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A Season of Gratitude and New Opportunities

31/12/2020

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 Well, what a year! It has truly been a remarkable one!
And our toughest one yet...

However, the gift of your care, partnership & support, has enabled Frontier Projects Haiti to continue to radically change the lives of all our sponsor children, orphans, students, families and staff!   Thank you!    So much gratitude! 
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Like most of us, our leaders, families & children in Haiti - led by Reginald and Johanne Celestin from LIFIMinitries have experienced challenges that they could have never dreamed of.
​For them all, the year was so much tougher than what we experienced in Australia.

​These are just some of the obstacles our teams over there faced (& overcame) 
... as the year now comes to a close:
  • Survived the year of Covid19 that caused schools, businesses & trading to close, across a nation that was already in the grip of endemic poverty. 
  • Made it safely through one of the more violent years in Haiti's recent history - which has been fraught with protests, riots, kidnappings & worse.
  • Survived a dramatic exchange rate fluctuation that devalued the US dollar by half within 30 days leading to business instability throughout Haiti - that still continues.
  • Continued to support our 13 staff, 160 students, 45 Love Community children & orphans, & 8 trainee mums across our multiple Programs at Bouvier & in Carrefour with food, employment, training, educational support, schooling, social-worker support, monthly home-visits & community gatherings with safe social-distancing.     
  • Provided our Love Community families & children with training in hygiene, mask-wearing & sanitation practices.

Our 2020 News!

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Bouvier School  Teacher Training & Feeding Program 

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During Haiti's Covid19 lock down, Bouvier school teachers enjoyed the opportunity to do further teacher training. Their passion for teaching was re-ignited!. We employed a Haitian trainer and the teachers truly appreciated the extra training and were ready to start the new school year safely (in October) and looking forward to a fulfilling and positive 2021.

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Bouvier School Feeding Program returned when school resumed because of some very generous donations...thank you! We continued to provide hot, nutritious meals, twice a week, for all the students and staff. 

Love Community: Re-Uniting Children with Families & our Support Programs

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Through the incredible support of Michael Crossland, & you - our sponsors, we have re-united more children back with their families! We've now returned 45 of our Love Community (LCH) children back into their own homes, through our Love Family Homes program (LFH). Our 10 orphans/displaced children in LC Home, attend school & are cared for in a warm, loving family home.
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Supporting our children not just to attend school, but to monitor their literacy skills, our social worker - Yndjy Belval & our Programs Administrator, Johanne Celestin, started meeting with the children for literacy checks on a monthly basis. The children are growing in confidence!
We also believe it's necessary to give the children other types of Fun Days as well, during such a serious time! We did this in 2020 -  creating life long memories!

Libellule Training Academy (LTA).  Transforming Lives ..even during Covid

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Libellule means "dragonfly" in French - the symbol for transformation! It was incredible that the From Zion LTA sewing course could continue due to our group of mums being small! These LFH mums were able to continue to learn sewing skills, creating some very professional garments. The women enjoyed their creations and had a lot of fun modelling the garments. Sandra Alexis - their trainer - is a well known seamstress in Haiti and we are blessed to have her heart and passion for LTA sewing class.

A Journey of Joy - in a tough year!

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This year Alyssa Barber, our Co-facilitator of Programs and Robin Brown, both from the USA, flew to Haiti once the travel ban lifted.  Although we were unable to host a 2020 Journey from Australia , Alyssa & Robin were able to represent FP and complete vital tasks and host the children to a very special Fun Day during their stay! We sponsored our special FP Fun Day trip to the beach for all the LCH children! This day included a boat trip, which was the first boat ride for most of the children and brought so much laughter, huge smiles and special memories!


​That's our News in a Nutshell for 2020... 
A HUGE YEAR!
With our loving thanks to Reginald and Johanne Celestin (CEOs, LIFLIM) and Yndjy Belval our social worker... and to all our staff across all our programs!

Thank you again to all our sponsors, for the role you have played in changing lives in Haiti this year! 

We are so grateful to you all and wish you the absolute best in this new season ahead. God bless you all!
​See you in 2021!

Cheryl and John Ward
and the Frontier Projects Team & Families

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2020 A YEAR of EMPOWERMENT – HOPE & OPPORTUNITY - even in the face of adversity across the globe

1/7/2020

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Our incredible Bouvier School Staff - Back Row: Venord, Wadlyn, Daniel (Principal), Jackson (Deputy Principal), Reginald (CEO for LIFLIM). Front Row: Christlove, Genese, Daphne, Alexandre, Johanne (Head Admin for LIFLIM)
 To say that this financial year has been a HUGE year, is of course, an understatement - for us all! But it's been AMAZING and we are filled with gratitude! We are grateful for you our sponsors and supporters, we are grateful for our small but awesome FP team and our wonderful ambassador, Michael Crossland - who shares our story across the world, we are grateful for our amazing leaders and teachers on the ground in Haiti, and of course we are so grateful for every child and family  that we are privileged to be able to help - seeing their lives be transformed through our sponsorship, education, training and our welfare programs.

