News & Events
End of July 2019- Foundation
By the end of July 2019, the foundation was almost complete. Block for the walls should start in August. Our team worked hard on filling the foundation with gravel and sand.
June 9- Manifestations
Today people got to the airport early and quickly with no issue. We spent the day in the guest house working on projects, on the edge of the city. By the end of the day, reports were bad of looting in the streets in Downtown. June 10th continued the same. [...]
June 8- Cite Soleil
Today was the first volunteer trip to visit the Cite Soleil program! This morning the streets were quiet and safe so we were able to travel safely. We had an amazing time with the kids with English class, singing, dancing, and snack. After we were able to walk to where [...]
June 7- Haiti Update
June 7, 2017 did not go as expected in any way! That's how it is in Haiti, at times. There were many issues in the streets, transportation problems, and huge traffic. We were warned by a friend at Marassa that demonstrations were coming on Sunday June 9th. Some how we [...]
June 6, 2019 Update
Volunteer team trip June 6, led by Dr. Gifford and Alesia, Marco, and Kelly are joined us! On the trip many things happened: The Engineer team from UMass Lowell will join us to water test the land. The team will decide a final location for the septic together. They will [...]
June 4- Foundation Digging Going Strong!
Corey arrived today in Haiti and was able to see the amazing work our team had been doing on the Lizon compound. The foundation was getting dug and we were able to map out clearly the building and the projects. We were glad to be together and had many meetings [...]
May 2019 Update
Preparation is underway for the director funded family guest house foundation to start mid month. Gama Fredrick, Architect, is designing our compound Probono! Thank you! Check it out- The store is having the shelves put in and bathroom finished by the end of the month.
Lizon Project Updates (Feb-April 2019)
The front wall and a building with space for a 1 room Haitian Store went up very quickly! Thank you team! The team has decided to call our little store Universal Boutique. A portion of all proceeds from the store will go to RAW Haiti Youth Programs. Sustainability is our [...]
RAW Haiti Youth Center Compound- Jan 2019
January Exciting news: Directors Woodeman and Corey bought a beautiful piece of land in Bon Repos, PAP Haiti. It is about .25 acres, has beautiful trees.They are donating space for RAW Haiti to build a youth center for the programs in Haiti. With our own stable location in PAP, we [...]
January 2017 Donation Requests
Shipping 7 extra large boxes and 2 barrels full of Donated Supplies: $700 Construction Needs $500 for new wooden staircase at the orphanage that is extremely unsafe. $1000 for a new roof built for the stage at the soccer field that allows our kids to play there for free Funds [...]
RAW Haiti Benefit: A Taste of Haiti
Sample a taste of Haitian food, enjoy beer and dessert, and take part in traditional Haitian music and dancing! All is included with a $25 ticket. Rum punch will be $3 each or purchase a $20 VIP pass for an open bar! There will also be a silent auction and [...]