Sponsorship Portal The Haiti Collectiveis a gospel-driven network
focused on empowering Haitian churches and communities through relief,
development, and reform initiatives based on mutual partnership in
kingdom advance.With our partner organization (the Society of
Christians in Haiti – SCH), we care for more than 1500 orphans and
vulnerable children. The fourteen churches that make up the SCH have
taken these children under their care but struggle to meet even their
most basic needs. They receive no assistance for their care from the
government. Our child sponsorship program was launched in January 2015
with 375 children in five communities. We are working with local
pastors and leaders to bring the children under the care of the other
nine SCH churches into the program. What Sponsorship Means Every child
we sponsor is cared for by a local Haitian church. This means each
child is not only given practical love and care, but they are also
taught a biblical world view by leaders who live under the Lordship of
Jesus Christ. In addition to ministering to the needs of one specific
child, your sponsorship will also minister to a community of children
and the church that cares for them. We have structured our sponsorship
program to avoid creating “have’s” and “have-not’s” among
the children. A portion of your support benefits the child
individually and a portion benefits the group of children cared for by
the church. The child you sponsor will receive a uniform for school,
books and school supplies, access to medical care, nutritious meals,
and shelter. A portion of your sponsorship will be used to pay for
teachers and educational resources to provide education for your
sponsored child as well as the larger group of children. Orphans and
Vulnerable Children The children in Haiti are often grouped into
categories such as “double orphan”, “single orphan”, “legal
orphan”, or “functional orphan”. We have chosen to use the
categories of “orphan” and “vulnerable child” to describe the
status of children under our care in order to avoid confusion. Orphans
are children who have no parents at all or have been completely
abandoned by their parents. Vulnerable children may have one or both
parents still alive, but their parents are not able to provide the
care they need. Multiple Sponsorships The needs of orphaned children
are greater than vulnerable children, and as such, the churches carry
a greater burden in caring for them. Multiple sponsorships for
orphaned children are needed to fully provide their caretakers with
the resources necessary for these children. Therefore, we make it
possible for orphans to have up to four sponsors, while vulnerable
children can have up to two sponsors. This approach equips and
empowers Haitian churches to more effectively care for orphans in
their community.
