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Morning line up for the Piton Community School 💙🇭🇹

It's garden season all year long in Haiti! The community gardens are managed by a group of dedicated ladies and the Piton Community School's curriculum also includes hands on work in the gardens by students. Teaching life skills for all ages in this agrarian community. #pitonpartnership 🌱🌿

Nurse Nadine educates the students at the Piton Community School. 💙🧑🏿‍⚕️Help us help them be the best they can be despite their geography. 🌐https://www.pitonpartnership.org/donate

Happy Sunday / Bon Dimanche. Please keep these little ones in your prayers. They are arrived to Piton from Port-au-Prince, driven out by the violence there. Some are without parents. The village has taken them and their families in to give them shelter and protection. Please consider sponsoring one or more of these children for $20/month or $240/year. Bondye beni ou / God bless you! 🌐https://www.pitonpartnership.org/sponsorship🌐

Our lunch program is still one of our most important programs. Thanks so much to our supporters for helping us nourish the bodies and minds of our students! #Haiti 🌐pitonpartnership.org/lunch-program

Bible class at Piton Community School #Haiti

Happy Birthday to Samuel! Piton's good leader, ready follower of Christ, and dear friend. God bless you, and grant you a happy and long life. / Bòn fèt Samuel! Bon lidè Piton, disip Kris la pare, ak zanmi chè. Bondye beni w, epi l ba w yon lavi ki ere e ki long.

10 years ago, a great turnout for clinic in Piton. This is before we had a dedicated clinic building. 💙😷🤧

It’s 22* in Ohio with 6-12” of snow. ⛄️ Meanwhile, Haiti has bon tanperati 🌡️

Happy New Year! Bòn Ane Nouvo!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and the wonder of the season. ✝️🌟

We've been given our best opportunity yet for our year end giving campaign. Your donation will be matched to a certain dollar amount and we're 70% to that goal! Won't you help? pitonpartnership.org/donate

Our little village has become a refuge for families escaping the violence of Port-au-Prince. Won't you help us give children like this little guy a safe place to learn and play? For a limited time and amount, your donation will be matched! We're so close to our goal - won't you help us reach it? 🌐pitonpartnership.org/donate

This little birdhouse ornament handmade in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, is sure to brighten your mood every time you see it! Add a little Haitian flare to your Christmas tree or year-round decor. Or give a unique last minute gift to a friend! Ready to be shipped to your door from Ohio! 🌐https://5jfg1y-n2.myshopify.com/products/birdhouse-ornament

Our students love to draw signs with messages in Creole and English. Thanks so much for your support! We're about 40% to our year end fundraising goal. Won't you help? Your donation will be *matched* up to a total amount of $25,000. Help us get there by Dec. 31st and you'll make a difference in the world. 💙🇭🇹

Head to our little Spotify shop to see our sweet Haiti-made ornaments. Here's a few. You're supporting us and the Haitian artisans who made them! Shipping from Ohio. #Haiti #christmasornaments https://5jfg1y-n2.myshopify.com/

We were behind on getting supplies to the school when classes started. So we're so grateful that your generosity in our year end fundraising has helped us purchase teachers guides and other supplies. The teachers at Piton Community School are happy too! Thank you!!

This #givingtuesday we present you with a poetic masterpiece to encourage you to donate!! https://givebutter.com/afs0z7 💙🇭🇹

The lunch program is still so important to our students. We love it when Samuel sends pics of lunchtime at the Piton Community School! Help us keep this program going at 🌐pitonpartnership.org/donate. Your gift will be doubled (up to $25,000 total) through the end of the year!

For God so loved #Haiti that he gave his one and only Son.

