Tony and Myrtha have worked with Star of Hope Haiti for more than 20 years. They have asked to write a blog for you. Enjoy their life experiances in Haiti.
july 20,2010- 
Schools in Haiti used to close for summer brake in June but this year the government require to keep school open till July because of the earthquake that affected schools so bad that they staid closed for about months. However most schools supported by star of hope in haiti are organizing final exams for the kids. Some of them are already in vacations but waiting to have report card soon to know if they succeed the school year to be an upper class or failed to repeat the class. Children from Jeanton school have recreating summer program in school: singing, dancing, video game, cinemas, beach journey, all kinds of programs to keep children happy and have good summer time to help them kill fear and traumatisms that the earthquake left behind. funs program they have today was planting plants and trees around the school to make school looks better next school year. The trees they have planted today in front of preschool new building are in honor of the donors who had given money topay for the construction in the profit of the small kids in Jeanton. They are very proud of the building that is very nice painted and attractive.
July 13, 2010- 
Star of hope , jeanton school staff and parents meet for the first in the new preschool building to plan on the next school year that is scheduled to open in September to June. All parents were present to debate how to work together to transform school to model school. It was a very interesting moment for the parents to be part of such important issues of how to improve children education in all star of hope schools. It was also a unique occasion for them to see and appreciate the new preschool construction. For the majority of parents the new building inspires confidence that children will receive better education. Because not only the new building will allow to decongestion the primary class-rooms but also it is nice looking to welcome preschool children next coming school year. The class-rooms are spacious, painted, decorated very attractive with better class-rooms furniture , what will certainly offer better working teaching environment . The parents as well the school staff profited of that occasion to thank all sponsors in Sweden and US who have given money to build the preschool in Jeanton that makes them proud of the school and the community.
July 1rst 2010-
Star of hope Haiti is distributing special gifts money envelops to children with parents in all star of hope school in Haiti. many hundreds kids from 10 differents schools received this week an envelop with money that their sponsors sent as a specal gift directly the kids or family for personnal use. some kids and parents said their money will be usefull to buy food, medicine, to buy clothes and shoes or to make small busisness or to buy animals to raise to make more money. Children are more than happy because tey are receiving the money in good time when it is summer break . Children said it is not pleasant to be broke in summer vacations. for most of them the money will be spent in candy, new clothes. new shoe, in football, in games, etc... children send greetings and thanks to their sponsor for the special gift money that is more than welcome for the kids to have a better summer time.
June30th- 2010
Myrtha and I have been to carrefour orphanage today to distribute clothes that the two last Kansas star teams left for us to give to children in star of hope project. We have decided to give them to kids of Children Home orphanage. They were happy to have new clothes to wear for the summer vacations. we have set up all clothes on two big tables in order by size and by type so children can choose and pick up what they like most. Every one has right to choose only two pieces. Some kids have choosen t-shirt, pants, dress, others get bedsheet. They looked very happy and are very thanksfull to all of you for your precious donation.
tony
June 27,2010 Jantean new preschool construction is progressing to completion. The preschool class- rooms, the toilet, the kitchen and the fence are from one week to be completed. Children, staff and community are proud of the new construction . children like the patio in fromt the preschool class as a seating area to sociolize in breaktime. even the patio is till under construction they start using it while the mason is working to finish it next week. Tony
june 14 2010-
StarTeam arrived this morning at the beach house near to jeanton , it is where they are going to stay for 4 days. everyday they will drive 15 mn to jeanton to work and comeback home in the evening. Tthis evening they have been to jeanton church where they were invited to take part to a welcome church service. all the kids and school staff were present to meet them and welcome them, they sung, pray god to protect them and thank them for coming. Ttomorrow will be their day of work : men will the new kitchen roof on, girls will start painting the elementary school bulding.
june 12,2010- 
The team arrived in Haiti safe, all suitcases are found quickly. people and all suitcases fit in three cars. They have their first meal at 8.00 PM ,just after diner Denis and I give a presentation of Haiti, star of hope work and Jeanton project. They like so much the presentation that we had to answer lots of questions of team members . We talked also about schedule and work plan for next week in Jeanton where they will have spycho-social session with the kids and help with the construction like to paint, make school furnitures and put new roof in new preschool building.