Even in the face of the COVID19 pandemic and the fact that Haiti is still in the grip of this and further political and financial upheaval, Frontier Projects Haiti in partnership with Light for Living International Ministries (LIFLIM) grew and strengthened in all our Priority Areas:

1. LOVE COMMUNITY Child Sponsorship continued to grow steadily and we now sponsor over 40 children into their own homes!  We permanently employed our Haitian Social Worker (in training) YNDJY BELVAL to work directly with these families - visiting them at home and at school every month to oversee their wellbeing. Our 9 orphans / displaced children at LOVE COMMUNITY HOME have participated in specialist educational and recreational programs and psychologist sessions during the months when schools were closed by the government due to the COVID19 pandemic.  Our amazing ambassador, Michael Crossland continued to support Love Community in every way, sharing his story, their story... and raising vital funds! Thank you, Mike!!
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2. BOUVIER SCHOOL grew in sponsorships, teachers and staff and programs this year! The Food and Wellbeing Program was initiated when 'Feed My Starving Children' Foundation ​generously gave hundreds of nutritious meals to our program through John sharing our story with them and applying successfully for their support! So grateful, as many children can often come to school hungry.  We employ two parents from the Bouvier Community to prepare the meals twice a week! Our eight amazing teachers continued their Staff Development Training - both online with Chez and John and with a Haitian education consultant! The Bouvier School Board was initiated and the school and teacher's apartment underwent some renovations.  
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3. LIBELLULE TRAINING ACADEMY (LTA) in Carrefour finally moved into our newly-rented  awesome facilities in Carrefour and FROM ZION from Australia is now partnering with us to vocationally train and equip parents in order to provide and support their children in the future. FROM ZION has enabled us to launch our new Vocational Sewing Program within this academy by helping supply machines, material and accessories, in order to teach the necessary skills required to meet their own needs, create jobs and restore hope!  With heartfelt thanks to Ben and Jas Adams and their team @ FROM ZION, here are some of the great pics at the Opening of  LTA in Carrefour and launch of the Sewing Course. Through their ongoing support, we are able to employ our amazing Haitian seamstress, fashion designer and trainer, Sandra Alexis!
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4. ALYSSA RENEE BARBER from the USA joins the Frontier Projects Haiti Core Team! Alyssa spends months in Haiti over the last two years for Frontier Projects, and her incredible work with our team leaders in Haiti as Co-facilitator of Programs has helped every program to grow and improve! We love this amazing, vibrant, caring and passionate friend  - and so do all the children, youth and leaders in Haiti that she so lovingly cares about! Welcome Alyssa!
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5. JOURNEY of TRANSFORMATION 2019:  So many FIRSTS this year THANKS to our fantastic Aussy/USA/Haitian team: Ben Adams (Aus), Reginald Celestin (Haiti), Laurie Newland (Aus), Yndjy Belval (Haiti), Robin Brown (USA), Alyssa Barber (USA) & Chez & John Ward (Aus).
Click HERE to read all about it!
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5. COVID19 PANDEMIC: KEEPING OUR CHILDREN and FAMILIES SAFE: (Click HERE to read more on our website about what is happening in Haiti) 
We continue to be committed to the following priorities and will continue to respond to the situation as it may change:
i) WE CLOSED BOUVIER SCHOOL in line with the Presidential order and INITIATED FURTHER TRAINING FOR OUR TEACHERS in the meantime:  Our staff used this time for FURTHER TRAINING... with safe-distancing practices-  as a group of 10. Bouvier School along with all other schools will reopen on August 10th, 2020.
ii) We TRAINED OUR LEADERS, CHILDREN and FAMILIES  in SANITATION PRACTICES.See photos below.
iii) We are PROVIDING VITAL MEDICAL, HEALTH and SANITATION SUPPLIES along with their usual sponsorship MONTHLY FOOD SUPPLIES. See photos below.
iv) We are CONTINUING our FROMZION- SPONSORED VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSE for our Love Community mums.
v) WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS and SPONSORS to continue to provide HEALTH CHECKS and SANITATION & MEDICAL/VITAMIN packages for our families.
If you would like to join us with funding the cost of a Family Sanitation and Medical/Vitamin Pack, you can Simply Give HERE. ​
Well, that's been our year! It's been incredible, challenging, hope-filled and filled with new opportunities to be grateful!

