Hands for Haiti

Hands for Halti is dedicated to provide education, faith formation, food and basic healthcare to students and staff of St Marc School. Our mission is to give students a hand with the basics of life, opening the doors to a brighter future for them and their families.

St. Marc School, founded in 2010 as a faith based Christian school, serving a few dozen students in grades 1 and 2 in Tremessee, Haiti, we started our journey of providing primary school education, hot lunches, clean water through new wells and healthcare through local medical clinics. Our Strategy was to add a grade each year so we could expand education up through Secondary School and ultimately add a Trade School. Hands for Haiti focus is 100% on Haiti with all donations received support our work in Haiti, as we have no US overhead.

We partnered with the following Organizations to help delivery our strategies:
*Catholic Archdiocese of Cap Haitian, Haiti ( Provided Father Leon as our School Administrator and Faith
formation instructors.)
* Rise Against Hunger, Raleigh, NC ( Provides 45,000 lbs of meal packages for school lunches. )
* Food for the Poor, Haiti ( Supervising school construction )
* Missionaries of the Poor- Cap Haitian ( Provides Board accommodations, Layers for egg productions and
other operating support for Father Leon. )
* New Hope Hospital, Plaine du Nord,, Haiti ( Provides medical needs for St. Marc children when needed. )

St. Marc School continues to offer low to no tuition costs, daily meals and attract good teachers by paying above market rate on teachers salaries. Other schools in the area have been increasing their tuition rates and have eliminated meals.

Due to the growth we are now adding seven new buildings to the campus supporting more classrooms, computer lab and Trade School.

Hands for Haiti has a strong donor base with annual donations increasing year over year. We also have partnered with St. Matthew and St. Mark Catholics churches in Charlotte, NC to help expand our donor base.

Father Leon has done an exception job assuring the children of St. Marc School receive an education, hot meal and basic healthcare throughout the pandemic and unrest. Father Leon has been able to hire good teachers and staff we are up to 66 teachers and staff.

Board members enjoy frequent trips to Haiti helping to support Father Leon in his efforts.

Construction is in process and funded.

Even with the extreme unrest in Haiti due to the gang activities including kidnappings, St. Marc School continues to provide education and thanks to RAH a meal every school day.

St. Marc School continues to grow with 370 students and 66 staff.

First ever Award Ceremony for the Students. Two Board Members participated in the event and the whole school enjoyed celebration.

The students took a class trip to the Citadel, a national monument couple of hours from Tremessee. For most students this would have been their first trip.

Secondary School Graduation.

Construction Is moving forward at a reasonable rate.

Overall pass rate continues to increased to 66.7% despite the ongoing unrest.