Tomorrow we will leave here to Jeanton for 5 days work. The local leaders invite the team members at 3 pm to welcome them in a church service in Jeanton where the team will meet for the first time the kids and parents to introduce each another to be ready to work together next week. They have already enjoyed the first day they are in haiti and will enjoy better the nextcoming working days in Jeanton with the kids and population who are looking forward to meet them. Every one of the team look verry happy for coming in mission trip in Haiti,
tony
june 11, 2010
preschool anex jeanton school construction that star of hope is financing is progessing with geant steps to be completed soon. Children and parents are waiting to welcome star mission volonteers team coming from Kansas tomorrow to help the local team to put the roof on and paint the buildings and make tables and chaises for the class-rooms. May God bless Stars kansas team for coming in Haiti to make a difference in Jeanton Tony
June 10-2010:
Yesterday Denis and I have been to Hesse, we were invited to the general annual meeting of the local organization. They celebrated same time the 15th anniversary of the group. More than 2 hundreds men and women participle to the meeting and they are all members of that group named “Organization Independante pour Avancement Grande Colline” it has been founded in June 1995 in Hesse that Star has long tradition development cooperation for more than 10 years: Star of Hope is supporting education for 350 kids and agriculture and livestock for parents in Hesse. To go to that meeting we left Port-Au-Prince at 6 Am and arrived at 9Am. We drove 60 Km paved road for one and half hour and 15km rocky road for another 1 and half hour. After they welcome us as Star of Hope Employee they started the meeting and reported to the members the accomplishment, the income and expenses of the last years. Many people spoke about the development problem that the organization need to focus this year. They mentioned agriculture, road, water and children education to improve better for the next coming years. They profited the occasion to thank all donors who give money to reconstruct Hesse school and church buildings that was collapsed by the earthquake of January 12, 3010. Every body was happy to hear about school and church reconstruction soon, every one want to talk to express gratitude and to say thank you to star of hope and donors. The meeting lasted more than 6 hours and every body wanted to talk to say something about problems in hesse and solution to solve them. We have seen more women than men in the meeting. It was a very fructuous group debate about development work to improve condition of live of the population. At 1 o’clock pm we have served good food and drinks and immediately after we left the meeting and come back to Port-au-Prince with tone of problems to help them to solve in the next five coming years on education, road, water, road , agriculture health, micro-credit loan to make business in Hesse. Any one is invited to be part of it to make a difference in Hesse. Tony
June 4th 2010- 
Star of hope staff visit Jenton school construction to evaluate the quality and quantity work already done since the construction has begun 2 weeks ago. Construction of new toilette, new preschool building of 3 class-rooms, new kitchen and new fence are 50% done. By the time kansas team come to put the roof on, the local group will go forward to get building done to the phase for kansas team to complete the roof and to paint the building. many jobs have been created about 27 people are working as masson, carpenter, workers, helper to complete the building in three weeks. jeanton construction work is financed by star of hope for a total $20,000.00 to improve jeanton school infrastructure in the benefit of 230 children education. The buildings will be made of concrete slab floor, reinforced cement bloc wall and wooden and tin roof. On behalf of the kids we thank all sponsors who give money to improve jeanton school buildings.
