A briquette being created in the hand press. Briquettes are cheaper than propane, reduce deforestation and they clean up the environment by recycling waste.  All of the school feeding in the 9 schools HT runs in Gonaives are prepared using briquette fuel.

Ongoing hand manufacturing of the special stoves used to burn the briquettes that we make from garbage and landscape waste.

The main kitchen that prepares 5,000 meals per day for elderly, students, barefoot kids, and staff.

Elderly gather in our auditorium at the St. Francis de Sales High School for the annual Christmas party.

St. Ann Middle School Campus - soccer field being prepared for an artificial  turf in 2014.

The soccer field at the St. Ann campus. Thanks to  generous grant from the Jones Day Foundation we will install an artificial playing surface to serve all 8 campuses.

Construction of HT's new nutrition center and primary school in the Ti Kouleve slum of Gonaives.

A view from the roof of the nutrition center in the Ti Kouleve slum of Gonaives.

Barefoot school students hold  up their  Christmas gifts - thank you DeWine Family -

A special Christmas meal was provided for the students of the Becky DeWine Schools in Cite Soleil

Hands Together executive director Doug Campbell and his daughter hand out gifts to students at St. Veronica school

Students dancing during our Christmas celebration in Cite Soleil

Meghan Campbell gathers the kindergarten students at the St. Veronica campus for our annual Christmas Party. Thanks to Mike and Fran DeWine and their family and friends, we make Christmas a special time for our school children, providing music, games, a gift for each child, a hot meal and singing and dancing.

Students from Monsignor Miot campus celebrate Christmas with Meghan Campbell.

Attn. General Mike DeWine and his wife Fran address the students at the Becky DeWine school in Cite Soeil

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From left to right: Doug Campbell HT Executive Director, Fr. Tom Hagan Founder and President, Fr. Gerard Dormevil Head of Gonaives Operations

Students at the Becky DeWine schools are learning about agriculture as each class is responsible for growing and maintaining a garden

Our briquette project started in 2013 recycles trash in the slums and is pressed into circular brick used in stove. It has provided a means of income for many of the poor in Cite Soleil

OH Attorney General Mike DeWine, his wife, Fran, and their granddaughter Izzy with the barefoot school students at the St Franswa Campus.

Here we secured diesel fuel

Most of the perimeter walls collapsed. The buildings and foundations suffered severe structural damage.

Showing most of the perimeter wall collapsed. The buildings suffered major structural damage.

St. Joseph Campus – the perimeter wall collapsed.

The playground area – entire floors and ceilings split and cracked from the force of the quake.

Every wall and building suffered severe damage.

The playground area at St. Jane Chantal entirely destroyed.

Holy Family building fared a bit better, the perimeter wall collapsed.

Our dear friends from Scotland, Mary’s Meals, flew in this cargo plane filled with valuable meds for the hundreds of earthquake victims that were bused to Hinche Hospital.

Fr. Tom remained in Haiti to help after the earthquake. He lived in this tent for many months until we rebuilt our headquarters.

Fr. Tom created a makeshift chapel after the destruction.

Doug Campbell and Fr. Tom assist in the relief effort 
 

Tent cities sprung up after the earthquake because so many homes were damaged
 

Soldiers joined in to help with the relief effort

Damage to one of our classrooms