Ferrier Village

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Ferrier Village is not an orphanage in the traditional sense. We build homes to cater to children who are vulnerable to restavèk child labor or sex trafficking.

Our Vision

Ferrier Village is a place for at risk children to be rescued from a life of trafficking, restored to health, and renewed to become the next generation of Haitian leaders. Ferrier Village encompasses the construction of children’s homes, which provide an environment where children are housed, clothed, fed, educated, emotionally restored, and spiritually discipled, with the intention to train and equip them as future leaders. The goal is to provide holistic, residential care for every child so that each one will become a responsible and productive citizen of Haiti leading to the restoration of their communities.

Each Ferrier family has 4 children. In one house, there are 2 bedrooms, one for the mother and one for the children, (boys and girls living in separate homes). Homes are built by community laborers.

The Reality

As the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 80% of the 9.8 million living under the poverty line, Haiti struggles with taking care of its most vulnerable population. In 2008, there was an estimated 440,000 true orphans (those without both parents) in the country of Haiti. After the devastating earthquake of 2010, estimates exceeded 500,000. Today, it is difficult to determine the true number of orphans in Haiti. Outside of the true orphan crisis, there are also many other factors that contribute to at risk children in Haiti. Parents may not be able to take care of their children because of social, cultural, economic, and/or related health issues. The number of abandoned children in Haiti exceeds one million. For sake of clarification, the word orphan in this document refers to a child who has been
abandoned either by death or by parent’s choice. These at risk children are vulnerable to sex trafficking and child labor both in Haiti and across the border in the Dominican Republic.

There is a significant range of at risk children in Haiti. The two that are targeted for placement in Ferrier Village are those children vulnerable to serving as domestic servants in other Haitian households, an arrangement commonly known as restavèk (literally, “living with”), and children trafficked for sex and labor, the cross-border movement of Haitian children to work in the Dominican Republic. Since Ferrier is a border city, it is a prime location to rescue children in these vulnerable situations.

 

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The Philosophy

“Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James 1:27

Discover. We will come alongside the local leaders who are already fervently working to rescue, restore, and renew orphans in the Ferrier community. We will build key strategic partnerships and serve them as they fulfill their roles as the Ferrier Village adult community, i.e. house mothers, workers in the village, educators, pastors or members of the Father’s Heart ministry.

Assist. Through our monthly sponsorship program, we will restore hope by providing the financial resources for basic life necessities such as proper food, clean water, medical care, clothing and education through college.

Connect. We will connect the local leader with key strategic partners who can help accomplish the project vision and bring health and hope to the vulnerable children we are reaching. We will connect the Ferrier Village adults with regular mission teams who will bring specialized training to the Village, i.e. medical, clinical, spiritual, physical, etc.

Sustain. Once a child enters our  program, we will walk with him or her through life – just as a family walks through life with their own children.Our passion is to create a sustainable, holistic environment that offers emotional support, health care, economic development & spiritual guidance. We believe all four of these areas are vital for community gospel transformation.

Church/Gospel. Our hope is to utilize the local church as a resource for the recruitment of house mothers, volunteers and workers. We want to partner with them and help empower them to bring spiritual and physical health to their local communities.

Sponsorships

$200 covers a child’s basic need for food, shelter, education, and medicine each month as well as contributes to the child’s college fund. The sponsorship also helps to fund the village operation (job training center, church expenses, medical clinic operations, etc.) In order to make child sponsorships more accessible to families, we split the costs four ways. Four families can contribute to one orphans’ monthly needs for just $50/month. In addition, the families will have the opportunity to provide gifts, letters, and encouragement to the children throughout the year.

$400 covers a house mother’s basic need for food, shelter, salary, and medicine each month. The sponsorship also helps to fund the village operation (job training center, church expenses, medical clinic operations, etc.) In order to make house mother sponsorships more accessible to families, we split the costs four ways. Four families can contribute to one house mother’s monthly needs for just $100/month. In addition, the families supporting each house mother will offer encouragement, letters, and gifts throughout the year.

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