June 3 2010
star team from kansas accomplished tremendeous work in Hesse school, Carrefour orphanage and in Dano to work with kids and parents that are traumatized by the earthquake that killed more than 250,000 people in Haiti, one the most humanitarian action that they have done is to walk from Hesse to Dano through many mountains in very bad weather to deliver a donkey to Wilguens a boy that lost recently his mother during the quake. he needs this donkey badly to help him carry goods from and to market place, to carry water from the springs to the house, to carry crops in harvest time from the farms. donkey is a very helpfull animal in countryside in haiti. When parents can not afford to buy a donkey they use children to do the donkey job. So Wilguens was very happy to receive the donkey gift from star of hope sponsors to help him in daily tasks. Your help through star of hope can make great difference where people are in great need. A Bientot! Tony
May 30, 2010
The Kansas mission team has completed a great week work with kids and parents from Hesse that is one of the 11 localities in Haitistar of hope has development cooperation work. they stayed 4 days in Hesse (Sunday to Wednesday) where they shared gospel with the population and helped 350 children and school staff to speak out their fear, their emotion, their problem that the earthquake left behind. They helped them broken their dramatization through funds time program of singing, playing, game, making basket and bracelet and bible story. In spite of bad weather they had courage to work under rain fall t every day with the kids in Hesse school. Tuesday is the only day there were no session because it had been raining badly all day long but they had decided instead to walk 2 km from Hesse to Dano to deliver a donkey to a boy named Wilguens who has his mother died in PAP by the earthquake. The time the most exciting for Kansas missionaries was to help making mother gift kit full of sugar, rice, soap, tooth paste, pasta, spaghetti, cooking oil and strainer. On Mother’s day they walked in door to door the community to deliver the kit gifts to the mothers. Strong relationship has been built between the population and the missionaries, it was a rich experience for both group to meet together to have cross culture experience. They come back to PAP on Wednesday night and continue their mission next day to Carrefour orphanage where they passed full day with 130 kids living in that orphanage. They worked with them and had good time together singing, playing and fructuous friendship conversation together. The last day to leave Haiti, they had just time to go Jeanton to deliver 80 kits gifts to mothers for Mother’s day and had short time to buy some souvenir before to go the airport to flight back to US. We thank all the 10 missionaries for coming to Haiti to help: children, parents and staff are very thankful for good and fructuous work they have done in the benefit of kids and parentsin Haiti. May God bless you all! Tony
May 22, 2010
Kansas mission team arrived safe at PAP airport. they are in haiti to have psyco-social session work with traumatized children who attend star of hope school in Hesse. They get home this evening at 5:30 PM . Their first meal was haitian food: rice and bean, goat meat and vegetable. they love it. some of them looked very tired and go to sleep early some still have lot of energy after long trip from Kansas to Haiti to sung and play gospel music. One string of the guitar is broken that slow down the music. tomorrow everybody will weakup early to have breakfast at 6;30 to be able to leave at 7:00 AM to Hesse where they are going to meet the kids in the mountains. it is about 3 and half hours of drive. They are very exited to be there and work with the kids. A Bientot
Tony
May 14, 2010-
May 19 2010 - I have been to les Palmes today to visit 1300 kids that star of hope support education program for them since 1998. All the way long the road from Petit Goave( the nearest town), it was sad to observe damage of the earthquake leaft behind: many houses of poor people collapsed forced them to live in the tents, land slide destroyed farm fields that people depend on . In Les Palmes project where star of hope support school, the church is down as well the preschool building that are located just at the entance of the compound. The church that was built in 1950 was a nice beautifull building that was made of local material of wooden truss roof and write stone. The church that is collapsed is big lost for the community because it used to welcome in sunday mass more than 500 people to worship God. Today a big tent is built on the ruine for temporary class to welcome preachool kids , first and second graders who looked very happy to attend school in a big tent made of wood pole and plastic top cover.
I have a special request to address to you all who use to read my bogs about the voodoo priest Yves who has been repented to accept God during the last visit of Kansas mission team in Boyer.. He would like to get married as soon as possible but he can not afford wedding expenses according to the Haitian tradition . As I will be the best man of his wedding he mandates me to request for him from anybody of good will to help him getting the following needs for him and his wife:
1- Mr. Styves needs
- Wedding suite, pants (30w, 30L)
- White Small shirt long leave
- Red Tie
- Black shoe # 38 (may be equivalent #8) and socks
2- Madame Styves needs
- Long white dress bellow knee
- Black shoe # 39
- Wedding lady hat (white)
3- Reception fees :$1200
- CAKE :-------- $ 150
- DRINK: ----------350
- FOOD:-----------500
- MISC :-----------200
4- Radio to listen to Christian music
He would like to marry in Boyer Christian church to invite all his friends and patients that he used to care in his voodoo temple to prove them that he totally rejects Satan to accept Jesus for the rest of his life. He hope and will pray for all friends to fallow him. His dream is to have Pastor Tracy to celebrate his wedding with pastor Leconte who are the ones who talked to him about Jesus and Baptized him and family last March when the last Kansas mission team was in Haiti.
