…My sweet aunt came and visited me in Haiti last week. She is always a breath of fresh air. While she was here, I took her to Heartline with me.
It was my first time to drive myself. I felt like such a big girl. I’m no longer a 14 year old waiting for a ride. I wish everyone in the world could experience driving in Haiti. It’s like off-roading it, except oh wait…that is the road.
John and Beth McHoul have lived in Haiti for a long time..like over 20 years. At first they ran an orphanage. It was a beautiful place with a very small number of children. Their ratio of adults to children was very, very high. They provided their children with a stable, healthy life and worked hard to get them ready to join their forever families in the States.
As I was taking my aunt on a tour of Heartline’s sewing program, John was explaining some things to my aunt. He said something like, “We kept taking in kids, but eventually we got tired of taking children away from their mothers. Instead, we wanted to start helping the moms have the resources they need to be good moms who can provide for their own children.”
Thus the Women’s Programs were born. Heartline has a sewing program where women are taught to sew, taught to read, and given skills they need to generate income for their family. Heartline is fighting the orphan crises at the most foundational level. They are preventing children from becoming orphans.
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