Monthly Archives: September 2023
Thanks to all who contributed to the August collection for IC Haiti. Your generous response to our summer’s appeal puts IC Haiti in a good position to fund the 2023-24 school budget for the Father Marc Piche school in Puit … Continue reading
History Of IC-Haiti
Whether you have known about IC Haiti since its inception or have only recently become acquainted with it, we hope these posts will help you to understand and be inspired by this ministry to our brothers and sisters in Haiti. … Continue reading
History Of IC-Haiti Part 2
Right from its start in 2008, IC Haiti was blessed to be affiliated with the Saint Boniface Haiti Foundation, a nonprofit started by the parishioners of Saint Boniface in Quincy, Massachusetts. In 1992, after less than ten years of active … Continue reading
History Of IC-Haiti Part 3
The Saint Boniface Haiti Foundation (SBHF) has been an invaluable resource for IC Haiti since our inception in 2008, providing us with “eyes on the ground” in the Fond des Blancs area to identify particular needs we can attend to. … Continue reading
History Of IC-Haiti Part 4
In 2014, when she was in 3rd grade at the Immaculate Conception Grammar School, Margot Anderson-Song, along with her family and friends, initiated a “Cookies for Haiti” fundraiser. This now annual bake sale has raised over $55,000 for the mission … Continue reading
History Of IC-Haiti Part 5
2016 started off with drought conditions that severely affected food production and costs in Haiti. The sector IC Haiti and St. Boniface Hospital serve was put on a famine watch list by the World Health Organization. Then in February the … Continue reading
History Of IC-Haiti Part 6
The period from 2017 to 2019 saw a rise in costs to support the annual Fr. Marc Piche Elementary school budget and dental program. In addition, a new solar and wind powered water filtration system was installed at the school; … Continue reading
History Of IC-Haiti Part 7
2020 to 2022 was a particularly difficult period in the history of Haiti. Not only did Haitians suffer the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic along with the rest of the global community, but they also experienced an unprecedented humanitarian crisis … Continue reading
History Of IC-Haiti Part 8
In an online webinar with Health Equity International in mid-February 2023, personnel at the St. Boniface Hospital in Fond des Blancs, Haiti, offered us an update on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Haiti and its effects on both the hospital … Continue reading