How are we Serving:  Healthcare, Education  and Homes
Fondation pour les Enfants d'Haiti (FEH) was founded in the teachings of the Christian church.  Jesus is our guide and God is our Master.  All who seek to better the lives of children in Haiti are invited to foster the work of FEH either directly or through support organizations in the United States (United States Foundation for the Children of Haiti) or in Canada (Canadian Foundation for the Children of Haiti).  Over the past 32 years FEH has grown from one small orphanage to an organization that operates two orphanages, a home for children with disabilities, three schools and a 50 bed general hospital under the leadership of Gladys Thomas.

​FEH and USFCH believe teaching should focus on leadership and ambition. Our approach is to teach students to strive for more and to think and work in terms of goals. Life-time success is built on setting goals, determining a path to reach the desired end, and working to accomplishment. We believe in an education that will inspire real social and economic change across the country. We want to develop a new generation of hard-working, determined, and inspired young people who will challenge Haitian society to invest in a better future for its youth. This is our vision for each child and for the future of Haiti.

In addition to the impact FEH and USFCH have on the lives of the children living in our homes and those attending our schools, as well as the over 10,000 Haitians who are treated each year at Hope Hospital, there is another way that FEH and USCH make a powerful difference in Haiti. FEH provides over 150 people with consistent, full-time employment. Some employees are highly skilled professionals while others are working at entry-level jobs. No matter the skill level, the jobs provide stability for those who work for us and for their families. They in turn are able to participate in the economy of their community. This employment is a very significant way that FEH is a positive force in Haiti. Your donations enable the Foundation to create and sustain these jobs. Thank you!

Our Story

1981 Caribbean View Home for Children became  the responsibility of a group of volunteers affiliated with Young Life, a  Christian
youth organization; and Gladys Thomas accepted the job of managing the orphanage. 

1982  Haiti Home for Children became the new name for  Caribbean View Home for Children.

1983  School of the Good Sower was opened on the grounds of Haiti Home for Children to provide elementary education for the children at the orphanage as well as  children from the neighborhood.

1986  Rainbow of Love Nursery was established to care for the increasing number of babies under the age of two who were being brought to FEH for care and some who were found abandoned at the General  Hospital. 
 
1989 Fondation Pour Les Enfants d’Haiti  (FEH) became the name of the organization in Haiti, that was running the orphanage, nursery, and school.

1989 United States Foundation for the Children of Haiti (USFCH) became the name of the entity within which volunteers in the United States of American serve in  their effort to support FEH.
 
1993 Hope Institute for Handicapped Children opened to receive twenty-four children  found abandoned at the Port-au-Prince General Hospital.

1994 Hope Hospital, a pediatric hospital in Port-au-Prince, opened its doors for outpatient care.

1995 Hope Hospital became fully operational for inpatient as well as outpatient  treatment of children. 

1998 Hope Hospital expanded its mission to include  prenatal and maternity care.

2003 Children's Village of  Hope, a campus-style setting, opened its first building and became the new  site for Rainbow of Love Nursery and Hope Institute for Handicapped  Children.

2004 Circle of Older Ones of the Foundation  for the Children of Haiti (Cercle des Anciens de la Fondation Pour les Enfants d'Haiti was organized  as an alumni organization by young people who grew up at Haiti Home for  Children.

2005 Adult Outpatient Clinic was opened at Hope Hospital.

2010 Catastrophic earthquake strikes Haiti.  Fondation Pour Les Enfants d'Haiti is spared devastation by the earthquake that destroys much of Port-au-Prince.  Thousands of patients are  treated at Hope Hospital.  Supplies, donations, and medical volunteers are sent  because it is known that the Foundation has a long track record of using  resources wisely and that it is already operational providing service to the Haitian people.

2015 - Hopital Espoir opens a pediatric unit.

2016 - Children's Village of Hope is transformed to to the New Academy of Excellence, "Nouvelle Academie D'Excellence".  The name reflects the Foundation’s commitment to modeling high standards – in its programs, facilities and out-comes – to demonstrate to Haitian children and the broader community that poverty in Haiti is not inevitable, and Haitians can aspire to the same standards expected and en-joyed in developed countries

New Trade and Technical School in Mussotte - Christian Institute for Technical Training (C-Tech).  FEH and its partners located the Institute in a rural area in order to counter the trend of young people moving into the overcrowded city of Port au Prince. (The movement of people to large urban centers that lack space and services gives rise to significant social problems.)
C-Tech will begin by offering a few programs in trades where there is immediate demand for the technical skills. This will allow grads to find employment or establish their own businesses when they graduate.