Barbarita is our second to oldest child in the children's home at 14 years old. She also comes from the same community as Wilson called Mary Jane. She is very helpful in the kitchen and loves to help cook. Barbarita loves school and is a big help to everyone in our home. Her smile is beautiful and her laugh is robust. 

Jeff entered our home at the end of 2018 when he was 11 years old. He is originally form Port Au Prince, the capital of Haiti; but he was orphaned after his mother died last year. They were living with his mother's friend due to lack of relatives. Jeff is a very smart, yet shy boy. One thing he excels in is school.  Sponsors help him attend school, where he says is his happy place. 

Kirby is 11 years old. He can be very shy due to his  extreme case of eczema. He is currently being treated by our nurse practitioner with topical steroids. He is quite smart and makes good grades in school. 

Ericson is 12 years old and is a very happy kid who is always smiling, especially when playing soccer. Him and his little brother Peterson stay with us in the children's home. Ericson is the best big brother to Peterson and the other children. He does get competitive when they all play soccer but is always happy to be able to play with the other children.

Woodeline  is 10 years old and acts like the big sister to everyone. She is always looking after the little ones (she is a mother hen). She has a beautiful smile and she loves to dance. Woodeline hopes to one day wants to attend a school for dance. We know she has a very special talent.

Peterson (Peter for short)  is 7 years old. He is a very sweet natured boy with a beautiful smile. He has asthma that requires frequent breathing treatments and is prone to severe complications if not treated regularly. His medical conditions are something that he will always need help with and a sponsor would help provide those medical items needed for his condition. Peter always keeps his head high and loves playing with his older brother Ericson who is at the children's home, too. 

Jenny is 7 years old and was the very first child in our children's home, so she holds a special place in our hearts. She has quite the personality and is extremely smart. She was abandoned by her mother at a very early age however she has continued to thrive. Jenny is the one who started this journey we are on today. Her kind and caring nature to the other children warms our hearts, and we would love to see her gain sponsors.

Jedline's is 7 years old. She came to live with us at the end of 2018, when her mother passed away. Jedline's smile is very contagious and is quite the shy girl. Once you get to know her, she shows her true self; which is full of loud laughs. She is our girly girl of the house and LOVES anything pink! 

Wilnis is 5, she came to live with us last year after her mother died. She is from a local nearby island surrounding Pestel. She has a big personality and loves toys. She was also born with a birth defect. She has a disease called Blount's disease. Blount's disease (also known as tibia vara) is a deformity at or just below the knee joint caused by an abnormality of the growth plate at the top of the tibia (lower leg it is hallmarked by severe bowlegs. 

Ketia is a very quiet young lady and very respectful. She is a 8 years old and was orphaned at a very young age. Her mother died when she was only 28 years of age from a sickness and then the father contracted the same sickness and died almost a year later. Ketia lives with her Aunt on her mother's side  with 4 other cousins in the house of a 1 room home. Ketia had to drop out of school last year due to her aunt not being able to pay for her schooling. If you would like to help Ketia return to school please consider sponsoring her today! 

Walex is a brave little boy. He is lucky to be alive. His family struggled to survive and was almost killed by his mother due to her not being able to provide him any food. The father will not accept responsibility for him. Walex had no family to assume responsibility for him, so now he has been taken in by a very poor neighbor of his who can hardly afford enough food for her family much less Walex. There are 6 people in a one bed/one bedroom home. Walex is 5 years old and has a contagious laugh. He is very smart and wants to go to school. Walex will be in Kindergarten this year. 

Giyvenson is Ketia's older brother. He is 12 years old. He resides with another aunt ,so currently they do not live together. The aunt that he lives with has two small girls and they live in a one bedroom home. Giyvenson was orphaned when he was younger. His mother died at the age of 28 from a sickness and not too long after his father died from the same sickness. 

Clinton is 14 and lives in Kaglod, a community that is 2 miles up in the mountains, near Pestel. Clinton walks 4 miles each day to and from school. The terrain is very rocky and mountainous. This is no easy feat. There are no main roads on this mountain only small paths that have been cleared by walking. His family has many children in the household and cannot really afford his schooling anymore. We would love to get Clinton sponsored so that he can continue to go to school. 

Dorvins is one of 3 of the Dorce children. These children live in extreme poverty in the Kaglod area. Their parent's love is so evident and they just want them to go to school so that they can accomplish more than what they were able to. Both parent's are unemployed as there is no economy in the area that they live in. They truly live off of the land. Dorvins is 5 as in the youngest of the children. He has a sweet and quiet spirit about him. He is very excited to go to school. 

Berline was originally placed in our children's home due to being sick and malnourished. After a year, she became well and we transitioned her back to her mother. She comes from a family of 9 children. The mother takes care of the household by herself and is unemployed.  She is from a small , and extremely poor community called Kaglod. Berline is very sweet natured and is 9 years old. She needs sponsorship , so that she can continue her schooling. Her mother struggles to provide for her family. 

Dania and Clinton are siblings. Dania goes to a local school in her area so she does not have to travel as far as Clinton,  because of  her grade level. Dania is 13 years old and is very helpful to her family. She has a few older siblings and is the youngest of the siblings. She and her brother are the only siblings in the home attending school. They live in a small home in the remote area of Kaglod. From time to time Dania visits the children's home, and will stay a few nights. She enjoys being around the other children and thinks of this as her home away from home. Dania had to stay with us for a short time due to an endangering situation. The situation has since resolved and Dania was able to return home. 

Levencia is 8 years old. She is strong, independent and we can't leave out sassy. She is very smart and is a product of a single parent living from home to home with her child in tow. She is strong willed and is very athletically strong as well. At one point Levencia was in our care because her mother mentally was not stable. She lives very near to the children's home and visits several times a week so her well being is constantly monitored.  Levencia at this time does not attend school due to it just being her and her mother with a baby on the way. We need a sponsor for Levencia to be able to attend school for the next semester. 

Founia is very special to us as well as the grandparents who have raised her and her older sister. Founia is 13 and is deaf. Although deaf, she is very smart. She has not been taught sign language as there is no one to teach her due to her remote region in which she lives. She is a very sweet girl and communicates through sounds and hand and body actions. She needs a sponsor to help her grandparents with her schooling and possibly an appointment to get tested for hearing aids. 

Maya is one of the older girls that we help. She is 20 years old and is the first child sponsored to attend college. This girl loves adventures and trying new things. She is currently learning how to ride a motorcycle; which she is enjoying! College is something Maya is passionate about and hopes to be able to attend classes. Sponsoring Maya would help her achieve her dreams of attending and graduating college.