Anyone who would like to help Mr. Yves to get married , contact Star of Hope office in Kansas via emails barry.borror@starofhope.org or call at: 620 564 3355.
May 13, 2010
the 340 children attend Hesse school today are very happy to be aware of new school reconstruction that Star of hope is helping the community to build in their best interest in the future. A long term agreement is signed today between Star of Hope and Hesse school comittee to help them improving development work and running the new school as a model school. Children and school staff were witness when the agreement is signed, so happy they applauded after the signature of both parties. A Bientot! Tony
May 10 2010 - we are in a preparation process to receive a mission team work coming from Kansas and that will be lead by Star of hope Kansas, the organizer. we are now mobilizing resources and put activities plan in place to repair Jeanton elementary school roof that need serious repair roof framing and to build 2 class-rooms and an office room in the school yard and the same time rebuild the school latrine and kitchen that are in bad shape. it will cost about $20.000 US for the construction activities only. any donation and participation of all kind is welcome to support the mission team trip and the work that they are going to accomplish in jeanton in the benefit of 220 children to have a better model school. A bientot! Tony
May 5, 2010.- we had a long meeting with Hesse local team yersterday to see how and where to relocate the church to make more room to rebuild hesse school in a bigger land. school and the church has been founded together more than 50 years and was built in a very small piece of land. both was collasped by the earthquake, so hesse leaders have finaly axcepted to move the church from the school land. the church will be relocated about 200 m far from the school on another piece land that star of hope will help them to purchase. so hesse will beneficiate from start of hope a new model school compound soon to welcome 350 hids to attend school from preschool to 6th grade level. thank you to all those who help us to help haitian people victims of the earthquake. A bientot! tony
May 3, 2010 - The whole staff have been to Dominican republic last weekend for relaxing brake time. It was fun and enjoyable to be together outside of the office for while. we are all comback yearsterday to get back to work. Today Denis and I are going to hesse to start the process of rebuilding school and church buildings thar are collapsed by the earthquake. star will help them to buy a new land to rebuild a new school compound to be model school and build to be earthquake proof. Tonight I will update this information after i will be back from hesse. A bientot!
tony
April 27, 2010 - 12 temporary classrooms made of lumber 2 x 4 and tins are completed in Rigaud's school. Children , school staff, parents are happy to see this job done in few days. School is opened since March but functioning outside the school building in open air; under trees; less than 50% of kids show up because they are afraid to attend school in heavy building and also were uncomfortable to attend school outside,they were bothered by either the sunshine or rain and wind. Since yesterday the classrooms are completed to welcome children and teachers, more than 80% come back to school because they feel safer now because of the light look structure. This project is financed by Star of Hope for $8,000 US in Rigaud donated by Star of hope donors. Build temporary class-rooms is part of back to school program to encourage children return to school. More class-room are under construction in other schools supported by Star of hope that were callopsed or damaged by the earthquake while we are searching more funds to rebuild all damaged and colapsed schools in haiti. Star of hope haiti, on behalf of the children in the projects, thank you all donors for making this project possible. A Bientot! Tony and Myrtha
April 24 2010 - government of haiti said loundly in the news that two tankers of gas arrived in the port of PAP this ending week, but until today 95% of gas stations are close, for the fews that are open and sell gas, they line is so long that it takes day to reach the pump to get gas. Denis and I are always lucky when we go out looking for gas, we always find a gap near to the gas pumps where we can back up or drive forward in front of line to get gas quikly without broken the line. That happen in two occasions this week, the first time we were way back in the line and a police man, for not blocking the intersection of the road where we were stopping in the long line, order us to leave the line and direct us to move forward to the pump and back up the car to the pump to make gas. The second time is today, we were driving all over PAP to find a pump that is selling gas after long time hunting for gas we finally found a pump that is just about to open and line is just started to form . When we arrived to that gas station we were in second position in the line and by the time to full the car the line increase so fast that we could not see the end of the line. We were so happy to be able to have gas so easy that we were laughing, screaming of joy and talking only about it all way long to go back home . For us it was a great victory! Continue reading my blog, much more to share with you. A bientot! Tony
