Thank you to Episcopal Relief & Development

Locally Haiti and our friends and leaders in Petit Trou are deeply grateful for the support and partnership of Episcopal Relief & Development. This collaboration has allowed us to strengthen two core pillars of our work: education and healthcare. Both are essential to the long-term stability and development of the communities we serve in Petit Trou and both have prospered over the past two years with Episcopal Relief & Development support.

Creating Pathways to Higher Education

Thanks to Episcopal Relief & Development funding, Locally Haiti has established a scholarship program for 15 students at BTI, the Episcopal University in Les Cayes. This scholarship provides options for 2 and 4 year degrees, and focuses on holistic development and the long-term success of recipients. Episcopal Relief & Development’s support has reduced barriers to education in Petit Trou, investing in a scholarship program that engages local leaders and schools while encouraging shared responsibility between families, BTI, and Locally Haiti. Families remain actively involved and parents commit to covering remaining needs where possible.

Through the scholarship program, Locally Haiti:

  • Directly pays school fees for participating students

  • Provides monthly financial support to help cover transportation and food costs

  • Purchases books and learning materials as needed

  • Offers a special fund to help students begin the school year prepared

  • Creates opportunities for extracurricular activities chosen by the students. This year our focus (which was chosen by the students) is on English courses and social events to create cohesion among the group. English courses are taught in-person by Pierrette Décime, and virtually by Teresa Henry, long-time Locally Haiti supporter and advocate. The blended approach expands students’ exposure to language learning to help them become more globally connected.

To close the year, Locally Haiti hosted a Christmas celebration, where students received modest funds to purchase gifts and participate in a group gift exchange. According to their feedback, this gathering was a moment of joy, connection, and shared pride. Many expressed gratitude for the opportunity and for the support they received throughout the year.

Locally Haiti is proud to support young leaders in our growing community, and this program would not be possible without leadership from Episcopal Relief & Development. 

Expanding Access to Community Health

Episcopal Relief & Development’s support has also been critical in Locally Haiti’s efforts to reinforce community healthcare. Episcopal Relief & Development support helps:

  • Provide stipends and continuing education for Community Health Workers

  • Fund salaries for dedicated staff at the community hospital

  • Procure and deliver supplies and provide investment in special programs and events

Community Health Workers play a vital role in reaching remote regions of Petit Trou. Families in these areas often have limited access to health centers as many cannot regularly afford transportation to receive care. Without the work of Community Health Workers, many essential services would be unavailable in rural communities. Children would go unvaccinated and go untreated for malnutrition. Families would lack access to family planning services. Pregnant women might not receive timely referrals, increasing the risk of complications. 

Thanks to support from Episcopal Relief & Development, in 2025, our Community Health Workers have reached over 23,000 people in Petit Trou.

In the past three months alone, this has included: 

  • 3,037 children under age 5 seen by a Community Health Worker

  • 2,372 vaccinations provided to children aged 0 to 60 months

  • 166 children received nutritional monitoring

  • 876 children ages 0-7 received Vitamin A and deworming

  • 218 women received pre- or post-natal monitoring

  • 2,162 people provided access to family planning and reproductive healthcare

  • 20 people received home visits for specific ailments, medications, conditions

Gratitude to Episcopal Relief & Development

Locally Haiti is proud of its collaboration with Episcopal Relief & Development, an international development organization respected around the world for its reputation for engaging communities with a forward thinking, humble, locally led approach. Together, we have been able to expand programs that invest in people, respond to urgent needs, and build pathways for the future. As the year comes to close, we extend our sincere thanks to Episcopal Relief & Development for its support, confidence, and dedication to community development - most of all to its commitment to the leaders and families of Petit Trou.

Sophia Gould