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CHPF's international efforts began in 2002, when we went to Leon, Nicaragua the 2nd poorest country in the Western hemisphere where CHPF built a village for 156 homeless.
In 2003, CHPF built a village for 200 homeless in Cite Soleil, outside Port au Prince, Haiti, the poorest country in the Western hemisphere. This was CHPF's first project in Haiti.
In February of 2004, CHPF finished a small village for 115 poor & homeless in Choloma, Honduras.
In December 2004, CHPF completed "Village De La Foi (Village of Hope) for over 1000 homeless in Blue Hills, Cap Haitien, Haiti.
In 2005 CHPF built two large villages, one in the Aceh Besar district of Indonesia, an area ravaged by the tsunami and the other in Gonaives, Haiti, a city that was destroyed by hurricanes.
Later in 2005 CHPF built a tunnel for safe passage for school children in Brazil. The reason the children needed safe passage in unthinkable and not appropriate for reprinting.
In 2006 CHPF completed Ange Village (Village of Angels), our first large scale, wholly self-sufficient village combining shelter and care for orphaned children (a "family home" orphanage), education of all village and neighboring children (a school), shelter for villagers (dwelling units), clean water (water wells, pumps & storage tanks), renewable food source (an animal husbandry), a building for fellowship and worship (a community center) and a central location for medical aid to be distributed (a clinic).
In 2007 we completed construction of our Los Cacaos village impacting over 700 lives (see CHPF page for full village description).
In 2007 we completed a new 1,900 sq. ft., school in the El Japon community of Choloma, Honduras. The new school now accommodates over 300 children who would have had to cease their education after the 6th grade.
See the CHPF page where there are donation options for your consideration.
Also in 2007, CHPF completed "Children's Village," a project to protect the street children of Uganda, Africa. The project included constructing 20 rooms in 2 buildings to house and care for 100+ street children in one of the poorest countries in Africa.
In 2008 CHPF completed on our self-sufficient village in Testasse, Haiti.
Testasse (along with most of Haiti) has an infant mortality rate of 22% (22% of the children won't see their 5th birthday), highest death rate from AIDS in the Western Hemisphere (life expectancy of 47 years), a per person/per day income of less than $1 and an 80% unemployment rate.
Besides the obvious reasons for choosing Testasse to benefit from the self-sustaining village, due to its proximity to the sea, we felt that the new village would prosper if its core activity and commerce were centered around a fishing cooperative.
Our Caring House Project Foundation is not in the charity business, we (and you as a potential donor) are in the self-sufficiency business.
When we were able to identify where a small sprinkling of free enterprise might provide for ongoing, life-sustaining capital, we immediately went to work to provide the following opportunity in Testasse in late 2008:
1) A fishing cooperative building so that the new villagers will have a place to receive, clean, process, display, store and sell their fish.
The fishing cooperative is the primary mode of commerce that now supports the village. With the many new fiberglass boats and motors CHPF provided, the fisherman are able to venture into deeper waters, bring back larger fish then be able to use the building to prepare, freeze and keep the fish fresh via generators. With this new found ability to conduct commerce, the village will have a steady stream of income. The fishing cooperative is comprised of a 1,200+/- sq. ft. concrete building to include a grinder room, prep room, freezer room, two storage rooms, an office for the co-op, six 15-foot fiberglass boats with 15hp motors (including fuel), 2 freezers and 1 generator.
2) A 4,800 sq. ft., 10-room School w/ 2 administrative offices, furnishings, school supplies, 4 latrines and 1 water well to serve 500 K-8th graders.
3) A 1,000 sq. ft., Health Clinic and Pharmacy/Dispensary, including water well to treat the many ill children and adults of the village.
4) 61 Concrete Homes, each accommodating up to 8 family members. Each home has two bedrooms, living area, front porch and latrine for bathing and toilet facilities.
5) A 1,100 sq. ft., Community Center for communal meals, fellowship, worship and sharing the good word of God.
Then, in 2009 we completed a project in Gonaives. I know this is getting long, but please read about what we accomplished in 2009:
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In 2009 we also finished our 2nd self-sufficient project in Gonaives, Haiti by providing; i) 35 double homes, ii) a schoolhouse with nine classrooms, office for admin and teachers, iii) a community center, iv) 3 sets of fruit trees to each house, v) 35 goats, vi) 24 milking cows, vii) vegetable and fruit trees (1,000 mango, 1,000 avocado trees, and 1,000 breadfruit trees).
Also in 2009, in Kalsegra, West Ghana, Africa, we built a school known as "The School of Two Trees" for 300 K-8th graders. We also provided a clinic, sustainable farming and necessary equipment.
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What did the Caring House Project Foundation accomplish in 2010?
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Below please find highlights of Caring House Project Foundation's completed 2010 Program of Work. Few words, great impact.
1) Built a new village in Chameau, Haiti (50 houses, 50 latrines, 50 goats, 100 fruit trees and 1 mule).
2) Built a new village in Mannuel, Haiti (50 houses, 50 latrines, 50 goats, 100 fruit trees and 1 mule).
3) Built a new village in Mahotiere/Rampa, Haiti (50 houses, 50 latrines, 50 goats, 100 fruit trees and 1 mule).
4) Finished our three villages in Terre Rouge, Fond Rouge Torbek and Paroty, Haiti.
5) Given the continuing economic challenges domestically, focused efforts here in the United States.
6) Executed three smaller and one larger fundraising event.
As of the beginning of 2011 the Caring House Project Foundation provided shelter to approximately 7,000 homeless men, women and children from around the world! And we couldn't have done it without your help.
You should know that we use almost all local labor and materials to construct these villages, therefore helping fragile local economies.
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Recall the Gospel of Luke: "Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more demanded of the person entrusted with more."
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Since its inception in 1998, here in the United States, CHPF has honored hundreds of donation requests from individuals, causes and organizations such as Kids in Distress, Operation Rescue The Children, Child In Need, Food For The Poor, Christians Reaching Out to Society, The Cooperative Feeding Program, affordable housing initiatives, hurricane recovery and the hundreds of other miscellaneous requests that come in.
We enjoy a certain level of flexibility that allows us to immediately act upon worthy, verifiable requests, many right here in America.
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