Posts by Friends For Health In Haiti
A Note From Our Founder
NOTE FROM FOUNDER DR. CATHERINE WOLF From the time I founded Friends for Health in Haiti in 2006, I’ve been asked repeatedly to describe our succession plan for the organization. As you can imagine, in our early years, we had no succession plan because we were just beginning to develop the organization and our ministry…
Read MoreVisit to the US
VISIT TO THE US Cherlie and I (Dr. Wolf) enjoyed several weeks in the US in April and May, attending to FHH business as well as visiting with our families and taking care of medical and dental needs. We attended FHH’s annual fund-raising banquet in Milwaukee, the Gratitude Gala, celebrating 20 years of FHH’s existence.…
Read MoreOur Promoters are Busy!
OUR PROMOTERS ARE BUSY! The new Community Promoters we trained last summer, as well as our previous promoters, have been very busy this year doing community education regarding water, sanitation and hygiene. Our four Community Development staff members have attended many of these teaching sessions, evaluating the promoters on their presentations, offering feedback and advice…
Read MoreOur Expanding Goat Program
OUR EXPANDING GOAT PROGRAM For the past 3 months, our Community Development staff and Goat Supervisors have been busy buying 300 goats for 6 new communities up in the mountains where we are starting the Goat Program from scratch. This has been a challenge because it’s a considerable distance from the rural markets where the…
Read MoreSpiritual Ministry Initiative
SPIRITUAL MINISTRY INITIATIVE A few months ago, we initiated a new grant program for churches in rural areas to request funding to construct or repair their church buildings or provide materials for programs to enhance ministry efforts of the church. We’re offering up to $5000 per grant and we’ve received 17 applications already! Donations at…
Read MoreAnnouncing Sara Simeunovic
For more than a year, the Board of Directors of FHH and I have been actively looking to hire a US-based Executive Director who can become the new face of the organization and assume overall responsibility for FHH, helping to increase our support and financial base, cultivate existing partnerships and develop new ones and lead…
Read MoreUltimate Sacrifice
Ultimate Sacrifice Pilots Kory Elleby and Patrick Decker unloading cargo in Jérémie on an Agape flight. February 5, 2026 brought tragedy to our friends at Agape Flights as a cargo plane being flown by two American pilots from Jérémie to Cayes crashed in the mountains with both men losing their lives. Agape Flights delivers medications…
Read MoreConstruction Woes and Wins
Construction Woes and Wins Our Spiritual and Community Center, the construction of which was started in 2020, has remained unfinished since the earthquake in August 2021. There are many logistical challenges in doing construction in Haiti, not least of which is the poor condition of the road up the mountain to Gatineau. In addition to…
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new Spiritual Ministry Initiative We’re getting ready to launch a new Spiritual Ministry Initiative to make available special grant funding of up to $5000 for local Haitian churches. The funds are designed to assist with construction or repairs to their present church building or to help pay for programs or outreach efforts of the church.…
Read MoreEducation Instead of Bean Seeds
Education Instead of Bean Seeds Our Agriculture Livelihood Program took a pivot this year, providing agriculture educational sessions to farmers, rather than providing bean seeds for planting. This was designed in response to the enthusiastic participation of farmers in the education that accompanied the bean seed distribution, as it showed us that farmers really do…
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