We are thankful for our courageous Empowerment Through Education Scholars worldwide, our partners in Haiti who continue to bring great joy into the lives of those in their communities each month, our WMF Board of Directors, and 100s of individuals who make our local and international programs possible. Thank you for believing in the importance […]
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2013 YMCA d’Haiti Camp in Cayes-Jacmel
Dear friends and partners, By this time, all campers, monitors, staff and coaches are back to their normal routine after spending a great week leaving the YMCA mission in Cayes-Jacmel, Haiti. On Sunday morning, Jim and I quickly debriefed over breakfast and on the way to the airport and have jumped to the early conclusion […]
Haiti Update
This February, one year after beginning the project, A WMF team of 17 energetic volunteers, hailing from New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Ohio, traveled to Haiti to distribute the clothes and retrofit the shipping containers. The team labored alongside YMCA d’ Haiti staff and volunteers, as distribution sites were set up and containers morphed […]
Ridgewood YMCA & Wells Mountain Foundation Volunteer Trip to Haiti
Sunday, February 6th – Saturday, February 12th HaitiTrip [click here]
Haiti Update— Containers finally getting through. Volunteer Trip back in planning!
At long last we have received good news from Haiti. This may be direct result of the full congregation of my little Vermont church putting this on the top of the prayer list this week. I like to think so. First, Gwenael Appolon, General Secretary of the YMCA d’Haiti, just reported that he finally received […]
Update on WMF relief efforts in Haiti
Our Efforts In Haiti What happened in Haiti is almost beyond words. The combination of a devastating 7.1 earthquake and Haiti’s already deeply dysfunctional and incredibly challenged situation has left as many as 200,000 dead and as many as 1 million Haitians homeless. My long piece written the week after the earthquake on the subject […]
Clothing drive for Haiti
The WMF Scholars of Bergen Community College are organizing a clothing drive for the survivors of the earthquake in Haiti.
Thoughts on Haiti at this perilous time in its history
Originally posted January 25, 2010. Revised February 2, 2010. Perspective on Haiti—the bigger picture. Last Tuesday’s earthquake bringing death and destruction to Haiti is just the latest of disasters to befall this nation. In just the eight years since I have been involved in and traveling to this nation, the country has also been twice […]
