Early Days
Gonaives, Haiti was the site of Hurricane Jeanne in 2004. The floods from this hurricane killed thousands and left even more homeless. It was out of this disaster that a local Haitian Pastor Nathan Chariot and Americans Mike and Chris Leland, have partnered together to start The Good Shepherd Children’s Village. We started with 20 orphaned children with nowhere to go. In Haiti, they would not have lived long in those conditions.
In 2010 Haiti experienced the worst natural disaster in history. An earthquake that killed over 250,000 people. And Haiti, as a nation has still not fully recovered from this tragedy.
It quickly became imperative that we build the Medical Care Clinic after seeing that if the people and children did not have access to medical care, they would not be able to continue with any quality of life. This gave them a viable alternative to the witch doctors and their extortion.
Once established in Haiti, God gave us an incredible vision to support and equip the local church to reach out to help their own people. Taking a holistic approach that seeks to integrate the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of each child, providing not only Orphan Care, but Orphan Prevention, Christian Schools, Medical Care Clinic, and many other Community Services. By putting the local pastor and community church at the very center of our ministry, we are promoting the church as a Life-Giving resource for each community for its needs, and realize that God is there for them, and is working through them.
Your support is strengthening local churches, rescuing children, building healthy families, and impacting whole communities in a very positive way
