Haiti Orphanage
Yahve-Jire Orphanage
The work with Yahve-Jire Orphanage is coordinated by Kathy Johnson. Our congregation has met Chedlin Justival the founder of the orphanage and we have given financial aid to the children through our Endowment Fund and by furnishing medical supplies, tuition, uniforms, and water for the orphanage through our Alternative Gift Fair. We also assisted in paying the tuition for one of the founders who attended Covenant College in Georgia. We are partnering with The Yahve-Jire Children’s Foundation, Clayton Presbyterian Church, Westminster Presbyterian Church and Fieldstone Presbyterian Church to share our love and ministry with these children so that they, too, will know the love of Christ.
These are pictures of the children in Haiti. They are very traumatized from the earthquake and will not go on the 2nd floor of the house, which is the school. So they have set up school outside for now.
Winsky Otilus, Maignant and Zikansley Sima pray before lunch at the Yahre-Jire Foundation orphanage in Tabarre, Haiti. Western Boulevard is helping this orphanage.
This is a picture of the Orphanage before the earthquake- January 12, 2010. The building sustained damage but did not collapse.
This is a picture of the building adjoining the Haiti Orphanage that collapsed as a result of the earthquake.
Chevlin has started operating a cement block factory to be used in the rebuilding of Haiti and to make money to use in operating the Orphanage. This is a picture of the dump truck for the Orphanage that two of our partners: Cathi Lesher at Worship 24/7 and Rev. Gary Myers (Retired, Kansas City) got for the cement block factory. The work at the factory gives jobs to Christian Haitians.
This is a picture of the yard and playground of the Orphanage before the earthquake.
This is a picture of the play area of the orphanage and the collapsed building adjoining the orphanage after the earthquake.