April 22 2010 - star of hope is very helpfull to University, schools, refugies camps, orphanage and hospital who received those tents and medical supplies from us those days in the benefit of the victims of the quake. Today we provided 5 big tentes to the universite Notre Dame for class-rooms in the profit of students who used to attend school out side in open air. we provided also medical suplies, mattress, bed equipments, stretches to the hospital Heartline Ministries, who taking care of emputees and injured patients victim of the horrible earthquake of January 12 2010. Star of hope operation of humanitarian supplies to the victims will continue, tomorrow we will provide tents and more medical supplies the hospital of Mirebalais. we are very thankfull to all donors who help us to help victim of the quake who need help in haiti. A bientot! Tony
April 20th 2010 - Last night rain fall for 6 hours non-stop on Plaine-du-Cul-de-Sac where I live. There is risk of flooding in that region ( airport PAP area) this week if rain continue falling down. This morning when I walked up I found 6 inches water all over my yard. April 19th 2010 - Government of haiti anounced this morning that gas thanker has arrived in Port-au-Prince port last night and fuel will be available in all gas stations from tomorrow morning . It is a big uff because every one was tired about gas shortage. continue reading me, lot more to share with you. A bientot! Tony
April 19 2010 - Fuel problem persist is Haiti, gas stations empty of fuel since last week and the problem will continue till the next tanker arrives on 26 of april. Denis and I are going to Rigaud school this Morning to take new pictures of kids for sponsorship program and we have gas in the car just bearly enough to go and back. On our way we will looking for street gas vendor to buy one or two galons that is a black market because the cost of a galon of gas is double on the street. projects visits activities in the office could be suspended temporary this week because of fuel problem. Keep reading me, I have much more to share with you. A bientot! Tony
April 18 2010 - Denis and I have been to Marigot yersterday to distribute goats and chickens that Star of Hope donors have given money to buy for the kids. It is our fourth trips in four differents villages to give those kifts to the kids in presence of their parents. we have distributed in total 99 goats in Dano, hesse, Boyer, jeanton, rigaud and Marigot. Children are very happy and are very thankfull to the donors. In Marigot we were all surprised to see a child brought a turkey instead 2 chicken that he should buy with the money. When we ask him why he preferes turkey he said it is because that every year in spring time chicken get deases and many died but never happen to turkey. He is really a smart boy. Also in marigot, our car key get lock in the car. we were anxious and panicked no way to open doors aftter severals tries. 30 minutes after a young guy came with a iron tick and said let me try to open the door. we have tried and failed for 30 minutes but he succeed in less than 2 minutes. it is amazing to wath him and we were so happy that we gave him 500 gdes as reward.
April 14th 2010 - Tony asked me to update you on yesterday. He is on the road to Boyer to check on the pay it forward goat project. Yesterday was interesting. There is little fuel in the country so travel and the generator useage has to be closely monitored. He went to the warehouse where we have all the donated supplies that came from Sweden to distribute some of the items to partner organizations that need them. Grace Village where the Haiti Love and Faith girl's home is located it home to 20,000+ refugees. He was pleased to send materials for those refugees. The other partner was told that the items were quite large and bring a big truck. They showed up with a small truck that could only load a small sample of the items. Another day will be spent when they can send a big truck. This is typical of each day for Tony. (Barry Borror Executive Director, Star of Hope USA)
April 13th 2010 - Barry and I, we went to a meeting in Petion-Ville, in the way back w
