Love the Children has a policy that we do not give our Haitian partners anything that they can earn on their own and we do not do anything for them that they are capable of doing for themselves. We believe that to deviate from this policy could lead to unnecessary dependence. We equally believe and our experience shows us that strict adherence to the policy results in self-reliance and a pride in themselves and their community. Beause of our policy, Love the Children’s short-term mission trips are different than those of some other non-profits. On a Love the Children mission trip, you will not be fixing roofs or painting churches. Haitians can do that for themselves. A Love the Children short-term mission trip is centered on making friends. You will build relationships and understanding of our Haitian hosts. You will have an opportunity to learn about life in rural Haiti. You will be able to visit their homes, eat their food, tour their gardens, go to market with them. You will be encouraged to tell them about yourself and what it’s like to live in North America. You will have an opportunity to worship with them, sing with them and pray with them. We have found that our friends in Haiti genuinely appreciate it when our North American friends care enough to take the time to come and visit them. While your caring and your financial gifts can change lives in Haiti, your spending time on a short-term mission trip will change yours.

Evangelique Mixte Ecole de Larevoir (EMEL Elementary School), a ministry of Love the Children, conducts a Summer Camp during the summer break. It enables the teachers to keep in touch with the children over the summer and make sure the children don’t fall behind. It allows the children to stay in touch and play with their friends. Perhaps the most important function, however, is it allows the children to have a nutritious hot lunch each day.

One of the most fun and rewarding ways to spend a short-term mission trip is to participate in a Summer Bible Camp. You don’t need to be a bible expert you just need to love God and have a desire to pass that love on to the children. You will spend much of the day with the children. Your evenings will be spent with their parents and other adults in worship, fellowship and bible study.

The Taryn Community Center, a ministry of Love the Children, is assisting the community to establish a Medical Center, including a Clinic and Birthing Center in the village of Larevwa. Property has been purchased and construction has begun. The village plans on dedicating the building August 21, 2021. The Medical Center will be staffed by a Certified Nurse Practitioner and a Certified Nurse Midwife. The Medical Center will conduct periodic, short-term medical mission trips utilizing medical professionals and others from North America. If you are a medical professional, this is your opportunity to share your skills and knowledge with the people of rural Haiti. If you are a Doctor, Nurse, Dentist, Pharmacist, Medical School student, you will find these trips a very rewarding way to use your skills while becoming immersed in the Haitian society and culture. You will be able to help people who would not otherwise be able to receive the care they need. There will also be opportunities for others, who are not medical professionals, to participate in a Medical Mission trip. There are always things that need to be done that you will find rewarding for you and valuable to those whom you serve.

Like all small non-profits, Love the Children needs advice and guidance on many issues that face us in our day to day work. We are too small to have adequate expertise on staff or even our Board of Directors. We therefore must depend on individuals and small groups of friends that have the expertise, that we lack, to give us needed advice and to guide us through situations or projects. If you have skills or expertise in any area, you can count on the fact that we probably need your help. This is a great opportunity for you to use your skills and expertise and show God’s love to the children, at the same time.

Love the Children and the ministries that we support in Haiti are dependent on the generosity of our North American friends. We have, since the beginning, seen our major roll as connecting our partners in Haiti with our partners in North America in order to show God’s love. We know that our friends in Haiti are in the best position to make Haiti the kind of place God wants it to be. We know that the one thing they lack is the money to bring these things about. We also know that God has provided abundance to those of us that are fortunate enough to have been born in North America. Even the poorest among us are so much richer than those born in Haiti.

By connecting our friends in both places, we can connect North American abundance with Haitian abilities to make miracles happen. We hold many different types of connecting events each year. These events range from our annual Golf Outing and Luncheon, where we attempt to connect the participants with the stories of our Haitian friends, to email campaigns where we attempt the same thing. All of these events and campaigns take considerable planning and actual detailed work. We would love it if you could help us. This is a good way for you to spend some time with us helping to connect our friends and bring about a better Haiti.

Since the very beginning of our work in Haiti, we have been connecting our North America friends to our Haitian friends. We are making these connections in order to help our Haitian friends alleviate childhood poverty in their country. These friendships have made it possible to provide children an education, to feed hungry children, provide clean safe water. These connections have made a modern educational resource center, with a computers possible. These connections are transforming lives. We need your help. As we reach out to more and more of our Haitian friends, we need more and more like-minded friends here in North America with whom we can connect.

You have an opportunity to connect people you know with our friends in Haiti. You can help by telling your friends and neighbors about us, or showing them our newsletters or other literature. Perhaps the best and most fun way is hosting a Love the Children Connection House Party. This house party would be informative, only and a NOT a fundraiser. Bob Lichy, the Principal or a member of our Board of Directors would be thrilled to come and introduce them to our Haitian friends. It doesn’t matter how far away you are, we will do our best to make it work.

If you are interested in hosting a Love the Children Connection house party, give us a call at 239-353-2482 or email at rclichy@lovethechildren.org. To see the Love the Children House Party Planning Kit, click below.