Rebecca's Education and Empowerment Journey
Rebecca is a prime example of the power of Education and Empowerment in transforming lives. Rebecca was separated from her family at the...
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Overture International
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Nathaline & Guerry - From Poverty to Promise
ESPWA is a center for families like Nathaline and Guerry’s who have moved from crippling poverty to hopeful progress since engaging with...
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Overture International
- Jan 15
- 1 min
Meet Djeunica
We’d like to share just one family’s journey of transformation that was only possible with your support. The Dorescar family lives in one...
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Overture International
- Dec 22, 2022
- 2 min
Yvenante's Gift of Independence
Yvenante is a 55-year-old mother of three daughters and grandmother to eight children ranging from 11 months to 10 years of age. Prior to...
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Overture International
- Oct 27, 2022
- 2 min
Meet Fighter
Fighter is a 10-year-old boy who lives with his aunt, six other adults and three children intheir home in Guilleme, a community not far...
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Overture International
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
Widline's Hope
Education means life - a life of hope for the child, a life together for the family and life with promise for the community. The story of...
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Overture International
- Aug 13, 2022
- 1 min
Meet Lorencia
Like many families in Haiti, the Timeau family faced an agonizing choice after losing their income in the aftermath of the 7.2 magnitude...
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Overture International
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
Meet Marlene & Joseph
Marlene and her husband Joseph are on their way toward social and economic independence. They are parents to four children and live in...
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Overture International
- Jul 1, 2022
- 1 min
Meet Love
Love Yodne, age 20, will graduate from our Young Adult Empowerment Program (YAEP) in July. He was born into a family of seven in the...
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Overture International
- Jul 1, 2022
- 1 min
Meet Stevens
Stevens is 22 years old and is a student in our Philo program at our ESPWA school. Philo is a university prep class and is a requirement...
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Overture International
- Jun 1, 2022
- 1 min
Meet Denord
Denord is a farmer in Les Cayes, who has been farming since he left school in the fourth grade. Read his story, in his own words, of how...
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Overture International
- May 15, 2022
- 1 min
Meet Sanon and Moye
Scripture tells us that we reap what we sow. For our friends in southern Haiti, this is a literal truth. Their labors in plowing, sowing...
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Overture International
- Mar 1, 2022
- 1 min
Meet Junie
Junie, a single, impoverished mother of three from Kodio, Torbeck, refuses to accept things as they are. Instead, she’s hoping that one...
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Overture International
- Dec 14, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Patricio
In November of 2021, Patricio was abandoned outside a Center known for caring for those with special needs. The Center could not take him...
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Overture International
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Meet Fabiola & Rickens
At the young age of 5, Rickens was placed in an orphanage by his mother who did so in hopes of providing him with a brighter future. His...
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Overture International
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Lolia & Bernard
Lolia and her husband live in extreme poverty and have struggled for years to make ends meet for their two children, Bertholet and Lonia....
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Overture International
- Jul 15, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Anel, Davidson & Jacques
All too often, children raised in orphanages have little motivation to learn self-sufficiency as they enter adulthood, resulting in full...
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Overture International
- Mar 15, 2021
- 1 min
Meet Maxon
Maxon and his wife, Carline, yearned to give their five children a thriving future. But their extreme poverty made it impossible to...
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Empowering a New Generation of Leaders
Leadership means different things to different people. We have business leaders, political leaders, and even cultural leaders (often...
The Journey to Resilience
If you’re following Overture International’s work, you’ve likely noticed that lately we’ve been focused on the importance and role of...
Building Haiti Stronger
Many of you have participated in our quarterly Stronger Series virtual information sessions over the past year or so. The feedback we’ve...
A Better Way!
This month, we continue our four-part educational series focused on the importance of human development and social support in Haiti. This...
From Survival to Self-sufficiency
August 14th, 2021 is a day that will not soon be forgotten. Just one year ago a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the southern region of...
Foreign Aid: Harmful or Helpful?
In April, we launched the first session of our four-part educational series focused on the importance of human development and social...
Food Security Is Possible!
While challenges and crises are nothing new for Haiti, the ongoing and heightened political instability and gang violence is crippling...
Why “Stay Out of Haiti”?
This month, we launch the first session of our four-part educational series focused on the importance of human development and social...
A Glance Back, A Look Ahead
2021 is one for the books! As we cross the halfway point of the first quarter of 2022, we take one last look back on the amazing progress...
Recovery Isn’t Just About Buildings:
Overcoming Trauma in Haiti February marks six months since the devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that injured thousands and destroyed...
The Journey to Haiti Stronger Continues!
At Overture International, we often experience a sense of tension between celebrating the amazing progress we’ve seen our friends in...
Housing: The Foundation for Building Haiti Stronger
Even before the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti in August 2021, most Haitian families were living in deplorable conditions due to...
Nutrition: Feeding the Future of Southern Haiti
As Americans, the vast majority of us are blessed to have a strong, reliable food supply and the means to afford serving nutritious meals...
Healthcare is Mission Critical to Building Haiti Stronger!
Did you know that: Haiti is THE poorest country in the Western Hemisphere? Six million Haitians live on less than $2 per day? Only 4.4%...
Disaster Leads to Opportunity
Overture International is turning calamity into creative opportunities for learning new skills for our friends in southern Haiti.
