Haiti continues to suffer; 2021 has not been kind. Not only has the existing dysfunctional infrastructure deteriorated following the assassination of the Haitian President, but natural disasters have continued to exasperate an already desperate situation in the midst of a …
Emergency – Haiti // August 2021
Forging Futures is sending financial assistance to the ravaged towns of the Lower Peninsula – The Sud – and in particular, the towns of Jeremie and Les Cayes. Our own schools, located on the Sud in Leogane, were utterly destroyed …
May 2021 Update
Dear Friends of Haiti, In 1976, a quizzical absurdist playwright named Vaclav Havel agreed to be the spokesperson for a group calling for a more tolerant and open Czechoslovakia. After 13 years of official harassment and imprisonment, Vaclav Havel was …
Dear Friends
Dear Friends of Haiti and Forging Futures, The Haitian proverb for this year is: Si ane pa t’touye ou, jou pa ka touye di ou. Bondye di ou: fe pa ou, m’a fe pa m’. Literally, it means: “If this …
“Hawgin’ for Haiti” Is Back!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 Forging Futures is excited to continue our annual BBQ fundraiser in a socially distanced, safe way! This year, BBQ will be ordered to go! Orders will be available for pickup for you to enjoy safely in the …
Rene – Patience Is a Virtue
Rene is now 33 years old. She graduated from our school in LaTournelle in 2008 and then successfully matriculated through the Lycee in Leogane in 2012.
Just a Word About COVID-19 and the Health and Well Being of Haiti
The pandemic of COVID-19 is running rampant in many countries around the globe. Unfortunately, this very ominous situation applies to the United States. With the finest medical expertise in the world, we are struggling to contain and control the unruly …
Bijou
Ms. Bijou Marie Chantal was 17 when I knew her. She graduated proudly from our school in Jeanjean, Haiti and matriculated successfully through the Lycee (High School) in Leogane.
An Update on Haiti & Forging Futures
The situation in Haiti is just what you might expect…
COVID-19 in Haiti
COVID-19 has climbed onto the island… Not surprisingly, there are no accurate figures available as to the extent and gravity of the COVID spread, but we can reasonably assume it will be grave.