Hands down, December is my favorite month! The weather is cooler, Christmas decorations are in full swing, and we get to take a little time off for the holidays. Many of us who have a December Birthday feel this! We wait all year long to celebrate – might as well do it for the entire Read More
Hey there, Ewo Friends! Please join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to Board Member David Nichols! Who’s David? If you are looking for someone who’s been an advocate and leader in the work we do, look no further! David has been around since BEFORE the beginning of Ewo and Friends Empowering Haiti!! Many Read More
Hey Ewo Friends! Please join us in wishing a very Happy Birthday to Board Member Stephanie McAnuff! Who’s Stephanie? She’s been on our board since 2019 was instrumental in launching our Entrepreneur program (currently on hold until we can begin traveling to Haiti again). She also serves on our Student Sponsorship Committee and has been Read More
October 17, 2021 is Dessalines Day. It is the 215th anniversary of the death of the Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of Haiti’s Independence Heroes. Every year, Haitians honor his legacy through many activities – debate conferences, parades, and street theatre. To commemorate the death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the State traditionally will lay wreaths of flowers at Read More
Back to School, a great achievement for the “Institution Classique de Bayonnais (ICB)” The head of Institution Classique de Bayonnais (ICB) opened the school’s doors on October 4, 2021. Despite the country’s great political and economic difficulties, the responsible and parents are making sacrifices for that day. According to Pastor Jean-Jonel Fleurisma, the Vice-director of Read More
I am been very lucky to have been exposed to mission trips at an early age. My Sunday School teacher, Doug Bostic, made an offer to pay for the expenses for anyone who wanted to participate in some various mission opportunities located in the states around us. I was hooked. I joined a group of Read More
Facile Elisme attended school in Bayonnais, graduating in 2008. He was part of the original sponsorship program before Ewo’s official beginnings in 2009. He went off to college at the Université Chrétienne du Nord d’Haïti (UCNH) in Cap Haitian to study music. In 2010, during his second year at UCNH, he came back to visit Read More
Hey Ewo Friends! Please join us in wishing Happy Birthday to our very own, Joan Finn! Joan has been the name behind most of the emails that you have received since 2013. She’s an integral part of why our student sponsorship program is successful! She works hard behind the scenes to make sure our sponsors Read More
Many students who benefited from the Ewo Student Sponsorship Program that supports Institution Classique de Bayonnais (ICB) witnessed their happiness for the way that the program helped their education. Happiness and thanks! Our office in Bayonnais is pleased to thank you for the way you are helping our students at the institution Classique de Bayonnais Read More
Many people have been asking about the condition in which Haitians have been living since the 7th of July 2021. It’s a fair question since most information comes only from Port Au Prince. However, we are not in a position to talk about the entire country of Haiti. We would rather paraphrase the question into: Read More
Haitian Creole [e-woah]
English translation
hero [heer-oh]
noun: a person who, in the opinion of others has special abilities, achievements, or personal qualities and is regarded as a role model