For small business Saturday, purchase unique Christmas ornaments hand made in Port-au-Prince. You'll be supporting two organizations who support Haiti. ♥ https://5jfg1y-n2.myshopify.com/

On this Small Business Saturday, support TWO small businesses/nonprofits! You'll be supporting Piton Partnership and a small business based in Haiti @Papillon Marketplace by purchasing unique ornaments at a great price point! 🌐https://5jfg1y-n2.myshopify.com/🌐

For Black Friday, get a cool new Christmas shirt that says Merry Christmas the Haitian way! https://www.bonfire.com/jwaye-nw232l-shirt-1/

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all. 🦃

We're so grateful to you for the attention and support you give. We can't do our work without you! Sometimes what feels like the futility of it all weighs heavily. Which is why I say this phrase so often: You're putting good into the world when it seems impossible to do. You really are making a difference in the lives of real people who will never be able to do anything for you. That counts for something! So thank you for choosing to put good in the world through us. Sending gratitude from the mountains of Haiti and the fields of Ohio. Happy Thanksgiving! 💙🇭🇹

From Samuel: Agroecology gardens are an initiative that we can set up to help students strengthen their capacity in the field of agriculture. Many times in books they do experimental science and in the environment they can learn many good things. Medicinal plants, trees are available for students to learn. ~~~ Jaden agwo ekoloji se yon inisyativ nou kapab mete sou pye pou ede elèv yo ranfòse Kapasite nan domèn agrikilti .Anpil fwa nan liv yap fè syans eksperimantal epi nan anviwònman yo kapab aprann anpil bon bagay. Plant medisinal yo ,pye bwa yo disponib pou aprantisaj elèv yo.

Piton Community School teachers gathering in the afternoon for a bible session. Change starts close in. 💙🙏

Heartfelt gratitude to the beautiful and incomparable Mathilde, wife of @samuelpamzou. Mathilde works tirelessly for the good of Piton Community School. We love you and wish God's blessings on you! / Rekonesans sensè pou bèl e enkonparab Mathilde, madanm @samuelpamzou. Mathilde travay san pran souf pou byen Piton Community School. Nou renmen ou! Bondye beni ou anpil. ♥

Congratulations to our friend @suzan_hicks for winning the auction for a Christmas wreath handmade in Haiti by Papillon Marketplace! It's a beautiful & unique piece! I hope you love it!

Handmade Christmas wreath, 22-inch, up for auction until Nov. 23rd! This is quintessential Haitian art! 🌐https://www.pitonpartnership.org/haitian-made-christmas-wreath-auction

Online auction for a beautiful Haitian-made Christmas wreath starts tomorrow at 9am Eastern! Register today: https://givebutter.com/c/vhCe4A/auction #auction

Kids don't learn or grow when they're hungry. Our lunch program ensures a daily hot meal and keeps those smiles bright! #Haiti

We’re updating our name and website! If the usual site address doesn’t automatically redirect you, go to www.pitonpartnership.org 🌐 🇭🇹

Bon Dimanche

Visited the Premiere Eglise Evangelique Haitienne de Springfield, OH this past Sunday. Thank you for the warm welcome and uplifting worship!

Community. Brotherhood. Sharing what you have. There's so much wrong with Haiti...but there's so much right. #Haiti

It’s Friday. A hurricane is hitting. If you’re out of harm’s way, won’t you make this guy’s year and sponsor him? He’s a refugee from Port-au-Prince seeking safety in Piton with his family. $240/school year -or- $20/month or whatever installments to reach the total. Look at those bright eyes. 🇭🇹💙

🌐https://www.aidtoinfrastructure.com/2024-fall-newsletter

Médecin du Monde occasionally visits Piton to discuss the violence in Haiti. #pitonhaiti

Happening now/ speaking to @michael.snarr.1 's Global Issues class at @wilmingtoncollege

Rabbits are a great way for the new families who came to Piton from Port-au-Prince to generate income and provide themselves with food. #pitonhaiti #haiti

We can't overstate how important agricultural training is for the students and their families. The gardens maintained by the school & the women's group are being used to feed all the new families that are coming to Piton from Port-au-Prince. Food insecurity is a problem all over Haiti but it's less of a problem in Piton because of the generous spirit of the community. #PitonHaiti 💙🥬🫑🧅🇭🇹

Happy September • Bon Septamn • #pitonhaiti #haiti

Piton crew using stone to control the rate of erosion #PitonHaiti #Haiti 🪨🪨🪨

Let's take care of the earth so that it can provide all kinds of food made with natural fertilizers while we build a natural pharmacy with medicinal plants to heal people. From @Samuel Pamzou #PitonHaiti #aidtoinfrastructure

