Sister Duck
Sister Duck (pronounced "duke") is the oldest member of Rèstoration Ministries Church, Restore Haiti's partner church, and the community where she lives. She is well known for her passion to serve God...
Our 2024 Christmas Food Package Distribution
Despite several delays, as is expected in Haiti and even more so with the ongoing unrest still a daily occurrence there, we were able to distribute the Christmas Food Packages to our students and their families and members of the three communities that we supp…
A Look Back at 2024
2024 brought so many challenges to Haiti with drastic inflation, unstable leadership, gang violence and the worst food scarcity crisis in its history. Rising food prices and lack of available food in Haiti impacted our Feeding Programs, at times our students w…
Haiti - It Feels Like Home
As Haiti continues to be ravaged by gang violence, it can be difficult for us to remember that things were not always this way; for reasons beyond the current unrest, beginning with the pandemic that halted travel worldwide. As it has been so long since we hav…
Carrefour Program Update
Over the last several months our students, staff and programs at our Carrefour site have been the hardest hit by the impact of the ongoing gang violence that has been running rampant throughout the country. At times some of our students, their families, our st…
Our School Supply Distribution for the 2024 - 2025 School Year
So far we have held two school supply distributions, giving each of our 1,000 students a backpack filled with grade-appropriate school supplies as they headed back to school on October 1st. Last year we hired some past and current Restore Haiti students to des…
Student Awards of Excellence 2024
On September 22 we held our annual Student Awards of Excellence (aka the "Goats and Chickens Awards"). At the end of every school year we give the highest performing students recognition for their excellent academic results. The top student in each grade recei…
What a Year We've Had so Far
Wow, it has been quite a year at Restore Haiti with many challenges due to the ongoing political upheaval and gang violence, yet also soooo many things to be excited about and proud of!! We've had many students graduating and reaching new heights in their impe…
Another Student Sponsorship Success Story
Sometimes people don't realize the significant impact that they truly have on the people and communities that we support in Haiti when they donate or sponsor a student with us. As with most humanitarian organizations, people may wonder whether the financial su…
Providing Our Students with the Best Chance of Success
While it may only be June, we are already beginning to look toward Back to School in the fall. At Restore Haiti we aim to give our students the best chance of success in their educational pursuits and so sending them off to school with a backpack full of new s…
Meet our 2023/2024 Post-secondary Graduates
Despite the ongoing unrest in Haiti throughout the 2023/2024 school year, often resulting in schools being closed or inaccessible due to the gangs controlling the country, we had many of our students ...
Meet our Social Media Duo in Haiti
At Restore Haiti we have an amazing Communications Team. Two members of this team are Jackson Yordy and Félix Polymice. Their focus is Social Media, so if you look on our social media platforms you will see posts from them as they share content live from our p…
Unrest in Haiti Update - April 2024
A big THANK YOU to our Restore Haiti family for your support in prayers, finances and words of encouragement over the past while with the ongoing unrest and turmoil in Haiti. We wanted to give you another update on the situation in Haiti and in particular how …
A Student Sponsorship Success Story
Restore Haiti's founder, Philip Peters, sponsored Robertho Vio Nelson (Vio) for over 12 years. As a youngster, Vio didn't have much hope and life was difficult for him and his family. Vio's dream is to become a sound engineer and beat maker, something that wou…
Student Sponsorship Changes Lives
Sponsoring a student with Restore Haiti changes lives, the life of both your sponsored student and of your own. We see evidence of this in so many ways, most significantly seen by the positive impact ...
2023 - A Year in Review
Happy New Year!! As we now enter into 2024 we wanted to review some of the highlights of the year that we have had, which are only possible through your generous support. YOU are truly changing lives in Haiti ... thank you!!!…
Restore Haiti Students Don't Age-Out
Aging-out is a term often used by organizations that offer Child Sponsorship programs. What this means is that at a certain age, typically in the teenage years or after the end of primary or secondary education, sponsored children “age-out” of their sponsorshi…
Our 2023 School Supply Project was a Huge Success!
In so many ways, our 2023 School Supply Project was a HUGE success. Beginning with hiring 15 past and current students of Restore Haiti, along with a graduate of our Sponsorship Program, Yanicka Volcy, for our Sewing Team. Yanicka was given the job of managing…