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PREVIOUS MISSION: Goyavier
 Goyavier (Go-a-vi-air) is a steep five-mile hike on loose rock to the community of 10,000 people at the top of a mountain chain. The residents of Goyavier often travel by foot to St. Marc with cargo on their heads. The trip can also be made in two hours with a 4-wheel drive vehicle (leaving time for breakdown problems).
There is no electricity, plumbing, or cell phone service
in the mountains. Transistor radios are popular for news and
music. The land is lush and many people farm and carry produce
to St. Marc to sell in the market.
Help Haiti Now supported the community school in Goyavier
from 2005 - 2009. By paying salaries for 12 teachers and 3
administrators, the children were able to go to school free
- without the usual tuition costs. We provided materials,
books, and supplies. Attendance at the school averaged 500
students a year.
Help Haiti Now also converted a house into a medical clinic
and began helping the sick. A physician's assistant, Thelus
Saint-Elien, examined patients Fri.-Sun and prescribed medicine
for 50-100 people each week. People die in Goyavier simply
from lack of antibiotics.
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