Junior Staff and Medical Student Jean Michel P. (LCS '17) and LCS Nurse Bettyne M. (LCS '14) demonstrate proper water treatment during a seminar for families served by the LCS Community Outreach Program in response to the outbreak of cholera in the country.
The positive impact of the Louverture Cleary School community goes far beyond the Louverturians within the school and has a profound effect on the surrounding community as well. Much of the legacy of family missionary Christina Moynihan’s 20-plus years in Haiti is the Community Outreach Program, born in response to the needs of the neighborhood surrounding LCS.
Today, the Community Outreach Program is capably led by LCS Director of Outreach Daëlle E. and newly-appointed Assistant Director of Outreach Carolande L. (LCS '16), who oversee various important initiatives. Among these programs are the Koukouy Sen Klè Early Childhood Development Center, which has been giving parents a safe place to send their children for education, meals, showers, and structured play time during the day since 2010 (read about its beginning here), and the Lekòl Ankourajman after-school tutoring program, which welcomes neighborhood children and young adults to receive academic assistance—including literacy classes—from LCS students.
And, during challenging times, the Community Outreach Program team provides other essential support to the community as well.
Most recently, in response to cholera and severe inflation, the team worked with the school’s administration to allocate resources to support neighborhood families, facilitating the distribution of food and cholera kits with items like soap, bleach, and water treatment products, while also providing education about how to prevent cholera and respond in case of illness.
LCS Director of Outreach Daëlle E. (standing center) and newly-appointed Assistant Director of Outreach Carolande L. (LCS '16) with Junior Staff and Medical Student Jean Michel P. (LCS '17, left) facilitate a community support program to respond to the ongoing instability and outbreak of cholera in Haiti.
“Haiti is now in a fragile and sensitive phase, and the most vulnerable are those who are weakest,” commented Daëlle. “It is important that we invest a lot in the area around LCS, which means providing tutoring and resources to the population in the zone (neighborhood). We want to apply our motto, ‘what we receive for free, we must give for free [Matthew 10:8],’ in every way possible. And we always want to contribute to the change we want to see in Haiti.”
Drawing from The Haitian Project’s Charism (spiritual identity), service is at the core of Louverture Cleary School formation. The Community Outreach Program is just one more way the LCS community lives its commitment to put others first in pursuit of a brighter future for their country.
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