Last Monday was the first day of school for 4 of our kids; Luckson, Kettia, Yakime,and Sylvaince. Lia was asked by the direction of the school to not bring the kids to school herself. Although this has been a difficult pill to swallow we understand the stigma HIV has in this country and we do [...]
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Over the last few weeks at WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com we have done a great deal of investigation into Amawanda‘s family to see if it was time to place her back home with her family. Last Thursday we made the decision to do just that, bring her home. This is a preview of Amawanda’s Return Home. Read the [...]
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
This week Kettia had a visitor! Her grandfather, Segeste came to the orphanages. Kettia was very happy to see him but he was quite tired, after his long journey to Jacmel. After he played with Kettia for a while, he took a long nap in the rocking chair on our front porch. Segeste had to [...]
Friday, July 3, 2009
Lia, our orphanage director and all around miracle worker, signed up 4 of our kids for school today! This will be the first year our kids get to experience traditional Haitian school. In September Yakime, Sylvaince, Kettia, and Luckson will all attend Kindergarten Claire Fontaine. Yakime A long time friend of WeCanBuildanOrphanage, Marika is [...]
Friday, June 19, 2009
Just because it is not always sunny does not mean it is not a good day for the beach! Loading Up the Car Wednesday we took 4 of our kids on a little beach field trip! We loaded Yakime, Luckson, Kettia, and Amawanda in the car, and off we went. As you can see, it [...]
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Name: Kettia In our care since: October 10, 2007 Birthday: November 19, 2006 Status: No sign of HIV Well now that you have met our three oldest children it’s time to meet the little ones. Our first little one is Kettia. Kettia was the second child to come live with us at the orphanage, born [...]
Meet Little Martin. On a routine visit to a hospital we noticed a little disabled boy in one of the hospital cribs. The boy had been left to fend for himself, he had no identification and his birthday is a mystery. He had been in the hospital for a few days and had been severely neglected: his diapers were soiled and he was covered in lice. No one had taken any notice of this little boy in a few days and we were left with no choice but to bring the little boy home. In honor of one the Kay Angel founders we named the boy “Little” Martin. Read more about Martin →
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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