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Mentoring Program Can Help End Child Slavery In Haiti

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PORT-AU-PRINCE - Living in a tent after an earthquake left a million Haitians in the streets.  One woman named Orena Joseph says she cannot support her three daughters and is ready to give them away to foreigners if she can't find a good home for them.   Despite her desperation,  Orena  said she would never turn 11-year-old Betie and 6-year-old Gina over to a Haitian family, as tens of thousands of other poor parents have done.  “Not a Haitian family. Haitians will make them suffer,”  Orena   39, said. “They ... force the child to work like a animal. They don’t really take care of them.”  Deeply ingrained in the culture of the impoverished former slave colony, the practice of poor families giving away children to wealthier acquaintances or relatives is known in the native Creole as “restavek,” from the French words rester avec, or “to stay with.” Critics call it slavery. The children, they said, are taken in as servants, forced to w...

WILLIAMSON, UN EXEMPLE À SUIVRE!

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Un mardi, sans raison précise, ma mère est venue à l'école pour venir me chercher tôt. En Haïti, vous ne quittez généralement pas l’école tant que vos devoirs ne sont pas terminés. Le fait que ma mère soit venue me chercher ce jour-là est un témoignage pour moi que Dieu aime chacun de nous et veille sur nous. Ce jour-là, nous avons eu le grand tremblement de terre. J'avais 16 ans et elle m'a emmenée dans l'un des orphelinats que dirigeait mon père. Je suis entré et j'étais assis et parlais avec les petits enfants lorsque soudainement le bâtiment a commencé à trembler et il s'est effondré sur nous. C'était un bâtiment de trois étages rempli de petits enfants et j'étais au rez-de-chaussée. Je ne savais pas ce qui s’était passé et à cette époque, je ne connaissais pas grand chose de Dieu même si nous étions catholiques. Pendant que je me trouvais dans cet immeuble effondré, je me souviens avoir entendu des gens crier et j'ai parlé à Dieu. Je lui ...

WHY A MENTORING CENTER IS A MUST FOR HAITI

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                                  Honguelita Narcisse and her mentor, Sabine Love Lucien                                         ARISE - MENTORING PROGRAM IN HAITI As an entrepreneur, it's exciting to go it alone and create something on your own. However, the reality is that, while you have a great idea, you may not know exactly what you should be doing with your business at which times to develop it into a sustainable business. I've had several mentors over the years and learned a large amount of valuable lessons from each and every one of them. From not making certain business decisions to fostering certain partnerships, a mentor can help guide you through your entrepreneurial journey. Here are ten other reasons why a Mentoring Center is a must for my people: 1. Mentors provide in...

KIYES MWEN YE?

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Mwen grandi nan yon site, yon katye popile yo rele bisantne ki egzateman sou potay lewogan toupre teyat nasyonal. Mwen leve nan yon gwo kay papam ak manmanm te travay di anpil anpil pou yo te kontwi. Mwen pat gen chans konnen grangou menm te grandi avek moun kap grangou chak jou. Nan katye a te chaje jen ki te fo lekol anpil anpil paske se te selman mwayen pou yo te reyisi lavi yo. Nou te abite anfas yon pyonye ki rele Delano ki te yon moun ki travay di anpil anpil e mesye sa fe anpil sakrifis pou pemet lavi paranm pat an danje. Mwen te konn jwe boul nan zon nan ak lot jen yo le paranm pa la paskem pat janm vle diferan pami yo. Mwen te souvan pran manje paranm poum distribye ak moun ki nan bezwen malgre paranm fache apre le yo aprann sa. Mwen grandi nan yon zon kote nou selebre chak moman e ke nou te konekte anpil youn ak lot. Mwen te lekol 40 minit de lakay mwen, kek fwa mwen pran moto men anpil nan fwa yo mwen fel a pye.  Papam tap travay nan leta, reponsab yon sant ...

KIYES MWEN YE

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Mwen grandi nan yon site, yon katye popile yo rele bisantne ki egzateman sou potay lewogan toupre teyat nasyonal. Mwen leve nan yon gwo kay papam ak manmanm te travay di anpil anpil pou yo te kontwi. Mwen pat gen chans konnen grangou menm te grandi avek moun kap grangou chak jou. Nan katye a te chaje jen ki te fo lekol anpil anpil paske se te selman mwayen pou yo te reyisi lavi yo. Nou te abite anfas yon pyonye ki rele Delano ki te yon moun ki travay di anpil anpil e mesye sa fe anpil sakrifis pou pemet lavi paranm pat an danje.  Mwen te konn jwe boul nan zon nan ak lot jen yo le paranm pa la paskem pat janm vle diferan pami yo. Mwen te souvan pran manje paranm poum distribye ak moun ki nan bezwen malgre paranm fache apre le yo aprann sa. Mwen grandi nan yon zon kote nou selebre chak moman e ke nou te konekte anpil youn ak lot. Mwen te lekol 40 minit de lakay mwen, kek fwa mwen pran moto men anpil nan fwa yo mwen fel a pye.  Papam tap travay nan leta, reponsab ...

UNDER THE RUBBLE

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'On a Tuesday in January of 2010, for no clear reason, my mother came to my school in Haiti to pick me up early. In Haiti, you don't usually leave school until your homework is done. The fact that my mother came and picked me up that particular day is a testimony for me that God loves every one of us and watches out for us. That day was when we had the big earthquake. I was sixteen and she brought me to one of the orphanages that my father ran. I went in and was sitting and talking with the little children when suddenly, the building started shaking and it collapsed on top of us. It was a three story building full of little children and I was on the bottom floor. I didn't know what had happened...and at that time, I didn't know much about God even though we were Catholic. While I was in that collapsed building, I remember hearing people screaming and I spoke to God. I told Him, 'if You save me, I will serve You.' I was crying and screaming to get out. A voi...

HELP MENTOR A CHILD IN HAITI

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Sponsor a child today for $396.00 a year. Your tax-deductible contribution of just $33 a month connects a child living in poverty mind with a loving, Mentoring Sponsorship Program.  Your sponsor provides:  • Mentoring to help children reach the full potential as Children of God • Entrepreneurship and Leadership Training  •  Education assistance  • Access to special Services like English Classes  When children find out they’ve been sponsored, the joy they feel is indescribable. Just knowing that someone across the globe is investing in the future will give them confidence and hope that they CAN DO IT! And it will means more than you can imagine. Sponsoring in child in need will seriously change their future and change your own life as well.  Where your money goes❓ • 80 % Directly to Program  • 20 % Supporting Activities  ARISE Project For Humanity is a registered 501(c)(3) non profit organization working to improve the life of ...