part in the two Basic Computer Skills training and received a certificate of completion.
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In March 2013, because of continued demand, Rev. Aguilh offered a second Project Management class for the young adults in collaboration with Living Media International (LMI)
Altogether 33 young men and women took part in these two Project Management classes and received a Junior Project Manager Certificate. |
During his trips in March 2014 and 2015, Rev. Aguilh conducted two translation classes for the young adults: English to French/Kreyol, and of course French/Kreyol to English. Again the idea was to prepare these young people to respond to employment opportunities with the necessary skills. Quite often when teams of Missionaries come to Haiti, they need people to translate for them, and they do pay a reasonable salary for the translator's service.
In the picture on the left, one of the young men, Kesnel, is translating Rev. Aguilh's sermon from English to French for the class.
In 2016 and in 2017, Rev. Aguilh conducted two more Electricity training classes for the young adults. Both of them took place in the Learning Center then under construction. In fact the students had the opportunity to put the theories learned immediately in practice as they helped Rev. Aguilh wire the Learning Center for electrical power. The second class emphasized the use of Solar Energy the source of power for the the Learning Center.
In this picture, the students are learning about the various
tools and equipment of the trade, and how to use them. |
Here Rev. Aguilh is guiding the students in the installation
of the cables from the solar panels installed on the roof of the Learning Center into the Electronic Panel which controls the operation of the system. |
More recently, in March 2019, Rev. Aguilh ran a 3 weeks, 75 hours, English as a Second Language (ESL) class for the young adults (see picture below). Because of the many postponements we had as a result of the political unrest and violence in Haiti during the month of February, many of the students who originally registered for the class had to pull out. Nevertheless, we had a great class of 11 students very motivated and eager to learn.
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So since we began in September 2010, Haiti Hope House has conducted 11 training classes for the young men and women of Mizak, and they were all totally free of charge.
As per our mission statement, we try to equip them to respond confidently to employment opportunities that may become available. We did 4 classes in Electricity: House wiring and Solar Energy We did 2 classes in Project Management We did 2 classes in Basic Computer Skills We did 2 classes in English Translation We did 1 class in English as a Second Language |
More than 130 young people have completed these training's and are ready to make a better life for themselves and their families. They only need an opportunity.
For the young people whose best alternative to regular school is to attend a technical or a professional school, Haiti Hope House has provided full 2 years scholarships to help them do that. The first beneficiaries are four young ladies who received full 2 years scholarships to attend the Center for "Haute Couture."
These four young ladies on the left at school working on patterns and models, are recipients of these scholarships.
This is our work, this is what we do.
WE THANK ALL OUR DONORS FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE
What is Next?
We have accomplished many of the goals we set for HHH a few years ago:
1) Help at least 100 needy children to go to school every year
2) Extend our support beyond the 6th grade to the 9th grade
3) Complete the construction of the Learning Center
For the first few years, HHH has been operating out of a “virtual house,” wherever we can find space, and Rev. Aguilh has been living by a friend’s house whenever he is in Mizak.
Our goal has always been to build a Learning Center, a safe space where we can have meetings, teach our training classes, and where the community can have a library, and a media center, a place where learning will take place even when schools are closed, especially during the Summer vacations.
As we have ample land, it has also been our vision to build on the site a living quarter where visiting teams of professionals can stay. In addition to the social and educational benefit of that project to the community, it can also provide much needed work for the people of Mizak.
At this time, given the continuous political unrest and the security problems, including the indiscriminate kidnapping of people for ransom, this vision remains just that: a vision. We prayerfully remain hopeful that we can revisit that vision in the future should conditions change.
Thanks to Rev. and Mrs Aguilh, a property was acquired in 2011. After we broke ground in September 2013, construction had moved very slowly, a little at a time, as funds become available. By the grace of God and the assistance of many supporters, the Learning Center was completed in 2018. On September 2/2018, it was inaugurated and opened to serve the community. See the picture below of the Haiti Hope House Learning Center.
For more information about the Learning Center and ways that you can help, please go to the Learning Center Page.
For more information about the Learning Center and ways that you can help, please go to the Learning Center Page.