Tom Fackender
Email:  tom.fackender@gmail.com
Phone:  850-509-5438
 
Betty Serow
Email:  bettyserow@yahoo.com
 
Art Wright
Email:  artnole@aol.com

Almost all of the work is done here at home.  Very few of us go to Haiti!

 Please consider doing one or more of the following:

• Join a working group

• Be part of a team that goes to Haiti

• Help plan future projects

• Join our mailing list

The Haiti Outreach Ministry has partnered with St. Dominque Parish, in Marigot, Haiti to help the people of that area.  

Good Shepherd has done great things to support self-sufficiency at St. Dominique parish in Haiti! During the first phase of our mission to help this community become self sustaining, Good Shepherd has provided 90 female goats to families in Marigot, with 30 more in the works. The goats have had 21 babies, with several more now pregnant. The 12 female baby goats will be given to one of the 137 parishioners on the waiting list.  Females will be bred, and males will be sold by the families as needed to pay for school tuition, uniforms, health care and home improvement. They have also started a youth leadership development program to train young people to carry on this project and other self-sustaining activities.

The Mission of the Haiti Outreach Ministry is to help the Catholic families of Haiti become economically self-sufficient.  

• Local people identify the problem and determine the long-term solution.

• We undertake no project, nor fund any service or activity that is not sustainable.

• We require full accountability and stewardship so recipients know their responsibilities and donors know their gifts are being used wisely. 

• Our commitment to any one parish is time-limited.  "if they are still dependent on us in 5 years, we've failed."

Phase 2:  The Village Bank

The Village Bank will make small short-term loans to families to start small businesses.  For the first round, loans will be $200 per participant, and we hope to make 25 loans.  We will be telling you their stories as the year progresses.
 

We are currently collecting donations!  A donation of $200 will fully fund a loan to a deserving St. Dominique parishioner. Of course, any amount will be greatly appreciated. If you are a member of a small Christian community, perhaps your group could consider pooling donations to provide a loan.  Please consider a gift that can change the lives of families who are trying to work their way out of poverty. 

How to contribute via cash/check

You may make an offering via check/cash.  Checks should be brought to the parish office with "Haiti Outreach" in the memo line.