“Thank you for our support. God bless you” ❤️🇭🇹💙

You can create your own agricultural enterprise to help you find food to consume and to add money that can help with other needs of the family. Remember inside a food store you will find a natural pharmacy with medicinal plants in the garden. God created the earth so that people can work to find all kinds of food to feed them. Let's tame the earth well so that it can yield. (copied from Samuel Pamzou). #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure #PitonHaiti

Hey Samuel Pamzou, @leandro.jeanlouis & Luke Weber remember that time we were all together in Piton? Good times. Bon fwa. 💙🇭🇹

https://bit.ly/4cDwtWd Semi weekly updates that are not always about money!! (But sometimes are; nature of the beast.) It’s short, sweet and provides links if you want more! You may learn a little Creole, too. Join me won’t you?

The 2024-25 academic year will start soon at the Piton Community School! Sponsor a student and make a real difference! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

We have faith that God will protect our villages and hope for better days for the entire country. 🙏🇭🇹✝️ —— Nou gen lafwa ke Bondye pral pwoteje ti bouk nou yo ak espwa pou jou pi bon pou tout peyi a.

Piton is an agrarian community and Samuel includes agricultural education in the Piton Community School’s curriculum. Some of the older students have their own gardens but everyone reaps the benefits. 🫑🫑🫑🇭🇹

August's calendar cover. Work on the road to Piton has been going on for years. Now the road is all the way up to the village. Woohoo!

Thanks to your generosity, we’re able to repair damage from Hurricane Beryl. Here the roof to the school is being repaired.

What's summer camp without a little friendly competition? ⚽️🇭🇹

The latest news from Piton 🇭🇹 💙 https://conta.cc/3zwVWlb https://conta.cc/3zwYik1

Kenson wishes everyone a great weekend from Haiti!

Update: Mostly good news! Everyone is ok. Several families slept in school buildings and the ATI house last night for safety. We sustained some roof damage and one latrine is completely roofless! The community is ok and the school is right back to summer camp and soccer. Thank you, Heaven. 🙏 Prayers for Jamaica and everyone already affected and those who will be affected by this monster of a storm.

Happening now: Piton is seeing the effects of Beryl. 🙏🏼

Update: Haiti's southern peninsula is under a tropical storm warning, with the worst being overnight and early tomorrow. Hopefully it will stay that way! There are some families coming to spend the night in the school and the ATI building to be safe. 🙏🇭🇹 Prayers for all the islands. #beryl

Happy July! This month's calendar cover showcases the hard work put in by kids and adults alike in this agrarian community. They're rightfully proud! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Hey y'all keep Piton in your prayers this week. Hurricane #Beryl is heading their way. This graphic shows Haiti's outline with a heart where Piton mountain is located. Beryl is another historic storm that has rapidly intensified in 24 hours from 60 mph winds to a Cat 4. At this point it's expected to affect our region Tuesday. #Haiti

Photos from Piton’s Flag Day celebration on May 18. 🇭🇹

To quote a friend's statement today: so much heartache for such a tiny island. 💔 We’ve received 3 disturbing reports from 3 different areas of the country today. Pray for God’s light to overcome evil intent. Pray for Haiti and please pray for our mountain and the villages that are banding together for safety. Lord, in your mercy. 🙏 #prayforhaiti

Yesterday was Flag Day in Haiti, which celebrates the first time the flag was raised to indicate freedom from French rule. Read this post for more information on the flag! 🇭🇭🇭 🌐https://www.aidtoinfrastructure.com/haitian-flag #haitianheritagemonth #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti

Happy Haitian Flag day! ❤🇭💙 Pictures from this year's celebration coming soon! #Haiti #haitianheritagemonth #aidtoinfrastructure Blog about the holiday w/ photos from last year: https://www.aidtoinfrastructure.com/18-may-2023-flag-day-celebration

Our school has grown with the influx of families fleeing violence in the larger cities. As a result (in addition to normal wear & tear), we are in need of more small furniture for the littlest of our students. Consider helping us out; see the graphic for options or go to aidtoinfrastructure.com/donate. Thank you! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure 🪑🪑🪑

The students work in the school garden often and they're proud of the results! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Busy day at school in Piton aidtoinfrastructure #haiti 💙🇭🇹❤️