With our thanks and sending blessings to you all.

Health, hope and joy!
Chez and John Ward
Directors
​Frontier Projects Haiti
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Frontier Projects Haiti:  Our Immediate Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Haiti

5/5/2020

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COVID19 REACHES HAITI

On Thursday, March 26, Haiti became one of the last Caribbean countries to report its first cases of COVID-19.  Covid-19 was officially detected in Haiti but the impact is only just beginning to be felt NOW.   
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The President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, called for the immediate shut down of all schools, factories, airports and borders. A daily curfew was put in place for all Haitian residents. ​​As of the posting of this blog (5/5/20), the nation of 11 million has so far only tested less than a thousand people for the deadly coronavirus and has 865 confirmed positive cases and 26 deaths. But most Haitians can't afford testing- let alone medical treatment.
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​While the economic implications are tough enough in Australia, the impact in Haiti for those already in such vulnerable situations can be devastating.The majority of Haitians do not have access to any preventative training or medical and health supplies needed to combat the disease if it grows rapidly.

We are also very aware that not being able to work in the future, may have disastrous implications for our Haitian families - and therefore - our sponsored children. 
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Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise, in a press statement at the National Palace, has revealed that the first two cases of people infected by the new coronavirus, COVID-19, have been detected.

FRONTIER PROJECTS: OUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE

As Directors of Frontier Projects Haiti, John and I went into immediate meetings with the CEO of our Partner-NGO in Haiti: Reginald Celestin, from Light for Living International Ministries. Pastor Reggie works with our teachers from Bouvier School, our Love Community Home Parents, our Love Family Homes parents, our trainers at Libellule Training Academy and our Haitian Social Worker. We also began meeting regularly online with Johanne Celestin - our Programs' Administrative and Finance Co-ordinator and also our Social Worker, Yndjy Belvel, who works directly with our Love Community children, orphans and families. 

Meet our three core Haitian leaders below, who are working tirelessly in Haiti to care for our families and children.
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KEEPING OUR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN SAFE DURING THE COVID19 PANDEMIC:

FRONTIER PROJECTS HAITI PROTOCOLS and PROGRAMS:

TEMPORARILY ​CLOSING OUR SCHOOL,
​TRAINING OUR FAMILIES & CHILDREN,
PROVIDING SANITATION AND HEALTH & MEDICAL KITS and RAISING FUNDS FOR DESPERATELY-NEEDED SOLAR POWER for our TRAINING CENTRE.

We are committing to the following priorities and will continue to respond to the situation as it may change:
1. CLOSING BOUVIER SCHOOL and TRAINING OUR TEACHERS
We have now closed Bouvier School in line with the Presidential order.  Our staff will use this time for meeting (with safe-distancing practices) for further training as groups of 10 or under are allowed in Haiti.
2. TRAINING OUR LEADERS, CHILDREN and FAMILIES  in SANITATION PRACTICES 
See photos HERE
3. PROVIDING VITAL MEDICAL, HEALTH and SANITATION SUPPLIES along with their usual MONTHLY FOOD SUPPLIES.
See photos 
HERE
4. CONTINUING our FROMZION- SPONSORED VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSE for our Love Community mums, teaching them the trade of Pattern-making and Sewing! 
5. WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS and SPONSORS to continue to provide HEALTH CHECKS and SANITATION & MEDICAL/VITAMIN packages for our families.
If you would like to join us with funding the cost of a Family Sanitation and Medical/Vitamin Pack, you can Simply Give below: just click the DONATE button to give in a few simple steps.

Much love and thanks, Cheryl and John and all the children, families, orphans, students, teachers and leaders in Haiti. Blessings and stay safe. xxxx
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A Special Prayer

30/9/2019

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We have all just left Light Auditorium in the main street of Carrefour, where our new Vocational training centre was launched on Friday. It’s Sunday. Church is finished. The roads are filled with rocks and boulders, rubbish and burnt tyres.

I couldn’t get a photo as it’s still too dangerous. The situation is tense and the nation is in more turmoil than we have experienced ever before. We came back to the mission taking the back streets.

We farewelled Ben this morning back to Aus. He has lifted off and is safely on his way home to Aus and family. The team (Aus-USA-Haitian) miss him already. The roads to the airport were not safe for cars so he left with Pastor Regg - each being doubled on motorbikes in the quiet pre-dawn light when the streets are the least troubled.

