Updates

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

In 2019, Child Hope welcomed four new staff members! Each of our new hires joined the CHI Leadership Team in Haiti, and we are so excited for what they bring to our ministry. Last month they went out for lunch to celebrate the new year and begin looking ahead to 2020 and beyond. The first

On January 12, 2010, a 7.0 earthquake shook the country of Haiti. It is recorded as one of the deadliest natural disasters in history with an estimated 316,000 deaths (total population of Haiti in 2009 was 10 million). An additional 1.5 million instantly became homeless as buildings across the country were reduced to rubble. Board