Share & Connect Newsletter Spring 2026

HUGE Step Foward for Bondeau—

Community Council Formed !

HELP Foundation Returns to Bondeau for Leadership Training

A team of 3 professionals, coordinated by Dr. Jean HELP Foundation director, returned to Bondeau March 22-29 following their January Community Assessment. The Team facilitated two Community Meetings to explain the new leadership structure to elect their own leaders and then ratify the first Bondeau Council (see photos above. Not pictured are Jacques Ricot Thomas, Marie Michel Edouard, and Ricot Jeannot).

The Team then led 4 days of intensive Leadership Training for the newly ratified 9 Bondeau Council members along with 11 other potential future community leaders. Some of the topics taught were:

  • Accountability
  • ­What does a Council do?
  • ­What are the roles?
  • ­Being unified as Council & community
  • ­What is a leader?
  • Honesty – truth
  • Accountability / responsibility
  • ­Budgeting
  • ­Planning – being realistic
  • ­How to plan a project

Bondeau Leaders creatively developed a Summer Camp in 2024 to offer

constructive opportunities for children & teens during summer break.

In 2024 and 2025, Summer Camp was more than successful...

it was transformational for the kids and the community.

See pictures from last year below.

More kids than ever need Summer Camp in 2026!

We need YOUR help...

Help Bondeau Serve 150 Children/Teens!

  • 30 days  End of July thru August
  • 2 Meals a day for many school lunch is their only meal
  • Supervised Activities for Fun & Learning Skills:

Crafts, Music, Culinary Classes, Learning Games, Art, and Sports!


$200 supports one child for all 30 days

that's only about $6.50 a day!

 

WILL YOU PLEASE HELP THESE CHILDREN?

Funds are needed ASAP to purchase supplies!

 

Great Advances for Healthcare in Bondeau!

WELCOME our new

School & Community Nurse

Magda Saintil !


Nurse Magda brings 4 years of experience and impressive credentials as she improves healthcare in Bondeau through consistency, health education, and her compassion. She got to know the community working as part of the Mobile Clinic team coming to Bondeau. Now as our Nurse, she is working closely with the Mobile Clinics and she is already making such a difference!

Thank you for serving the people of Bondeau, Magda!

AND also WELCOME our new

Medical Director, Dr. Garry Thomas!


Dr. Thomas has been a faithful partner for the last year as the Director of Christian Community Clinic which brings monthly Mobile Clinics to Bondeau. His expertise and commitment to offer Bondeau a higher quality healthcare has advanced SFHP efforts significantly enabling consistency and providing coordinated care.


We are thrilled to formalize his additional role with Bondeau as he brings:

  • Supervision & support for Nurse Magda
  • Purchases medications as needed for Bondeau pharmacy
  • Coordinates the Mobile Clinics with Christian Community Clinic
  • Telehealth with Nurse Magda as needed
  • Emergency & Follow-Up visits for special needs


SFHP is very grateful for these two amazing healthcare professionals totally committed to quality healthcare for the people of Bondeau.

Another huge step forward for

consistent, sustainable healthcare for Bondeau!

182 people received medical care and medications in March through at the Community Christian Clinic Mobile Clinic in Bondeau. During April, Nurse Magda and/or Dr Thomas saw 147 patients. SFHP funds the Nurse Magda and Dr Thomas as well as medications needed for Bondeau.

DESKS NEEDED for NEW PRIMARY SCHOOL

It's gorgeous! What an amazing gift to Bondeau... 4 completely NEW buildings for Primary Grades 1- 8 including a new Administration Building for the campus, a Computer Lab, and ALL of it funded in full by Food For The Poor donors!

Now all it needs are student desks and teacher desks!

Can you help equip these beautiful new classrooms?

POTABLE WATER COMES TO BONDEAU!

An amazing, long-awaited accomplishment!

Finally after 17 years, a sustainable source of potable water is now available to the people of Bondeau! Thank you Food For The Poor for enabling this to happen through your funding and contractor, Healing Waters!


This high-tech kiosk purifies the existing non-potable well water by Reverse Osmosis. Three Bondeau community members have been trained to maintain, monitor, and operate the system. The purified water will be sold at an affordable rate to the community of Bondeau and beyond making the system self-sustaining plus provide a small amount of income to the community while creating 3 jobs for community members.

THANK YOU Food the Poor and Healing Waters!

How Can We Connect?

South Florida Haiti Project

561-271-2645

info@southfloridahaitiproject.org

www.southfloridahaitiproject.org


Connect with us

Youtube