Category: Haiti

Haitian homeowner expresses thanks for new home funded by a song of gratitude

Haitian homeowner expresses thanks for new home funded by a song of gratitude

Haitian homeowner expresses thanks for new home funded by a song of gratitude by granddaughter of our founders In the fall of 2021, Sophie Davina — granddaughter of Fuller Center for Housing founders Linda and Millard Fuller — contacted The Fuller Center with an idea. She was releasing a new song just before Thanksgiving — […]

Setting the standard for effective leadership in Pignon, Haiti

Setting the standard for effective leadership in Pignon, Haiti

Setting the standard for effective leadership in Pignon, Haiti PIGNON, Haiti — When Geral Joseph first approached The Fuller Center for Housing in the mid-2010s about forming a covenant partner in Pignon, Haiti, he almost seemed too quiet and too matter-of-fact about bringing the Fuller Center model to his community after years of working with […]

After losing wife and mother to cholera, carpenter embraces hand-up and builds a better life in Haiti

After losing wife and mother to cholera, carpenter embraces hand-up and builds a better life in Haiti

After losing wife and mother to cholera, carpenter embraces hand-up to better life in Haiti PIGNON, Haiti — In areas where The Fuller Center for Housing’s Global Builders program sends volunteers to work, it does not replace local employment opportunities in those communities. In fact, these trips create work for drivers, hotel staffs, restaurants and […]

Grandmother sees prayers answered after years of living in a mud shack in Haiti

Grandmother sees prayers answered after years of living in a mud shack in Haiti

Haitian grandmother sees prayers answered after years of living in a mud shack PIGNON, Haiti — When we first met Madianie last year, she fought through tears as she told us about the struggles of trying to protect her family from the elements and health problems while living in a mud shack. She shared the […]

Families devastated by Haiti earthquake to get new start with Fuller Center homes in Pignon

Families devastated by Haiti earthquake to get new start with Fuller Center homes in Pignon

Photo: Leno and Lunia lost their 8-year-old son when their home in Les Anglais was destroyed in the August 14, 2021, 7.2-magnitude earthquake. They are moving to Leno’s hometown of Pignon, where they are partnering to have a simple, decent and safe Fuller Center home to raise their 6-year-old daughter Luna. This is their temporary […]

President David Snell: Haitian families need your hand-up in partnership for successful long-term recovery

President David Snell: Haitian families need your hand-up in partnership for successful long-term recovery

(Photo of earthquake damage in southwest Haiti provided by Geral Joseph, director of The Fuller Center for Housing of Pignon, Haiti) President David Snell: Haitian families need your hand-up in partnership for successful long-term recovery Donate to the Disaster Recovery Fund Haiti once again has been brought to its knees by a natural disaster, a […]

Three Haitian families thankful Michael Oliphant turned 2020 obstacles into opportunities

Three Haitian families thankful Michael Oliphant turned 2020 obstacles into opportunities

(Photo: Michael Oliphant during a 2017 Fuller Center Global Builders trip to Pignon, Haiti.) Three Haitian families thankful Michael Oliphant turned 2020 obstacles into opportunities Michael Oliphant of Hayesville, N.C., spent a week this past January with a team of Fuller Center Global Builders volunteers in El Salvador laying the groundwork for a new 34-home […]

Methodist church from West Lawn, Pennsylvania, renews spiritual energy working in Haiti

Methodist church from West Lawn, Pennsylvania, renews spiritual energy working in Haiti

The Rev. Jeff Raffauf has had many international experiences with members of his congregation on mission trips to several different countries, but building Fuller Center homes in Pigñon, Haiti, has taken these spiritual journeys to an even higher level. Five teams from the church have worked with The Fuller Center for Housing in Haiti over […]