Haiti Scholars Updates: A lot has happened!

Just showing we care.  We wish we could do so much more. A gift of food.

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Haiti Update about our next trip!

As most of you know our trip to Haiti in February was rescheduled due to political unrest. We are all praying that we will return on June 4th, 2019. We have a fantastic trip planned, our mission and goals are to build relationships by collaborating with teachers, students, staff, and families. We are bringing the first 24 computers to the school, planning staff/teacher collaborative meetings, team teaching, nurse shadowing, sharing a meal with our sponsored students and their families, providing lunch for the students and staff and much more. We can't wait to reconnect with our old friends and make new friends.

Students at Highlands Elementary School Makes a Difference

The student advisory board at Highlands Elementary School organized a school supply drive for the students at Centre D'Etudes Luminere in Mariani, Haiti. They collected an estimated $1000 of school supplies. These students helped us collect and pack up all the supplies. We have 14 suitcases filled to the brim and ready to go to Haiti. We are overwhelmed by the generosity of the families and teachers at Highlands. Thank you, Highlands! You do always choose KIND!

Haiti Scholars donation of food after protests

We wanted to do something from afar that could help our students and families during this challenging period in Haiti. Let me say this first, Praying Pelicans ROCKS!!!! (see below more about Praying Pelicans) They are the reason Haiti Scholars has been able to accomplish so much in such a short time. So when we asked, Caroline Bazin (our team leader), how we could help, she reached out to the local Praying Pelican team in Haiti. The group in Haiti recommended, "If Haiti Scholars could supply the funds then they would buy food and administer it to the community."

We did a happy dance this week when we received some pictures and videos of the families receiving the food. It wasn't much, and we wish we could do so much more, but we wanted to let the community know we are there in support even if we are so far away.

Barrels arrived!!!!

In November we sent three barrels of school supplies. We weren't sure if they would arrive due to the protests and just the fact that we have never done this before. Guess What? They came this week!!! We are doing another happy dance!!!

Thank you Gary Henry for setting up our facebook page.  Check it out!

Please continue to keep the people of Haiti in your prayers and thoughts.  It is a time of uncertainty for this country.  Pray for peace and resolution.  

A little bit about Praying Pelicans

Praying Pelican Missions aims to give your missions group the opportunity to make a long-term, genuine impact on a local community. When your team joins us for your mission trip, your group will work directly alongside local ministries where you can help to meet real needs. 
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