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Haiti is at a critical crossroads. It can either remain imprisoned in a dizzying darkness of violence, hunger and despair — or it can step boldly into Christ’s light. Join our mission and link arms with Haitian families who’ve built up a safe, Christ-centered community. Help these precious brothers and sisters in their effort to defeat poverty, seize the heart of their nation, and build a brighter future.
Extreme needs require bold action.
The poverty in Haiti can seem overwhelming. Two in three people don’t have enough food to eat. Desperate mothers are feeding their children mud and dirt, and many families lack basic necessities like safe shelter, clean water and access to schools.
When a missionary team first arrived in 1989, they were heartbroken by the extreme poverty families endured. Over the course of a generation, Kobonal has transformed from one of the most desolate places into a thriving, peaceful community — and that transformation continues today.
The Kobonal Haiti Mission has helped hundreds of families by building safe and resilient homes, providing clean water and sanitary latrines, offering agricultural assistance to make the families’ sources of income more sustainable for the future, and ensuring educational opportunities and spiritual formation.
Build and repair sturdy weatherproof homes to benefit families who are currently living in makeshift shacks.
Fund community wells that bring clean water to families that must otherwise fetch contaminated water.
Join us in empowering the Kobonal Haiti Mission.
The cycle of poverty can be difficult to escape, but having a safe place to call home can make a real difference. The initial goal of the mission’s housing program is to improve the living conditions of families sheltering in fragile mud-and-stick huts. The long-term goal is to enable each family to become a landowner, a homeowner and a self-supporting farmer within a faith-filled community.
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A new roof. Refreshed paint. Upgraded windows. Every home needs periodic repairs. That’s why, after over three decades of building homes, the mission wants to ensure past beneficiaries are able to keep up with maintenance and make important upgrades to their homes. Making necessary repairs is also the mission’s way of protecting the investment previous donors made in the homes they sponsored many years ago.
Your support helps the Kobonal Haiti Mission build and repair sturdy weatherproof homes.
Water is vital. For Kobonal’s families, it’s not just for drinking and cooking but also for sustaining important gardens they depend on for food and income. Community wells make use of freestanding hand pumps. Without them, children and families would have to gather water from unsafe sources, including contaminated lakes and streams.
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Your support helps the Kobonal Haiti Mission bring clean, refreshing water to families.
A Catholic education has the power to give Haiti’s children a pathway out of poverty. This solid foundation encourages faith and character development and empowers young people to reinvest in their communities and become the future leaders Haiti needs.
The Kobonal Mission School is one of the largest — and best — in the region. Graduates have gone on to become doctors and priests, and some have even returned to become teachers. Right now, the school is undergoing an expansion so even more children will be blessed with a Catholic education.
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Your support helps the Kobonal Haiti Mission educate and feed primary and secondary school students.
Life in the Central Plateau is harsh and many families in Kobonal are still utterly poor. For extremely destitute families, this outreach can mean the difference between starvation and survival. Funding from Cross Catholic Outreach donors helps the mission distribute Vitafood meals and provide staples to some of the diocese’s most needy families.
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Your support helps the Kobonal Haiti Mission provide monthly food rations to extremely destitute families.
Donations from this campaign will be used to cover any expenditures for this project incurred through June 30, 2027, the close of our ministry’s fiscal year. In the event that more funds are raised than needed to fully fund the project, the excess funds, if any, will be used to meet the most urgent needs of the ministry.
