By: Crystal Laur Today was an amazing day! I can’t believe how amazing our children our here. They are blessed to have us, but we are more than blessed to have the opportunity to be here for them. We worked on painting their new home inside and out. Big thank you to Arnie for coordinating.…
We all arrived safely in Les Cayes after a long day of travel! As our tires were changed twice on the way from Port-au-Prince, we enjoyed the lovely Haitian night sky and delightful weather. Today our first day with the children exceeded the teams expectations. Our cement gray house is now painted with beautiful Haitian…
It’s that time of year again: Mission Trip Time! Our team of 13 wonderful volunteers will be leaving from Newark Liberty International Airport on Monday, January 9th. We will be returning the following Monday, January 16th. We have many fun and exciting activities planned and we will keep everyone up-to-date throughout the week via blog…
Our brand new Comfort & Care Cookbook is now for Sale. For only $15 you can possess a copy of your own! This Cookbook was made by friends of Restavec Freedom Alliance. It’s filled with delicious comfort food recipes made to give comfort to our children in Haiti through the funds raised.
Our dreamed of new home is now starting. Our grant from Equitas Group was given, and we are 1/3 of the way towards making this home a reality. Thank you to all – please watch for further updates!!!! We will be traveling to Haiti in January and can’t wait to see the progress! Happy Holidays!!!!…
Manmy Ellen, We are happy to announce the beginning of the construction process today December 12, 2011. My wife and I were there on site this morning to pray with the contractor’s team who is responsible to do the job. They went with wood sticks, boards, nails, strings for the laying out and the land…
The children of Restavec Freedom Alliance are now living in their new home in Chantal, Haiti. We are just days away from our first anniversary. What better way to celebrate than to see the children happy in their new home! Pictures are below. _________________________________________________ Mammy Ellen, (RFA Program Director) Here is finally the update on…
Dan and Kathy Novak hosted an extremely successful fundraiser to assist us in meeting our goal of raising 5K to get matching funds from the Equitas Group for RFA. Through the generosity of their friends and family, the affair raised 4K!!! Thank you so very much to all who attended, who listened and asked such…
Chris from Hartford Hospital found a very neat way to raise awareness for our program and to gather gifts for the children for the winter holiday season. Chris works as a nurse and has traveled to Haiti in October of 2011. Great idea Chris! We look forward to your success.
We will be having our first team mission trip meeting for the January 2012 trip to Haiti on Saturday, November 26th from 2 p.m. until 3:30 p.m.. If you are already signed up for the trip please join us. The information about the meeting has been emailed to all team members. If you have for…