On this Small Business Saturday, support TWO small businesses/nonprofits! You'll be supporting Piton Partnership and a small business based in Haiti @Papillon Marketplace by purchasing unique ornaments at a great price point! 🌐https://5jfg1y-n2.myshopify.com/🌐

For Black Friday, get a cool new Christmas shirt that says Merry Christmas the Haitian way! https://www.bonfire.com/jwaye-nw232l-shirt-1/

Happy Thanksgiving, y'all. 🦃

We're so grateful to you for the attention and support you give. We can't do our work without you! Sometimes what feels like the futility of it all weighs heavily. Which is why I say this phrase so often: You're putting good into the world when it seems impossible to do. You really are making a difference in the lives of real people who will never be able to do anything for you. That counts for something! So thank you for choosing to put good in the world through us. Sending gratitude from the mountains of Haiti and the fields of Ohio. Happy Thanksgiving! 💙🇭🇹

From Samuel: Agroecology gardens are an initiative that we can set up to help students strengthen their capacity in the field of agriculture. Many times in books they do experimental science and in the environment they can learn many good things. Medicinal plants, trees are available for students to learn. ~~~ Jaden agwo ekoloji se yon inisyativ nou kapab mete sou pye pou ede elèv yo ranfòse Kapasite nan domèn agrikilti .Anpil fwa nan liv yap fè syans eksperimantal epi nan anviwònman yo kapab aprann anpil bon bagay. Plant medisinal yo ,pye bwa yo disponib pou aprantisaj elèv yo.

Piton Community School teachers gathering in the afternoon for a bible session. Change starts close in. 💙🙏

Heartfelt gratitude to the beautiful and incomparable Mathilde, wife of @samuelpamzou. Mathilde works tirelessly for the good of Piton Community School. We love you and wish God's blessings on you! / Rekonesans sensè pou bèl e enkonparab Mathilde, madanm @samuelpamzou. Mathilde travay san pran souf pou byen Piton Community School. Nou renmen ou! Bondye beni ou anpil. ♥

Congratulations to our friend @suzan_hicks for winning the auction for a Christmas wreath handmade in Haiti by Papillon Marketplace! It's a beautiful & unique piece! I hope you love it!

Handmade Christmas wreath, 22-inch, up for auction until Nov. 23rd! This is quintessential Haitian art! 🌐https://www.pitonpartnership.org/haitian-made-christmas-wreath-auction

Online auction for a beautiful Haitian-made Christmas wreath starts tomorrow at 9am Eastern! Register today: https://givebutter.com/c/vhCe4A/auction #auction

Kids don't learn or grow when they're hungry. Our lunch program ensures a daily hot meal and keeps those smiles bright! #Haiti

We’re updating our name and website! If the usual site address doesn’t automatically redirect you, go to www.pitonpartnership.org 🌐 🇭🇹

Bon Dimanche

Visited the Premiere Eglise Evangelique Haitienne de Springfield, OH this past Sunday. Thank you for the warm welcome and uplifting worship!

Community. Brotherhood. Sharing what you have. There's so much wrong with Haiti...but there's so much right. #Haiti

It’s Friday. A hurricane is hitting. If you’re out of harm’s way, won’t you make this guy’s year and sponsor him? He’s a refugee from Port-au-Prince seeking safety in Piton with his family. $240/school year -or- $20/month or whatever installments to reach the total. Look at those bright eyes. 🇭🇹💙

🌐https://www.aidtoinfrastructure.com/2024-fall-newsletter

Médecin du Monde occasionally visits Piton to discuss the violence in Haiti. #pitonhaiti

Happening now/ speaking to @michael.snarr.1 's Global Issues class at @wilmingtoncollege

Rabbits are a great way for the new families who came to Piton from Port-au-Prince to generate income and provide themselves with food. #pitonhaiti #haiti

We can't overstate how important agricultural training is for the students and their families. The gardens maintained by the school & the women's group are being used to feed all the new families that are coming to Piton from Port-au-Prince. Food insecurity is a problem all over Haiti but it's less of a problem in Piton because of the generous spirit of the community. #PitonHaiti 💙🥬🫑🧅🇭🇹

