A two-year commitment and $225,000 from Jesuit Refugee Service/USA is enabling a new preschool in Fond Parisien, Haiti, to provide education, and nutritious meals, to more than 195 students.
A group of Catholic nuns from the Carmelitas de La Caridad de Vedruna order had been providing the service to 60...
(0) Comments | Posted January 11, 2012 | 2:47 PM
(Los Cacaos, Haiti) January 12, 2012 -- Two years after an earthquake struck Haiti, the community of Los Cacaos has demonstrated what happens when neighbors work together to solve a problem. Fresh, clean water is now available to 700 families thanks to the community's commitment to build a positive foundation...
(0) Comments | Posted November 10, 2011 | 9:31 AM
In this hot and dusty town in eastern Chad, Jesuit Refugee Service lives its mission of accompaniment by working with former child soldiers to help them return to a normal life after several years of conflict. The program also seeks to prevent any new recruitment of children into...
(0) Comments | Posted November 1, 2011 | 12:00 AM
Anse-à-Pitres is a community of more than 15,000 people on the southern shore of Haiti. After the January 2010 earthquake, about 5,000 more people moved into the area.
Local schools in Anse-à-Pitres are bursting. To accommodate the additional students the Our Lady of Lourdes Parish School moved some classrooms outdoors under...
(0) Comments | Posted March 30, 2012 | 11:00 AM