Updates

The safety of the children in our care has always been our top priority. This month several staff members led emergency planning and preparedness training with the children. Topics included what to do in the event of an earthquake, what to do in a fire, how to operate a fire extinguisher and more. After the

The children and staff at Maison de Lumiere, our orphanage, are all too familiar with Stay At Home orders. Beginning in 2018 there were several such restrictions in place across Haiti as political protests threatened violence to anyone leaving home. Schools were closed much of the year last year. In January we saw light at

On March 20th, the government of Haiti announced the first official cases of COVID-19 in Haiti and implemented measures to limit its spread. Schools, factories, and other businesses are closed until further notice. Gatherings larger than 10 people have been banned, a curfew is in place and borders are closed. For a country like Haiti,

Does your dentist make home visits? Ours does! Each year our dentist brings his mobile clinic to our orphanage and does check-ups for all of the kids living there. For more severe cases, he makes follow-up appointments. Dental cleaning is just one of the holistic health services provided at the orphanage. Our holistic health services

This month two of our social workers did extensive family tracing to find a family member of one of the children at our orphanage. We were informed that a grandfather lived north of Port Au Prince, in a small village near Cap-Haitien. Our social workers took a six-hour bus ride to see if they could