Happy September • Bon Septamn • #pitonhaiti #haiti

Piton crew using stone to control the rate of erosion #PitonHaiti #Haiti 🪨🪨🪨

Let's take care of the earth so that it can provide all kinds of food made with natural fertilizers while we build a natural pharmacy with medicinal plants to heal people. From @Samuel Pamzou #PitonHaiti #aidtoinfrastructure

“Thank you for our support. God bless you” ❤️🇭🇹💙

You can create your own agricultural enterprise to help you find food to consume and to add money that can help with other needs of the family. Remember inside a food store you will find a natural pharmacy with medicinal plants in the garden. God created the earth so that people can work to find all kinds of food to feed them. Let's tame the earth well so that it can yield. (copied from Samuel Pamzou). #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure #PitonHaiti

Hey Samuel Pamzou, @leandro.jeanlouis & Luke Weber remember that time we were all together in Piton? Good times. Bon fwa. 💙🇭🇹

https://bit.ly/4cDwtWd Semi weekly updates that are not always about money!! (But sometimes are; nature of the beast.) It’s short, sweet and provides links if you want more! You may learn a little Creole, too. Join me won’t you?

The 2024-25 academic year will start soon at the Piton Community School! Sponsor a student and make a real difference! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

We have faith that God will protect our villages and hope for better days for the entire country. 🙏🇭🇹✝️ —— Nou gen lafwa ke Bondye pral pwoteje ti bouk nou yo ak espwa pou jou pi bon pou tout peyi a.

Piton is an agrarian community and Samuel includes agricultural education in the Piton Community School’s curriculum. Some of the older students have their own gardens but everyone reaps the benefits. 🫑🫑🫑🇭🇹

August's calendar cover. Work on the road to Piton has been going on for years. Now the road is all the way up to the village. Woohoo!

Thanks to your generosity, we’re able to repair damage from Hurricane Beryl. Here the roof to the school is being repaired.

What's summer camp without a little friendly competition? ⚽️🇭🇹

The latest news from Piton 🇭🇹 💙 https://conta.cc/3zwVWlb https://conta.cc/3zwYik1

Kenson wishes everyone a great weekend from Haiti!

Update: Mostly good news! Everyone is ok. Several families slept in school buildings and the ATI house last night for safety. We sustained some roof damage and one latrine is completely roofless! The community is ok and the school is right back to summer camp and soccer. Thank you, Heaven. 🙏 Prayers for Jamaica and everyone already affected and those who will be affected by this monster of a storm.

Happening now: Piton is seeing the effects of Beryl. 🙏🏼

Update: Haiti's southern peninsula is under a tropical storm warning, with the worst being overnight and early tomorrow. Hopefully it will stay that way! There are some families coming to spend the night in the school and the ATI building to be safe. 🙏🇭🇹 Prayers for all the islands. #beryl

Happy July! This month's calendar cover showcases the hard work put in by kids and adults alike in this agrarian community. They're rightfully proud! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Hey y'all keep Piton in your prayers this week. Hurricane #Beryl is heading their way. This graphic shows Haiti's outline with a heart where Piton mountain is located. Beryl is another historic storm that has rapidly intensified in 24 hours from 60 mph winds to a Cat 4. At this point it's expected to affect our region Tuesday. #Haiti

Photos from Piton’s Flag Day celebration on May 18. 🇭🇹

To quote a friend's statement today: so much heartache for such a tiny island. 💔 We’ve received 3 disturbing reports from 3 different areas of the country today. Pray for God’s light to overcome evil intent. Pray for Haiti and please pray for our mountain and the villages that are banding together for safety. Lord, in your mercy. 🙏 #prayforhaiti

Yesterday was Flag Day in Haiti, which celebrates the first time the flag was raised to indicate freedom from French rule. Read this post for more information on the flag! 🇭🇭🇭 🌐https://www.aidtoinfrastructure.com/haitian-flag #haitianheritagemonth #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti

