Steevenson Saint Louis has been overcoming difficulties his entire life.
After his father passed away when he was 8 years old, his mom, unable to provide for him, placed him in an orphanage.
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Stories from JiHM
Pray for peace: A call to pray for Haiti and the students at Grace Emmanuel School
The last few years have been filled with escalating violence and insecurity in Haiti. Certain urban areas of Haiti are under gang control. Kidnapping for ransom is widespread, with over 100 kidnappings reported in January and February alone.
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Student Spotlight: Chilove, 10th grade
Chilove, 17, joined Grace Emmanuel School as a 10th grader this fall. She lives in Source Matelas, the village just south of the school, where she attended the national school.
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Pouring God’s goodness into each other: An invitation to be a sponsor at Grace Emmanuel School
If you walk through the village of Source Matelas on any given school day, you are bound to run into school-aged kids who are not in school. Perhaps they started school in September but were sent home after a few months when their mom couldn’t pay the rest of the tuition. Maybe their older siblings are in school, but there just wasn’t enough money to send the younger kids. Maybe they’ve never had the chance to go to school.
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Looking Back: Reflections on the past year at Lighthouse
Certainty has all but dissipated entirely over the past 365 days as COVID-19 has collectively challenged our world in more ways than we could have ever predicted. We have all felt the gravity of change in the midst of a crippling pandemic, political tension, agonizing loss, and social upheaval. What began as a two-week quarantine following the outbreak of this disease has since crept into another calendar year.
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Sustaining Grace Emmanuel School: Sponsorship amount to increase April 1
Due to the unprecedented strengthening of the Haitian gourde and increased costs of operating the Grace Emmanuel School, JiHM will be raising its student sponsorship amount this spring for the first time in over 11 years. Sponsors will be notified by mail and email in the coming weeks. Steve Mooibroek, JiHM’s Board Chair, shares the reason for the increase in his letter to sponsors below.
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