HAITI COMMITTEE

Ways to help financially

The Latest from Our Sister Parish in Haiti:

Msgr. Coissy reports that although schools opened January 8th for the second trimester, some students have not returned due to fear of widespread violence and kidnappings.  Protests against the current government persist throughout Haiti.  He also sent pictures of new library construction started with St. Charles funds and of the school children at Immaculate Conception School in Cavaillon and at Roche des Mas. 

Our relationship with the St. Charles’ sister parishes located in greater Cavaillon, Haiti is going strong after some 30 years! 

Just as Jesus educated, fed, and healed those He encountered in and around Galilee, so do we at St. Charles—through the generosity of parishioners, family and friends—work to help educate, feed, and foster good health for the families in greater Cavaillon in these ways:

  • Education: Provide the opportunity for more of the children to go to the Catholic schools by funding part of the costs to operate the elementary schools run by our sister parishes.

  • Nutrition: Provide local farmers a better opportunity to sell their crops while at the same time feeding the children lunch at the sister parish elementary schools by investing in and acquiring rice, beans, et al. from the local agriculture cooperative, KAMAK, as is practical.

  • Health: Foster health awareness and safer water for the sister parish school students and the citizens of Cavaillon by funding the cost to drill water wells, install water piping and a cistern at the parish secondary school, teach children about good hygiene, and so forth.

  • Disaster Relief: Respond to critical needs for food, shelter, sanitation, repair and reconstruction following natural disasters and other crises

Cavaillon is a rural (agricultural) community, located on the Cavaillon River in far western Haiti. St. Charles shares with two parishes, Our Lady of Perpetual Help and St. Joseph, both spiritually and materially, and they pray for us in return.

INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING OUR HAITI MINISTRY?

Please contact us at haiticommittee@stcharleschurch.org to learn more about joining the Haiti Committee or helping provide financial support.

You may contribute financially online through St. Charles’s eGiving platform, PushPay.

Or, send a check or drop off a donation at the St. Charles parish office.  In any case we would appreciate your completion and return of the form linked below in order to help us in matching donors and gifts. You can either mail or drop off the donation form at the St. Charles parish office or email it to us at: haiticommittee@stcharleschurch.org. 

To receive periodic updates on the work of the Haiti Committee and to learn how your donations are helping our brothers and sisters in Haiti, please sign up for the Haiti Committee Flocknote.

Thank you to all who donate generously to support the children in Cavaillon, Haiti

How your donations are put to use:

Thanks to your support, during the 22-23 school year, St. Charles sent some $87,000 in critical funding to Haiti.

  • Education: $40,000 for children's educational needs

  • Nutrition: $20,000 for school lunches at six schools

  • Parish Needs and Disaster Relief: $27,000 for general parish needs and rebuilding efforts including funding for urgent repairs, reconstruction and temporary classrooms following the devastating August 2021 earthquake

  • Total Administrative Expenses: $277: $180 in international bank fees + $97 in credit card fees for contributions made by Square

Committee Members: 

  • Lisa D’Aromando

  • Marcio DelaCruz

  • John Dettling

  • Kathy Gunther

  • Maggie Keane

  • Drew Kraisinger

  • Lynnette LeMat

  • Sue MacIntyre

  • Chris Royse

  • Kristen Russo

  • Sophia Sheehy

  • Caroline Young