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Haiti Journey, Day 5

27/9/2019

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Day 5 Haiti Journey: an incredible day! The launch day of our Libellule Training Academy Sewing Course in the new premises on the main street of Carrefour was the same day that the riots rolled into this area for the first time ever! But we were totally safe in the secure building! We were so focused on the Enrolment Ceremony with our 5 Mums from Love Community (LC) and 4 Mums that had walked in off the street, that we didn’t notice much until it after we were finished and had to leave safely with all the mums and all the team! 

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Haiti Journey, Day 4

26/9/2019

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"Bucket La Distribution"

We spent day doing early morning renovations and traveled back to the mission to have lunch and prepare for the monthly Love Family Homes meeting and food bucket distribution. At these monthly meetings, it is our goal for our families to come together into community to learn about different life skills and to find ways to support each other. It was a pleasure to be present this month to witness how Johanne and Yndjy put together each session and prepare every food bucket with their own team.  Alyssa, who is living in Haiti for the next few months, is also a big part of Love Family Homes programming, and with love and wisdom, she was not afraid to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly. It's such a blessing to have a strong team!

The thing is, as a team, our hearts and minds are so focused on all that we are undertaking for the children and families -and amidst all the constant political unrest - that posting takes a back seat...(not to mention the sketchy wifi connectivity). But apologies and here I go catching up from Day 4: HUGE day as we helped Johanne and Yndjy and Alyssa get ready for Love Family Homes Program bucket collection day! Once a month all the families come in to gather as a community, share stories and care and receive their monthly staples food bucket! It was such a privilege to spend time with them all. We have now returned over 30 children out of the orphanage and back into their homes with family! Supporting the families holistically is what we are all about and we passed on love and care from all their wonderful sponsors. Xoxo❤️❤️❤️

Talk to you soon,
​The Frontier Projects Team


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Haiti Journey, Day 3

25/9/2019

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Day 3 Haiti Journey....in a nation full of unrest due to the poverty-stricken people reacting against a corrupt government, we speak, live and pray God’s Peace over families: Haiti’s incredibly beautiful children, mum’s, dad’s, community leaders and the land itself. We visit families on behalf of sponsors (incredible privilege), we are renovating the new building where our Libellule Training Academy will be based (opening FrIday! ...so excited) and we just BE with the people in whatever circumstances they live... offering a helping hand-up not hand-out...through schooling, education, vocational training, food and wellness programs, life-skills and more. These beautiful people inspire us with their positivity, resilience and embracing kindness more than we could possibly inspire them. We are family. Together. With you also who send us, sponsor, support. We are all in this together.

Thank you... Merci beaucoup!  #prayforHaiti,
The FPH Team

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Haiti Journey, Day 2

24/9/2019

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Day 2 Haiti Journey of Transformation: another incredible day for our Haiti/Aus/USA team with beautiful, humble families, leaders, the Paint Gang getting Light Auditorium ready for our opening day of our Libellule Training Academy Sewing School, and most importantly... the children of Love Community Home who sent their love to all their sponsors and to our very-much-missed ambassador, Michael James Crossland! (“Where’s Michael?” the most-asked question). Such a joy... definitely pulls at the heart strings! Lives being transformed.

Love you always,
Frontier Projects Team


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Haiti Journey, Day 1

23/9/2019

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Day 1 Haiti Journey of Transformation: with full team! Can’t express the gratitude that John and I feel to spend time with these amazing, loving, caring team members from Aus, USA and Haiti. There was more that filled today than we can possibly show... we laughed and cried and visited homes and prayed and painted...and laughed more! Ben visited the mums with Belval Yndjy and Alyssa and I and our awesome driver, Nelly... these mums were told by Ben that are now being invited to start their first training at Libellule Training Academy... in our Big New premises!!! Haha! God is so good! John and Robin and Laurie painted, and painted again(😆) the new building. We saw first hand God touching lives as Mums and families, in one-room homes, with few pieces of furniture but always offering us the best to sit and share.... hear that they were invited into training that will change their lives.... due to the support of From Zion led by Ben and Jasmin (back in Aus...love you Jassy)... very humbling! A blessed day!

Be blessed and honored,
The FP Team <3

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First Three Days of Journeying

22/9/2019

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First three days in Haiti with John, Laurie and Alyssa before the rest of team arrive today and it’s been planning meetings with key leaders Reginald, Johanne, Belval Yndjy and Merline, Visiting the new premises for Libellule Training Academy ... in its second year and we have just moved to the new facilities as we launch the From Zion sponsored Sewing course- where we are training Love Community Mums in sewing so they can have a vocation they’ve only dreamed about! Such a privilege to love our leaders, trainers, house-parents and Reginald and Johanne who created and who lead these programs here. And so thankful for Michael, who shares the dream and their stories constantly, making it all possible!  Way more photos to come as soon as the team gets here!

Love always,
​The Frontier Projects Team

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