Happy Haitian Flag day! ❤🇭💙 Pictures from this year's celebration coming soon! #Haiti #haitianheritagemonth #aidtoinfrastructure Blog about the holiday w/ photos from last year: https://www.aidtoinfrastructure.com/18-may-2023-flag-day-celebration

Our school has grown with the influx of families fleeing violence in the larger cities. As a result (in addition to normal wear & tear), we are in need of more small furniture for the littlest of our students. Consider helping us out; see the graphic for options or go to aidtoinfrastructure.com/donate. Thank you! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure 🪑🪑🪑

The students work in the school garden often and they're proud of the results! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Busy day at school in Piton aidtoinfrastructure #haiti 💙🇭🇹❤️

Count me in for some home grown yams! Grown in the Piton Community School gardens. Yum! 😋🍠🌱🇭🇹#aidtoinfrastructure #haiti

Our programs are more important now than ever. Sponsor a Piton Community School student today and make a real difference in their lives! #haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

This week, representatives from Médecins du Monde ("doctors of the world") traveled up to Piton to work with the parents of families who are victims of the violence in Haiti. They’ve fled with their families and now live in Piton. #PrayForHaiti ❤💙❤🇭🇹

Happy April! 🌷🪻Here's this month's calendar cover showcasing our nurses Legina Noël and Nadine Milord at work in our school clinic. 💙🇭🇹❤ #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Happy April! 🌷🌼 Here’s this month’s calendar cover showcasing our nurses Legina Noël and Nadine Milord at work in our school clinic. 💙🇭🇹❤️#aidtoinfrastructure #haiti

Happy Easter! ✝️ Guess what? The tomb is STILL empty! Thank you for being here. 💙

The Piton community grows various types of peppers to mix in with the rice/beans and chicken lunches served at the school. Their crops are also shared in the community. #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti

With everything that's wrong in Haiti, there's still a lot that's right! Help the Piton Community School as they incorporate more children into their school who are fleeing violence in the larger cities with their families. Our goal is currently 90 and we're 20% there! Won't you help? #aidtoinfrastructure #haiti aidtoinfrastructure.com

Love Facebook's Memories feature to remind me of where we've been and how far we've come! #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti ❤🇭🇹💙 https://www.aidtoinfrastructure.com/time-travel-2017

Today is ATI's anniversary! I'm so proud of the great work we've done and the progress we've made in Piton with so much going against us. We are small but mighty! Grateful to all of you who have supported us with financial and spiritual support. Looking forward to the next 10! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure 💙🇭🇹❤️

This month marks the 10th anniversary of Aid to Infrastructure; tomorrow to be exact. A decade ago, Tom and I traveled up an impossibly beautiful, quite steep, and inhospitably rugged-to-vehicles mountain to visit Samuel Pamzou's village. He wanted us to visit because his village needed healthcare. When we arrived on foot, we found the village-center community school with it's roof in the floor. That moment is when Tom and I silently committed to create Aid to Infrastructure and build a life together. Today, we're watching our adopted country burn. Literally. I don't need to post a news story here because you will see plenty in your news feeds. It's been important to me these past 14 years of being involved in Haiti to focus on what's right in the country and the good we can do; because it's all too easy to find reports of what's wrong. Our friends on the mountain are relatively safe due to their remote location. But it's foolish to pretend they aren't affected. Today I feel a dissonance between my desire to promote our new sponsorship program and the other good things happening in Piton and my distress at what's happening in the broader country. We have ATI family in the U.S. and Haiti. Those of us in the U.S. feel helpless; and it's hard for me to imagine what it's like being in country. Please keep Haiti in your prayers for mercy and anything that resembles peace. If a solution exists, it won't be a simple one -- and can only be achieved with the help of our Lord Abba. Please prayerfully remember the plight of the ordinary, law-abiding people of Haiti who are caught in an untenable, violent situation. #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure #PrayForHaiti

