Mother’s Day 2020
“Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.” Barbara Kingsolver Village Partners International invites you, this Mother’s Day, to honor or remember someone who was a blessing in raising you by making a gift in support of care for struggling mothers and families in the midst of great poverty. As the Pandemic of […]
Report: Haiti Mission Trip 2020
Mombin Crochu, Haiti — January 17-23, 2020 Report from VPI’s recent trip to Mombin Crochu “So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.” Matthew 7:12 It was evident on this trip that the work being done in Mombin Crochu, both […]
Marie’s Story
Carrying her precious 11-month old son, William, in her arms, Marie walked four hours to reach the hospital. He was thin and so weak he could barely lift his head. Baby William’s hair was orange, a tell-tale sign that the boy was suffering from severe malnutrition. Marie did not know this as she walked each […]
Year One Report on Nutrition Program
Nutrition Program Off to a Strong Start Last week a small team from VPI traveled to Haiti to document the progress of the VPI and Mombin Crochu Hospital Nutrition Program, as well as to assess future needs of the program and areas for improvement. Jennifer Reynolds, a public health researcher and Certified Health Education Specialist, […]
Nutrition Program Brings Health and Hope
VPI Nutrition Program Brings Health and Hope to Undernourished Children Starting a new program serving some of the most remote and difficult to reach communities in rural Haiti isn’t easy. It requires cooperation and communication between the Haitian health care workers, nurses and physicians. It involves the complex logistics of traveling and bringing necessary medications […]
Christmas in Africa…Love
Christmas in Africa, a dream begun by Bill Wallof and PCPC, has grown into a program that reaches across boundaries to connect people of different worlds in a unique and beautiful way. By sharing the gift of love, people in a small remote village understand that someone, somewhere, cares about them. By sharing the gift […]
Christmas in Africa
“Whoever brings blessing will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.” Proverbs 11:25 The magic of Christmas time will soon be upon us. It is seen in the outward signs of expectation, reflected in the brightly lit ornaments and trees, the colors of the season, the light that seems to enter into […]
VPI Launches a Nutrition Program in Rural Haiti
For nearly twenty five years, Village Partners International has been working to improve the lives of villagers in a rural mountain village in Haiti. The goal has always been to create programs that are sustainable and directed by Haitian professionals and community leaders. With support from VPI, Mombin Hospital has become a hub for providing […]
Fish, Loaves, and Pennies
For close to a decade, pennies have been blessed and turn into thousands of dollars that roughly provide 5000 bowls of porridge for young malnourished patients at the Cooley Pediatric Clinic in the small village of Papoli, Uganda.
Thank You to Larry and Claudette Lansrud
The Mombin Crochu Clinic has been sponsored and supported across June 2018 by the generosity of our friends Larry and Claudette Lansrud of Tampa, Florida, in honor of Larry’s mother, Lila Lansrud. We thank them and thank God for their compassionate support of God’s children in need through VPI.