A day at the pool

On Tuesday we sent a group of our “special” students from our Special Needs School here in Kenscoff to the pool in our rehab center in Tabarre. What was extra special was that the group not only included, our own children but also students from the community and their mothers.

You can imagine how special it was for them!

At a recent parent teacher meeting, these parents brought tears to our eyes when they shared their stories with us. Stories of humiliation, misunderstandings, as time and time again they were encouraged to abandon their children with disabilities.

Stories of fear and trauma when they were forced to run from their homes to escape the gangs.

Stories of sadness and despair.

Stories of love and resilience.

Stories of courage and faith.

Testimonies of hope and joy once they found NPH Haiti.

Testimonies of attitudes changing since their children started coming to our school.

When I took that group picture and as I watched them get into our bus, I took a big deep breath, gave thanks to God and said to myself, “Even if Haiti is being destroyed all around us, we are fighting the good fight”.

Thank you for helping us “fight the good fight”.