“More than a blessing — It’s life-changing”

A new school year is well under way in Haiti, and Lutheran Church Charities and its donors are supporting 70 children through the Haiti Tuition & Food Support Fund, which covers schooling, supplies, and nutritious meals.

For these children, school is not just a place of learning, but it’s a lifeline, said Lophane Laurent, field director for Mission: Haiti.

Haiti is the poorest country in the Westen Hemisphere, and children there face unimaginable challenges — hunger, gang violence, life on the streets. Many live in homes without electricity, clean water, or secure shelter. Only 57% of children are enrolled in primary school and less than 30% make it sixth grade.

“When you support a child’s education in Haiti, it’s more than just a blessing — it’s life-changing,” Laurent said. “The parents and children are deeply grateful for your generosity to get to go to school again this year.”

This week, Laurent sent fresh photos of the students in the scholarship program that LCC supports. With wide smiles and joyful faces, students held their new backpacks high in the air. In other images, they showed their grammar textbooks in their classroom while wearing their school uniforms.

Since 2012, LCC has stood alongside the children of Haiti, offering not just education, but hope, dignity, and a future.

In Haiti, education is not free — not in public schools or private schools. Every classroom seat comes at a cost that most families cannot afford. Yet, without education, these children face a life marked by poverty, danger, and despair.

Christian schools provide a lifeline. Through they too must charge tuition to cover basic needs, they offer a more affordable, faith-filled alternative that opens doors to learning, safety, and the love of Christ.

“I was almost crying to hear from the students because I know what it means going to school in Haiti,” Laurent shared. “There are a lot of kids who are in gangs now because their parents can’t afford to send them to school. They stay on the streets, and the gangs hire them. So I want to thank all the members of LCC and the donors for their support.”

 LCC’s Haiti Tuition & Food Support Fund is seeking to raise $41,000 this year to provide tuition to attend Lutheran schools, nutritious daily meals, medical supplies, school materials, and Christmas food packages for the students and their families.

“These children are facing extreme poverty, gang threats, physical hunger, and spiritual darkness,” LCC President and CEO Rev. Chris Singer said. “Your gift will bring not just education, but hope in Christ.”

Your help can go a long way:

• $45 per month sends a child to school
• $60 provides a Christmas food package that can feed a family for 3-5 days
• $70 equips a student with medical supplies and school materials
• $225 covers a whole semester of tuition

 
“To be honest with you, if LCC stopped its support, all of those 70 students would be on the streets and invited to work for the gangs,” Laurent said. “But with LCC, our kids are at school and busy doing their homework. On Sunday, they go to church.”

Haiti Tuition & Food Support campaign, is an extension of LCC’s foundational mission to bring HOPE TO THE HURTING and sharing the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus to those in need.

This campaign will unfold in phases from through Spring 2026, and your support will be felt every step of the way. Through stories, updates, and photos, you’ll see how your generosity is changing lives—one child at a time.

Be a light. Give hope. Support the future of the children in Haiti. Join us in extending the mercy, compassion, presence, and proclamation of Jesus Christ to these precious children. Their tomorrow depends on what we choose to do today.

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