Provides a detailed summary of the various activities undertaken in Haiti during 2017 using funds donated through the Kindred Journey Fund, Inc.

1. With the Collaboration of Kindred Journey
and Friends Throughout the World

2. General Information about Haiti
• First independent black republic in the
Western Hemisphere (1804)
• Similar in size to Belgium
• Approximately 10 million inhabitants
• Former “Pearl of the West Indies”, but
devastated by colonial exploitive
practices and ecological crises

3. General Information about Haiti
• Population is predominantly agricultural
• For the most part, people are unable to
meet their own needs at this time
• There is a general lack of formation
leading to skilled employment
• The ecosystem of Haiti is in crisis
• Water presents a major problem
throughout the country

4. Brief History of the Little Brothers and
Sisters of the Incarnation in Haiti
• The Little Brothers of the Incarnation was
founded by Brother Francklin Armand in
1976
• The Little Sisters of the Incarnation was co-
founded by Brother Francklin Armand and
Sister Emmanuelle Victor in 1984
• There are 72 brothers and sisters distributed
throughout 15 different fraternities in Haiti,
Guadeloupe, and the Dominican Republic

5. Current fraternities in Haiti
PFI=Little Brothers of the Incarnation
PSI=Little Sisters of the Incarnation

6. Brother Francklin Armand
and Sister Emmanuelle Victor

7. Brother Francklin Armand
• A man of faith called to be a peasant amidst
his fellow peasants
• Believes in restoring the dignity of the Haitian
peasant through education, access to health
care, social services and justice, access to
natural resources, accompanying the rural
economy and the spiritual life.
• Recognized as a “National Living Treasure” for
the people of Haiti

8. The Little Brothers and Sisters of the
Incarnation in Haiti
• The work of a lifetime—over 40 years and
counting
• Not a “not-for-profit”, but a tremendous
force for human development none-the-less
• An “enterprise” that employs over 1000
people in its various projects throughout the
country
• Their work affects hundreds of thousands of
Haitians

9. Some of the projects undertaken by
the fraternity in Haiti
• Nutrition Centers
• Elementary Schools
• Library & Mobile Library
• Vo-Tech Secondary Schools
• Care of Orphaned Children
• Agricultural Campus
• Bee Keeping
• Butchering & Transforming Meat

10. Some of the projects undertaken by
the fraternity in Haiti
• Livestock Credit Association
• The Lake Project
• Fish Farming
• Purification of Lake Water for Drinking
• Reforestation
• Health Clinic and Birthing Center
• Earthquake Refugee Resettlement
• Radio Outreach
• Charles de Foucauld Spiritual Retreat Center

11. The Nutrition Centers
• 13 nutrition centers
• Approximately 1,000 children, aged from 0 to 5 years are served
• 4 meals per week are served to each child, their accompanying
parent, and the staff
• In addition to the meals cooked and served, the participants’
mothers receive educational instruction regarding nutrition,
psychological support, and assistance with school and family issues
• Children’s health status will be followed by a doctor, as well as the
nutrition center staff. Routine vaccinations, and hospitalizations
(when necessary) are included in this care
• Kindred Journey funds ($100,000) have been used to help cover
the costs for care of these children in 2017
• Sister Armelle writes that “the neediest children have increased in
number, because we are actually experiencing a state of famine
throughout the county at this moment in time! But the children
must come first.”

12. Nutrition centers

13. Nutrition Centers

14. Nutrition Centers

15. The Elementary Schools
• 8 elementary schools (approx. 2,500
students)
• Overseen by the Little Sisters of the
Incarnation
• Students receive breakfast and lunch on
school days (orphaned students receive
additional meals and lodging, clothing,
medical and psychological care etc.)

16. Incarnation Village & School
• Incarnation Village is one of the locations where
orphaned children have sought refuge since the
earthquake of 2010
• The original cement school structure was
damaged in the earthquake and is feared to be
structurally unsound
• It was replaced by two very large open steel
buildings that have been engineered to resist any
future earthquake activity
• It is loosely partitioned into different classrooms
on the inside

17. Incarnation Village & School

18. Incarnation Village School

19. Incarnation Village School

20. Elementary School at Layaye

21. Marie Educatrice School
in Terre Casse

22. The fraternity’s mobile
public library

23. and stationary public library…

24. Three Vo-Tech Secondary Schools
• Academic secondary school education
combined with hands-on practical instruction in
various vocational trades
• Time is divided between classroom instruction
and practical experience so that each student
will have the ability to make a living after
graduation
• Electricity, plumbing, masonry, carpentry,
garment construction, embroidery, and auto
mechanics, are just some of the courses

