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While Cap Haitian did not have extensive damage done during the hurricane, the same can’t be said for the rest of Haiti.  The picture below shows how an already deforested nation, lost even more trees.  One of the most striking … Continue reading →

Haiti is a country that cant seem to catch a break.  They had 6 years of relative political stability and were beginning to see investments from outside entities, only to have the presidential race fall apart and lead to a … Continue reading →

We had another great trip to Haiti. We have continued the pattern we started last July by spending the mornings working at the job site and the afternoons playing with the children at the “vacation bible school.” I have really … Continue reading →

We’d like to thank all of the Empowering Haitians’ friends and donors for all your support in 2014. Without you the Empowering Haitians would not have been able to feed so many hungry people and build much-needed infrastructures. We had … Continue reading →

It still feels like winter here in Virginia, but the seasons are changing!  And I’m making plans for our July Haiti trip.  We have often been blessed to bring big teams with us in July.  Last year, we brought our … Continue reading →

Our early trip dates have been set.  There is some potential flexibility by a day on either side of these, but the timeframe for the week we are in Haiti is firm. January 11-18 2014 July 12-19 2014 Please consider … Continue reading →

We just returned from a very successful trip to Haiti. We had 17 people travel with us this last trip and it was a true joy to get to know everyone and to work with each person over the 7 … Continue reading →

Goals for 2012: Begin a food distribution program to feed desperate families ($40,000 feeds 250 people for 177 days; less than $1 per person per day) Install another community well ($8,000 each well) Continue improvements to the Espoir Haitian office … Continue reading →

We started the year by canceling the January 2011 trip due to the political instability. Because we are such a small organization, the lost money on flights could have put us under. But the ever surprising faith and generosity of … Continue reading →

Micro lending, education, clean water, and hope . . . You can find at this site: – information about the 501c3 Empowering Haitians and the Haitian NGO Espoire Haitian – history on our groups past Haiti trips as teams from … Continue reading →