Count me in for some home grown yams! Grown in the Piton Community School gardens. Yum! 😋🍠🌱🇭🇹#aidtoinfrastructure #haiti

Our programs are more important now than ever. Sponsor a Piton Community School student today and make a real difference in their lives! #haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

This week, representatives from Médecins du Monde ("doctors of the world") traveled up to Piton to work with the parents of families who are victims of the violence in Haiti. They’ve fled with their families and now live in Piton. #PrayForHaiti ❤💙❤🇭🇹

Happy April! 🌷🪻Here's this month's calendar cover showcasing our nurses Legina Noël and Nadine Milord at work in our school clinic. 💙🇭🇹❤ #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Happy April! 🌷🌼 Here’s this month’s calendar cover showcasing our nurses Legina Noël and Nadine Milord at work in our school clinic. 💙🇭🇹❤️#aidtoinfrastructure #haiti

Happy Easter! ✝️ Guess what? The tomb is STILL empty! Thank you for being here. 💙

The Piton community grows various types of peppers to mix in with the rice/beans and chicken lunches served at the school. Their crops are also shared in the community. #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti

With everything that's wrong in Haiti, there's still a lot that's right! Help the Piton Community School as they incorporate more children into their school who are fleeing violence in the larger cities with their families. Our goal is currently 90 and we're 20% there! Won't you help? #aidtoinfrastructure #haiti aidtoinfrastructure.com

Love Facebook's Memories feature to remind me of where we've been and how far we've come! #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti ❤🇭🇹💙 https://www.aidtoinfrastructure.com/time-travel-2017

Today is ATI's anniversary! I'm so proud of the great work we've done and the progress we've made in Piton with so much going against us. We are small but mighty! Grateful to all of you who have supported us with financial and spiritual support. Looking forward to the next 10! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure 💙🇭🇹❤️

This month marks the 10th anniversary of Aid to Infrastructure; tomorrow to be exact. A decade ago, Tom and I traveled up an impossibly beautiful, quite steep, and inhospitably rugged-to-vehicles mountain to visit Samuel Pamzou's village. He wanted us to visit because his village needed healthcare. When we arrived on foot, we found the village-center community school with it's roof in the floor. That moment is when Tom and I silently committed to create Aid to Infrastructure and build a life together. Today, we're watching our adopted country burn. Literally. I don't need to post a news story here because you will see plenty in your news feeds. It's been important to me these past 14 years of being involved in Haiti to focus on what's right in the country and the good we can do; because it's all too easy to find reports of what's wrong. Our friends on the mountain are relatively safe due to their remote location. But it's foolish to pretend they aren't affected. Today I feel a dissonance between my desire to promote our new sponsorship program and the other good things happening in Piton and my distress at what's happening in the broader country. We have ATI family in the U.S. and Haiti. Those of us in the U.S. feel helpless; and it's hard for me to imagine what it's like being in country. Please keep Haiti in your prayers for mercy and anything that resembles peace. If a solution exists, it won't be a simple one -- and can only be achieved with the help of our Lord Abba. Please prayerfully remember the plight of the ordinary, law-abiding people of Haiti who are caught in an untenable, violent situation. #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure #PrayForHaiti

Happy Sunday! 🇭🇹💙 Piton Community School student drawing #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Help kids like Kenson attend and thrive in school. Join our student sponsorship program for only💲2️⃣0️⃣ per month! | 🌐 https://www.aidtoinfrastructure.com/sponsorship or scan the QR code ➡️➡️

We are so excited about this new program! Won't you join us? | 🌐aidtoinfrastructure.com

So good to worship with old friends at the newly formed Christ Methodist Church Brookhaven Mississippi! 💟✝️

Bòn fèt, Samuel Pamzou! Happy birthday to the guy who pushes us forward every single day. Who understands the power of photos and who always has the biggest smile of the group. Here's to many more years of your energy, brave leadership, and sense of humor. ♥️🇭🇹#aidtoinfrastructure #haiti

Help us keep our most important program going through the new year! Year end donations prioritize our lunch and vitamin program! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Piton village gathered on Christmas day to celebrate Christmas together at the school. 🎄❤️💙

We're so grateful for our donors! Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti #merryxmas