What We Do
Schools
- HOM provides support to 1,500 students in the Mirebalais area, which includes: St. Pierre, St. Louis, Trianon and Desvarrieux.
- HOM pays teacher salaries and provides school supplies. Additionally, it provides support for construction projects and mobile medical/dental visits.
- Most importantly, HOM is able to provide a daily meal to students, which in some instances is the only meal that child receives that day.
- Your support for these needs will have a direct impact on the life of a child.
Medical & Dental Clinic
- HOM converted an abandoned building into the St. Pierre Healthcare Clinic, opening in November of 2005 for full-time service to the community.
- HOM funded the operation of the clinic, paying a staff of 16 full and part-time employees, including a family physician, dentist, pediatrician and two lab technicians.
- Patients are charged minimal fees for medical/dental care, but those who cannot pay are not charged.
- With your help HOM will continue to provide operating expenses for the clinic.
Mobile Health Clinics
Mobile Health Clinics
- Mobile Clinics meet patients where they are; filling a crucial need for those who can't get to the clinic.
- Mobile Clinics have gone to the schools to serve the local children.
CLEAN WATER
Mobile Health Clinics
- HOM has been providing clean water to the people of Haiti for ** years.
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SOLAR POWER
- Electricity is sporadic in Haiti, and generator usage is complicated by the gangs selling the diesel fuel it requires on the black market at exorbitant prices.
- HOM initially provided solar power to one of the rectories. The rectory was the first recipient of solar power because it is a vital source of support for the locals.
- Subsequently it was provided to the Medical/Dental Clinic and the other rectory.
- Solar power at the Clinic means consistent care - no longer having to close for lack of power.
FOOD AND SHELTER
- The local priests use funds provided by HOM to supply food and, when needed, shelter to their local families.
- A daily meal is provided to school children. This is sometimes the only meal they will receive that day.
Mirebalais School Support
February 2024
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Letter from Fr Pere Alphonse on School Support:
Dear all,
I greet you in the name of the Living God. I believe that, despite the difficult situations, God keeps you alive and healthy. I thank Him so much for that.
For the past two years Port-au-Prince has become a zone with almost no government: there most parents have lost their jobs and their children can no longer go to school. Now the conditions in the Capital have become much more serious. Some of the people fleeing Port-au-Prince have come to Mirebalais with almost nothing. We provide aid. The children attend school without paying tuition and I have not yet finished paying teachers' salary for the school year 2021-2022.
There are students who come to school from far away and who do not have money to get something to eat. We have considered what to do and we would like to give the students a daily hot meal. Things are difficult for us!
We are knocking at your door. As good Samaritans could you help us do this? A child who does not eat will not be able to learn well. As the Haitian proverb says: "Sak vid pa kanppe" (a hungry belly has no ears).
Please help us! God will give it back to you a hundredfold.
Thanks already for your partnership.
God bless you!
Fr. Pere Alphonse
St. Pierre Episcopal Church
Mirebalais, Haiti
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Letter from our President:
Dear friends of Haiti,
Fr. Alphonse sent us the above letter in the fall of 2022 and re-sent it last month letting us know that conditions are even worse now.
He struggles to keep the schools open so children can learn instead of being on the streets. He thinks that gangs recruit the young people who roam the streets. (His letter has been edited for clarity and space.)
If you can help, please use the DONATE button below and select either
‘Greatest Need’ or ‘School Support’.
OR mail donation to: Haiti Outreach Mission; 5700 Crooks Rd, Suite 100; Troy, MI 48098
I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Dominique Monde-Matthews M.D.,
President, Haiti Outreach Mission
