Work on the reservoir is underway!! (Note that the pictures you see below show only the progress on Reservoir A. Construction on...

Dear Friends of Fontaine, Our joy is immense. There is no way to express the happiness all felt as we celebrated with this year's...

A few month ago, and for the first time ever. two women’s soccer teams took over the community soccer field before an overflow crowd from...

A census has never actually been taken, but the population of the greater Fontaine area is believed to be somewhere between 5,000 to...

Haiti withdrawals; if you have been blessed with the opportunity to visit this beautiful country, you may know this feeling that I am...

I came to learn about the St. Gabriel School from my cousin, Maddie Johnson, who went on a trip to Fontaine in 2017. Hearing her love and...

I could have never imagined how difficult it would be, to sum up 4 months of my life in a few short paragraphs. Over the course of my...

Concordia University is a private non-profit Lutheran liberal arts university in Portland, Oregon.  In May, Dr. Barbara O'Malley Floyd, a...

Dear St.Gabriel’s Class of 2018, Do you know what grit is? If you open a dictionary it is defined as, “courage and resolve; the strength...

Tout moun se moun- Every person is a person. Have you ever given thought to the fact that every person you’ve ever seen, even if for the...

The past three weeks have been like a roller coaster. At times I had my high points when I felt as if I was on top of the world and at...

One of the great things about a career in medicine is that no-one ever stops being a student as medicine is an ever evolving field. I had...

I found it quite difficult to write this week's reflection because so much happened and I didn't know where to start. I also didn't know...

15 things I’ve learned about Haiti: 1. The chicken you hear crowing in the morning may just be your lunch. 2. Trash is thrown on the...

Growing up, my family had a sign on the wall that read, “We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.”  I never fully...

A couple of months ago, Maya Reagan, a Fayetteville, NC college student, on leave from college, approached me and offered to serve as a...

The horizon stretched between green and pink, sealing Haitian nature and the world’s setting sun together. Wind carried children’s...

I have found it to be true that when one has witnessed so much in such a small amount of time, it is often hard to know where to begin to...

Dear friends and family, This is my first visit to Haiti and, specifically, to Fontaine. I came here without any expectations so that I...

Hello, As our six-weeks at St. Gabriel's School in Fontaine, Haiti comes to a close, we thought we'd share some reflections on the...