Christmas In Haiti

In 1988 and every Christmas since, For Haiti with Love hosts a Christmas party for poverty stricken children and their parents in Northern Haiti. Based on the budget and donations it is decided how many will be invited and the invitations are distributed. A location is selected and plans begin.

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Christmas day everybody shows up in their prettiest best clothes all excited. First they eat a good hot meal with desert. Hot dogs, buns, chips and cookies are donated by Parkway Foods. For Haiti With Love provides the rice, beans and vitamin C enriched Kool Aid.

After the meal is finished, the children are given a gift and get to select a "Warm Fuzzy" from the pile. The mothers get to select a piece of jewelry from our donated jewelry store. The fathers get a T-shirt and playing cards or dominoes, which is a big hit, because those are their favorite pastimes.

New Haitian Gourdes

Sorting And Setting Up

Cleaning Chicken with limes

Setting up benches for party

Benches all ready for guests

Food is ready

FHL girls lead singing

Pause to thank God

Volunteers assume their positions

Food is served

Time to eat

Finish off the drinks and time for gifts

Don finalizes gift details and Roseline relaxes

Everyone left with a bag full of treasures

Next day Christmas is boxed up