Hey everyone! Thanks for visiting my blog and reading about my
year in Haiti as an Episcopal Church Young Adult Service Corp member. The Young
Adult Service Corp sends young adults all over the world to work and serve as
missionaries for a year. My home for the year is at the St. Barnabas
Agriculture College in Cap-Haïtien,
Haiti.
St. Barnabas is a junior college offering Haitians the opportunity
to learn agriculture as well as entrepreneurship. In a country where 81% of the
population does not get the daily amount of food recommended by the World
Health Organization and 100,000 children suffer from malnutrition, this school
is important.
My role at the college is as project manager, helping rebuild
after years of significant drought. We
will be constructing new buildings and preparing new programs for students. When finished, the college will not only be
the premier center for agricultural education, but will also serve as the
breadbasket for Haiti. Students will
have access to hands-on education in irrigation, livestock management, and crop
and orchard care. They will then take
these skills back to their home communities, where they will impact thousands
more. Over the year I will be giving updates on what is going on at the school
as well as day to day life in Haiti. .
I wanted
to give a special thank you to Holy Trinity in Clemson, SC. Holy Trinity is
Clemson’s local Episcopal Church where I have been a member of Canterbury, the
University Campus Ministry, for three years. Through this campus ministry I
have enjoyed a shared interest in faith and community. The support of Holy
Trinity has helped lead me to the calling of mission and enabled me to be in
Haiti.
I'm
looking forward to a great and meaningful year in Haiti and I hope you enjoy
sharing it with me.
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