Photo: Painstaking records-keeping in the Haiti office.

With Compassion International being our 3rd Quarter partner and a percentage of all sales benefitting their Leadership Development Program, specifically in Haiti, we wanted to give you an update on what is going on there. It is not work for the faint of heart. We are proud to be associated with the people at Compassion as they give all they have to help those who have suffered.

Restarting LDP Activities
Compassion will restart its Leadership Development Program but with a distinct balance of activities for the next several months prior to the reopening of universities. Its objectives will be the following:

-All LDP students will participate on a regular and significant basis in a service opportunity in a child development center, church or community organization.

-All LDP students will satisfy all non-academic requirements of the program including attendance, correspondence, church participation, assessment, participation in care groups, etc.

-All LDP students will receive will receive post-trauma training and counseling

-All LDP students will receive benefits from the strategies, Temporary and Transitional Shelter and Short-Term Food Security

The restart for all Compassion-partner activities includes hosting “camps” for all students (as well as Compassion babies/moms and children), providing occupational therapy, sports and games, cognitive therapy (earthquake & disaster education), group therapy, and fun and fellowship with peers.

“The retreat was a moment of great emotion. Seeing the faces of friends who survived resulted in abundant joy and tears. On the other hand, it was a time to bury the memories of January 12. Our meetings have rekindled the flame of our belief which tells us that the future is still very promising and we have a big role to play in the rebuilding of Haiti.” -LDP student Wesly Hyppolite