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Surf City Haiti
Surf City Haiti is a week-long, high energy summer camp that focuses on fun, discipleship, and equipping kids at the three children’s homes to be leaders in their communities.
It has been a difficult few months for our friends in Haiti. In February, details came to light that lead to allegations of embezzlement against the Haitian government, namely president Jovenel Moise. Frustrated, many Haitian citizens protested. Unfortunately, when opposition and gang leaders got involved some of the protests became violent, especially in the capital, Port-au-Prince. In response, the U.S. Department of State issued a level four (the highest) travel advisory: do not travel.
Although most of the civil unrest was focused in Port-au-Prince, Cap-Haitien experienced protest and unrest as well. By God’s grace, all of our friends and families in Haiti remained safe. It is truly a testament to the leadership and the environment of love and safety that they have built.
Since February we have been in very close contact with our friends in Haiti who have consistently advised us on whether or not it is safe for us to travel. By March, Cap had cooled down enough for us to travel. Cap remained calm as we neared June and Surf City Haiti.
Our goal for Surf City Haiti has always been that it would be a Haitian-lead camp and that as the girls and boys in the children’s homes grow up, they would step into leadership positions in camp. Due to the unrest, our team was a lot smaller, and we owe the success of Surf City Haiti to the older Haitian girls and boys in those leadership roles. From worship to programming camp, everyone stepped up in a big way and made this year of camp one of the best yet.
The Best Thing You'll Read All Day!
Okay, so we’re pretty biased, but we’re confident that this will be the best news you read all day… It’s our 2018 Impact Report! Take some time and look at everything you made possible last year for the communities we work with.
We’re admittedly pretty biased, but we’re confident that this will be the best news you read all day… It’s our 2018 Impact Report! Take some time and look at everything you made possible last year for the communities we work with.
2018 was an incredible year for us as an organization, and we are thrilled to share this report with you. In 2018, 93.3% of every dollar went directly to projects and programs that benefit kids in Pittsburgh and Haiti.
We couldn’t do it without you!
Meet Our Students: Michaelson
We serve some pretty extraordinary kids in Pittsburgh and in Haiti. We’d love to introduce you to all of them, but that would make for a really long blog post! In this post, we’re introducing you to Michaelson!
We serve some pretty extraordinary kids in Pittsburgh and in Haiti. We’d love to introduce you to all of them, but that would make for a really long blog post! In this post, we’re introducing you to Michaelson!
Michaelson lives and attends school at EBAC, where he is in 10th grade. His favorite thing to do in his free time is drawing, and he’s become quite an incredible artist. He’s working and studying hard to become a doctor in the future. You can meet all of our kids here