Spotlights on Staff!

Each staff member who serves in our programs is fundamental to the success of all the work our ministry supports, as well as the children, families, and community members who benefit from this critical work. It is our pleasure to spotlight some of these phenomenal individuals! Scroll down to see photos of some amazing staff members!

In honor of Haitian Mother's Day, a dozen St. Barthélémy staff members posed with their children (present and former St. Bart's students), and Dominique Bruno was there to capture the special moments! Pictured from left to right:

1. Kellene, preschool director, with her daughter, a 1st-year preschooler, Neisha

2. Rose, head cook of the dining hall, has been part of the St. Barthélémy staff for 23 years, with her daughter Lounedie, a former student, standing behind her

3. Enise, who acts as bursar, with her son Mike

4. Emma, 2nd year preschool teacher, with her daughter Shamaelle Cesar

5. Rosenie the cleaner with her youngest daughter Rosemy Love

6. Cittane the washer with her niece, Widieuline, whom she is raising

7. Rosenie again with her oldest daughter Ketnise

8. Philomene, 2nd cook in the dining hall, with her daughter Aisha

9. Philomene again with her son Ted, who in his last year of high school

10. Mariette, 3rd cook in the dining hall, with her daughter Dalansie

11: Cathie, 3rd year preschool teacher, with her daughter Kaela Christine

12. Madeleine, a nurse who works at the school in the library, with her son Carlos

13. Junia, a preschool teacher, with her son Karl Roodinx Pharly Dalusmar

14. Renjannie, 3rd cook in the big kitchen, with her son Dentz Reginal Angrand

In honor of National Teacher Appreciation Week (May 5th through May 9th), we expressed our gratitude to all of St. Bart's teachers for their incredible dedication and hard work in ensuring the best education for all our students. Here are a few more teachers below! Pictured top to bottom:

1. Claude Monestime, 6th grade teacher

2. Lourdes Marie Aristil, 5th grade teacher

3. Morel Paul, music teacher

We also celebrated National Nurses Week (May 6th through May 12th) and expressed how thankful we are for each of Clinique Espérance et Vie's dedicated nurses for their incredible support in ensuring the best health for our brothers and sisters in Haiti. Here are some of the clinic's amazing nurses below!

Each of these great photos is courtesy of Dominique Bruno!

Easter Fun at St. Bart's!

We are pleased to share photos and video of St. Barthélémy students celebrating Easter!

Enjoy this video of first graders singing an Easter Poem!

"Poème de Pâques" ("Easter Poem")

Oh! Voici l'arrivée de la fête Paques! (Oh! Here comes the Easter holiday!)

Joie éclatatante, (Radiant Joy,)

Rires d'enfants, Fête vibrante, (Children's laughter, Vibrant party,)

Oeufs colorés et fleurs en choeur, (Colored eggs and flowers in chorus,)

Coeurs unis, célébrons le bonheur. (United hearts, let us celebrate happiness.)

These photos here below feature Father Jabnel, an Episcopal priest in Terrier Rouge and school staff member, presiding over services for the various grades at St. Bart's.

Pictured below are fun easter activities with preschoolers, showcasing their "bunnies"!

St. Bart's students also provided wonderful, colorful Easter creations featured here!

Photos, video, and translation courtesy of Dominique Bruno!

Clinic Update!

The beginning of many enriched life stories!

We are THRILLED to share with you photos from the very first eye* surgery completed onsite at the Clinic using its new state-of-the-art equipment! We are truly thankful to the nonprofit organization Iris Mundial, which supplied the equipment and has supported the Clinic's vision program in many ways, and to our donors for their faithful support of the Clinic. Congratulations to the talented team in Terrier Rouge, led by Dr. Marie-Carmelle Lucien-Guerrier, on this achievement!

A dedicated medical team performed the Clinic's eye* surgery, including Dr. Bendson Louima. The capacity of the Clinic to perform this type of surgery is the result of the support of the organization Iris Mundial and others. Please enjoy this video made by Dr. Louima himself about the surgery and the support for the eye* surgery project. This is an amazing new chapter for the Clinic, and we are so thankful to the many donors, whose support made the creation and continued operation of the Clinic possible.

*We had inadvertently reported this eye procedure as a cataract surgery; however, the complex surgery that was performed was a pterygium excision and graft to cure pterygium (surfer's eye)