a quick introduction to our partnership on the island of LaGonave, Haiti. Welcome!

1. The LaGonave Haiti Partnership

2. LaGonave
• Island 20 miles off the mainland
• Home to 150,000 people
• Rural and impoverished
• No roads, no sanitation systems
• Most rely on community wells
• Most have no access to electricity

3. Anse-a-Galets is the largest town
on the island. There are dozens and
dozens of small communities spread
across the hills and valleys.

4. A typical “road” on LaGonave

5. An Agrarian
Culture
Food supplies are tied to the
seasons.
Little irrigation available.
No machinery

6. The island can look lush in the rainy season.

7. Potable water is scarce and some people
are miles from a public cistern

8. Our Philosophy
• Community development, not aid.
• We listen and respond
• We don’t travel to Haiti to “do” stuff
• We try to create jobs and foster true relationships
• A long term commitment.

9. Quick Facts
• We work through the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti,
partnering with 10 communities on the island.
• We have no paid staff, less than $500 in
administrative overhead annually.
• Everyone pays their travel expenses
• We focus on education, healthcare, economic
development, and building relationships.

10. The Haitians teach US
about faith.

11. The Bill Rice Clinic is the base for healthcare initiatives

12. Community healthworkers serve 20 villages, have
backpacks of supplies and train at the Bill Rice Clinic

13. Our two Community Healthworkers are enrolled in a ten month program with
Midwives for Haiti and will return this fall with the highest level of birth attendant
certification. They will share their training with all community healthworkers.

14. The life of a child on LaGonave
• You may or may not
have shoes.
• You may have only
one meal a day.
• You will have worms.
• You may not be in
school.

15. Children’s
Nutrition
Program
Malnutrition is a critical health issue.
We buy Medika Mamba, the gold standard in
addressing malnutrition, from a Haitian
manufacturer that buys peanuts from Haitian
farmers
The program is administered by our
community healthworkers.

16. Seven weeks of treatment = normal weight and health

17. Education: 10 primary schools and one high school

18. Most schools have no textbooks

19. Adult Literacy Program

20. We offer free literacy
classes in ten
communities.... giving
countless adults a
voice and a path to
full participation in
their society.

21. The Goat Program offers training in animal husbandry,
a pregnant doe to graduates and ongoing veterinary services.

22. Goat Clinics are held in remote villages on a regular basis.

23. Economic
Development
We don’t send teams to build
schools and cisterns, we hire
Haitians and create jobs.

24. Sewing co-ops provide training
and economic opportunities

25. By working with
Haitians on the needs
that they have
identified, we are
building capacity in this
poorest of poor
countries, but one that
is rich in spirit.

26. Lespwa fe viv.