144 Hamilton Street

Teaneck, NJ, 07666

201-913-1331

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Since 2008 we've completed many projects.

Begun by partnership With Trois Mares, Haiti

2008 From humble beginnings in Trois Mares...

2008 From humble beginnings in Trois Mares...

2010 New Light & Peace Church/School

2010 New Light & Peace Church/School

Built through partnership of Grace Lutheran Church and friends in Teaneck, NJ, with the Light and Peace Mission in Trois Mares, Haiti.

2011 Community Cistern for clean water

2011 Community Cistern for clean water

running off the new church roof and filtered for each user.

2011 Parsonage/Welcome Center

2011 Parsonage/Welcome Center

where visitors from “down the mountain” and our travel team stay when we visit.

2013 First Packathon sends school lunches

2013 First Packathon sends school lunches

2016 First Ever Graduation!

2016 First Ever Graduation!

2016 First Alphas receive Certificates for Literacy

2016 First Alphas receive Certificates for Literacy

2017 Microloans help borrowers start businesses

2017 Microloans help borrowers start businesses

2018 School for Grades 1-4

2018 School for Grades 1-4

Grade 2 in their own classroom

Grade 2 in their own classroom

2019 Nancy Hulbrock Building completes school

2019 Nancy Hulbrock Building completes school

completed 2019

2008 From humble beginnings in Trois Mares...

2010 New Light & Peace Church/School

2011 Parsonage/Welcome Center

2013 First Packathon sends school lunches

2016 First Ever Graduation!

2016 First Alphas receive Certificates for Literacy

2017 Microloans help borrowers start businesses

2018 School for Grades 1-4

Grade 2 in their own classroom

2019 Nancy Hulbrock Building completes school

a second partnership helps build the Chapottin school and community.

Finished 2019!

Chapottin needed to use their old church building

Chapottin needed to use their old church building

to become a school. It has grown over many stages as the student population has grown.

Since 2013, Chapottin's students

Since 2013, Chapottin's students

have received school lunches assembled by Teaneck Packathon for Haiti.

Chapottin School opened 2014

Chapottin School opened 2014

with funding from our first Teaneck Packathon in 2013. This was a great improvement with the former open church sanctuary divided into three rooms.

2016 Community Cistern

2016 Community Cistern

Gutters and downspouts direct rain from the church roof to store in this 22,680 gallon water tank made of cinder blocks.

Benches with desks

Benches with desks

Our travel team loves working with our Haitian counterparts to make whatever’s needed!

Girls rooms and Boys rooms

Girls rooms and Boys rooms

Imagine school without them! But no more!

Seed potatos

to replace a crop lost to hurricanes.

Finished 2019!

Chapottin needed to use their old church building

Since 2013, Chapottin's students

Chapottin School opened 2014

2016 Community Cistern

Our third partnership is between St. Louis d’Ayiti and Massachusetts

2013 Pr. Aleus (center) began asking for a school

2013 Pr. Aleus (center) began asking for a school

so we began looking for someone to partner with St. Louis d’Ayiti

Our travel team first visited SLA in 2018

Our travel team first visited SLA in 2018

after Christ Church of Hamilton and Wenham, MA, began supporting teacher salaries there.

2019 Partnership begins

2019 Partnership begins

with Christ Church of Hamilton and Wenham, Massachusetts, sponsoring teacher salaries.

2018 This "tour guide" showed us her village

2018 This "tour guide" showed us her village

It was our first visit and chance to meet with local leaders and students.

Travel team builds desks with local carpenter

Travel team builds desks with local carpenter

First North Shore Packathon for Haiti

First North Shore Packathon for Haiti

packed 50,000 meals and raised additional money for land purchase.

Students now enjoy school lunches

Students now enjoy school lunches

with teachers dedicated to their education, but they also need to get out of the open church building and into separate classrooms for each grade.

Land was bought for a school 2019

Land was bought for a school 2019

Our travel team first visited SLA in 2018

Travel team builds desks with local carpenter

First North Shore Packathon for Haiti

Students now enjoy school lunches

Land was bought for a school 2019