Happy Sunday! 🇭🇹💙 Piton Community School student drawing #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Help kids like Kenson attend and thrive in school. Join our student sponsorship program for only💲2️⃣0️⃣ per month! | 🌐 https://www.aidtoinfrastructure.com/sponsorship or scan the QR code ➡️➡️

We are so excited about this new program! Won't you join us? | 🌐aidtoinfrastructure.com

So good to worship with old friends at the newly formed Christ Methodist Church Brookhaven Mississippi! 💟✝️

Bòn fèt, Samuel Pamzou! Happy birthday to the guy who pushes us forward every single day. Who understands the power of photos and who always has the biggest smile of the group. Here's to many more years of your energy, brave leadership, and sense of humor. ♥️🇭🇹#aidtoinfrastructure #haiti

Help us keep our most important program going through the new year! Year end donations prioritize our lunch and vitamin program! #Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Piton village gathered on Christmas day to celebrate Christmas together at the school. 🎄❤️💙

We're so grateful for our donors! Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti #merryxmas

#Haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

Love receiving these pictures each year from our students in Piton!

Final mail out of the year leaves today! We 💙 our supporters! If you would like to purchase a beautiful, full color, inspiring 2024 ATI calendar, DM us! #aidtoinfrastructure #haiti

It's Cyber Monday! How about using today to get a great deal on your donation! Dollar-for-dollar match up to $1,000 for the next 24 hours! This money will benefit our lunch program - the most important program we have. ❤️💙🇭🇹 #aidtoinfrastructure #cybermonday #haiti

If you've ever wondered where the shirts you donate end up, sometimes they end up in Haiti. Most people there wearing donated clothes with English phrases don't know what is written on their chests. I enjoy seeing what's written on our kids' shirts; it often brings a smile to my face. I'm 100% here for the way this message is driven home by a girl surrounded by her schoolmates, looking at the camera with a matter-of-fact expression. <3 Wishing you peace throughout this holiday season! #aidtoinfrastructure #haiti

Help us keep the lunch program going through the 2023-24 school year! Our enrollment is larger than ever this year.

School is in full swing at the Piton Community School! Help us help some of the students to meet the cost of attendance. Swipe to see how. #haiti #aidtoinfrastructure ❤️🇭🇹💙

Piton Community School is back in session! Help us help them get the supplies they need. Visit https://bit.ly/45ZKBWn or scan the QR code above. #aidtoinfrastructure #haiti

Enjoying speaking to a couple Wilmington College classes (thanks, Michael Snarr!) about life as a small nonprofit in Haiti. #aidtoinfrastructure #haiti

For more #haitianheritagemonth, visit our blog at https://bit.ly/3WlgXa4. #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti

For more #haitianheritagemonth, visit https://bit.ly/3WlgXa4. #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti

For more #haitianheritagemonth, visit https://bit.ly/3WlgXa4. #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti

As you reach for that Monday coffee, did you know about Haitian coffee? For more #haitianheritagemonth, visit https://bit.ly/3WlgXa4. #haiti #aidtoinfrastructure

A few photos from Piton's #haitianflagday celebration. More at https://bit.ly/3WlgXa4. #Haiti #haitianheritagemonth #aidtoinfrastructure

Happy Haitian Flag day! For more info on the flag, visit the ATI Blog at https://bit.ly/3M7IJC9 #haiti #haiticherie #aidtoinfrastructure

#haitianheritagemonth #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti Visit our blog for more: bit.ly/3WlgXa4

Visit aidtoinfrastructure.com/2023-spring-newsletter or scan the code above. #aidtoinfrastructure

ATI’s March calendar cover: latrine construction on school grounds (hey it’s not all adorable kids and pretty scenery!) 🇭🇹

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Grateful for the good work of our teachers! #aidtoinfrastructure

I missed posting about Haitian Independence day which is celebrated on Jan. 1st. Below are pictures from the celebration in Piton. #aidtoinfrastructure #Haiti