25. Three Vo-Tech Secondary Schools

26. Vo-Tech Secondary Schools

27. Care of Orphaned Children
• Started with the agreement in 2004 between the
Incarnation fraternities and the Haitian government
to care for the “street children” of Port-au-Prince
• The Haitian government neglected their duty
towards this agreement and the children—defaulting
on more payments than they ever made
• 2010 post-earthquake added a large number of
additional children to the group being cared for by
the fraternity
• Currently (2017) some 660 children are being cared
for full time at 3 sites (separated according to gender
and age of each child)

28. Orphanage at Dos Palais

29. Solar energy collector at the
orphanage in Dos Palais

30. Nazareth orphanage in Leogane

31. Agricultural Campus
• The project most recently launched by the
fraternity in the Central Plateau area
• Focus is on forming agricultural entrepreneurs
• Recognition of farmers and farming as a
valuable asset to society
• Helping student farmers to learn new
techniques to increase their production and
income

32. Agricultural Campus

33. Agricultural Campus

34. Bee Keeping

35. Butchering & Transforming Meats
• Slaughterhouse and weighing station in
Pandiassou
• Walk in refrigerator/freezer in butcher shop
• Heavy duty grinder and slicer for transforming
meat into hamburger & sausages etc.
• Point of sale in Pandiassou and Port-au-Prince
• Refrigerated truck for transport of product to
Port-au-Prince

36. Butchering & Transforming Meats

37. Butcher Apprenticeship

38. Butcher Shop

39. Livestock Credit Association
• Farmer is given a pregnant cow or goat and
agrees to pay the first off-spring back to the
association
• If first off-spring is a female, it is passed on to the
next farmer when it is fertile/ if it is a male, it is
sold for meat in the market when it gets to a
suitable size, and the money is reinvested in
female cows or goats which are then “loaned out”
to others
• All subsequent birth animals belong to the
individual farmer since the credit/debt has been
paid off

40. Livestock Credit Association

41. The Fraternity Bakeries
• Currently in two locations
• Provide an income stream for the
fraternities
• A potentially profitable road to self-
sufficiency in the future
• Provides local employment

42. The Fraternity Bakeries

43. The Fraternity Bakeries

44. The Lake Project
• Water is both a solution and a problem
• Only 10% of rainfall in Haiti is utilized, the
remainder has the potential to cause floods,
mudslides, damage to crops, and to create
problems
• Through the initiative of the Incarnation
fraternities, over 225 artificial lakes have now
been created throughout Haiti (2017)
• This has provided water for household use,
livestock raising, irrigation of land, fish-farming,
and finally, a truly high quality of drinking water

45. Lakes for water

46. Lakes for water

47. Lakes for water

48. Lakes for irrigation of farmland

49. and all the little fishes…

50. that grow…

51. and grow…

52. into tasty BIG fishes…

53. Lake water purification project
• An ultra-filtration system of water
purification was installed in Pandiassou in
2010
• Since July of that year it has produced a very
high quality of drinking water (according to
laboratory analysis)
• This system is able to produce 50 cubic
meters of water per day and to meet the
needs of between 5,000 and 10,000
inhabitants

54. Transforming lake water into drinking
water at 3 additional locations
• Petite Place Cazeau (Port-au-Prince)
– 1 school, 1 fountain, 2 sales kiosk
– 1,000 to 2,000 people serviced
• Tierra Muscady
– 1 school, 1 fountain, 1 sales kiosk
– 1,000 to 2,000 people serviced
• Darlegrand
– 3 schools, 1 fountain, 1 sales kiosk
– 1,000 to 2,000 people serviced

55. Water Purification Project for students
at Incarnation Village-School
• A new project was begun this year (2017)
that makes use of a reverse-osmosis system
to purify water
• Funds from Kindred Journey ($8,000) were
used to purchase and install the necessary
equipment at the school so that the
students would have high-quality drinking
water

56. Lake water purification project
3 more locations at the present time

57. Lake water purification project

58. Lake water purification project

59. Lake water purification project

60. Reforestration projects
• Counteract the centuries of abuse and
deforestation
• Replanting denuded areas
• Planting of fruit trees to provide fruit for
consummation
• Planting around new lake sites to prevent
erosion of soil into the lakes
• Provides teaching moments for the general
population against cutting trees
indiscriminately

61. Reforestration projects

62. Reforestration projects

63. The Health Clinic and
The Birthing Center in Terre Casse
• Provides health care to inhabitants of the
surrounding areas
• Includes a dispensary/pharmacy for needed
medications
• Staffed full-time by a doctor and nurse
• Has electricity available 24/7
• Serves as a home-base for outreach medical
missions into remote mountain villages

