Two Hands Together Staff Shot and Killed
Jean Liphete NelsonOn March 5th at 7:30am a vehicle containing 5 Hands Together staff members was attacked 25 meters from our Becky DeWine high school by a gang from the Brae Neuf section of Cite...
View ArticleEaster and Hope
On April 10th, Hands Together re-opened all 8 campuses of the Becky DeWine School.Senior boys share an exam study bookOn May 4, 2012, we can report that each of our 8 campuses in Cite Soleil, and the...
View ArticlePerseverence - Summer 2012
Fr. Tom in looks at donated crosses in our depot"In order to journey steadily, we must apply ourselves to doing well the stretch of road immediately before us on hefirst day of the journey, and not...
View ArticleStorm Isaac Damages HT projects in P-au-P - August 24, 2012
Heavy rains and punishing winds ripped through Port-au-Prince on early Friday morning, August 24, - damaging homes and Hands Together school campuses."Shortly after the worst of the storm, several of...
View ArticleCreating jobs and renewable energy through garbage
Fuel briquettes from garbage -An alternative to charcoal from trees - Below is a summary of our new development project that reduces the harvesting of trees for charcoal and promotes small...
View Article2012 - Christmas Update
We must not seek the child Jesus in the pretty figures of our Christmas cribs. We must seek him among the undernourished children who have gone to bed at night with nothing to eat, among the poor HT...
View Article2013 Lenten Update
Police provide security at a Becky DeWine Campus“Wherever the very poor are, that is where we will be. We will follow them and stand alongside them.” Fr. Tom said in response to questions about...
View ArticleHands Together 2013 Annual Review Booklet is available
Our 2013 Annual Report is now available in PDF format. Click here to download.The Hands Together 2013 Annual Report provides the most current information on our work in Haiti. It's a great summary of...
View ArticleFirst class graduates from Haitian school named for late Becky DeWine
Note from Doug Campbell on Graduation:Becky DeWine GraduationThe article below written by Mary McCarty, highlights our first graduating class from the Becky DeWine schools in Port-au-Prince Haiti. The...
View ArticleFrom Fr. Tom's Journal: Working with Gangs in Cite Soleil
The young men of Cite Soleil slum who participate in gang life are actually in many ways good young men. But they are men who are desperately poor and who have little – if any – self-esteem, convinced...
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