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Visions and Goals

Widespread poverty, economic turmoil, and devastating natural disasters create a bleak future for the children of Haiti. Due to extreme poverty many parents are forced to abandon or relinquish their children because they do not have the ability to feed, care or educate them. There is currently an orphan epidemic in Haiti - the mission of Chances for Children is to help solve this problem one child, one family, one community at a time.

We believe that the answer to Haiti's orphan epidemic is not just adoptions.

Chances for Children works with a number of different localized groups within Haiti to proactively address Haiti’s orphan problem with a variety of programs:

Education – Creating more opportunities for children to attend school through our tuition sponsorships. We also fund the construction of community schools. We provide nutritious meals to children in our schools and provide college tuition assistance to deserving Haitian High School graduates.

 

Orphan Care - We support four non-Adoption Orphanages - serving over 350 children. By providing monthly donations of food, clothing, medicine and financial assistance we are able to improve both the conditions at these locations and the general care of the orphans. We make bimonthly visits to ensure controls and child welfare and work with partners to provide enrichment programs for these children.

 

Strengthening Communities – we partner with local nonprofit groups to create stronger families in the community. This is accomplished by funding the construction of schools, providing child sponsorship for orphans, creating a fresh water supply, strengthening faith in a community church, providing medical care at a local clinic, and implementing vocational training, artisan craft programs and community based agricultural projects.