64. The Health Clinic and
The Birthing Center in Terre Casse

65. Health care in the clinic and mobile
care in remote villages

66. The earthquake created a refugee
problem—the fraternity responded
• A large influx of refugees from Port-au-Prince,
fleeing the wreckage of the city, arrived in the
Central Plateau in 2010
• The fraternities were asked to assume
temporary responsibility for their care
• Tents were erected on the property of the
secondary Vo-Tech school as temporary
housing
• More permanent housing was provided years
later for those who decided to settle long-term
in the area

67. The earthquake created a refugee
problem—the fraternity responded
Tents installed
on the terrain
of the Vo-
Tech school in
Pandiassou
Earthquake
images from
P-Au-P

68. Houses later constructed for earthquake
refugees who stayed in Pandiassou

69. Fraternity radio outreach stations
in Terre Casse and Saintard
• Broadcast content supervised by the
fraternity—The University of the People
• Opportunity for catechesis and outreach
• Spirituality of Charles de Foucauld imbues
the choice of content
• Opportunity for Br. Francklin Armand to
share thoughts and teachings with the
surrounding population

70. Radio outreach stations

71. The Charles de Foucauld Spiritual
Retreat Center at Saintard
• Dual purpose:
– To provide an affordable retreat location for groups
seeking a meeting and worship space in a relaxed
setting
– To provide an income stream with a view to self-
sufficiency of the fraternities in the future
• Many possibilities:
– Group or private retreats, days of recollection,
welcome center for transformational travel groups,
summer get-away camps, vacation Bible school etc.
• Overseen by the Little Sisters

72. The Charles de Foucauld Spiritual
Retreat Center at Saintard
• Chapel for adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
• Meeting rotunda for large groups
• Dining facilities
• Private, semi-private, family style rooms with
bathroom
• Dormitory-style rooms available for teen
groups
• Beach and swimming access available

73. The Charles de Foucauld Spiritual
Retreat Center at Saintard

74. The Charles de Foucauld Spiritual
Retreat Center at Saintard

75. 2017 Report on Saintard
• When the Incarnation fraternity chose
Saintard for the location of its retreat center,
it was apparent that the area had almost no
economic activity going on
• With the devastation of Hurricane Matthew,
the majority of fishing boats belonging to
local fishermen were destroyed and the
population became even more vulnerable
• Help was desperately needed

76. 2017 Report on Saintard
• Brother Francklin, together with the Parish
priests, the Pastoral Council, and several
notable members of the local population
met together to discuss the situation
• As a result, the Incarnation fraternity has
engaged in creating a number of activities
that would generate income and help the
population climb out of the desperate
straights in which they found themselves

77. 2017 Report on Saintard
• In part, the plan was to create immediate
employment and to sell products wholesale
to surrounding people who would then
create a retail market with them and benefit
from the proceeds
• At the moment, 30 people are directly
employed by the fraternity in Saintard—
many more fall into the wholesale-to-retail
category

78. 2017 Report for Kindred Journey
• With the help of funds from Kindred Journey
received during 2017, the following projects
have begun and purchases are indicated in
the following table ($142,000)
• Funds received from Kindred Journey were
also used for the 13 Nutrition Centers in the
Central Plateau ($100,000) as well as for the
installation and equipping of a reverse-
osmosis water installation at the Incarnation
Village-School complex serving 800 students
($8,000 used towards this project)

79. 2017 Report on Saintard with partial
funds from Kindred Journey
1 generator $ 15,000
1 baker’s oven with $ 15,000
Equipment and materials necessary to start a bakery $ 20,000
3 refrigerated containers for cold drinks sales $ 30,000
1 cold chamber and store sales equipment $ 20,000
1 commercial robot-juicer for mango & other fruits $ 10,000
1 sales truck $ 17,000
Installation of the Community Radio Station and
University of the People $ 15,000
TOTAL $ 142,000

80. 2017 Report on Saintard with
general funding
Other purchases made for the projects in Saintard during this
time period
2 Freezers $ 1,500
5 Containers used as work spaces $ 17,500
1 machine that converts Breadfruit into flour $ 3,500
1 Chicken house plus 750 laying chickens $ 18,000
1 Pig house $ 6,000
Installation of Electricity by Electricity of Haiti $ 30,000
Installation of Credit Bureau Office (SOFISERVICES, S.A.) $ 25,000
TOTAL $ 105,500