Rose D. D.

Personal Information

Reference #: HA-VP1-0133
Age:  13
Birthday:  November 20
Gender:  Female
Grade:  Sixth
Village Name:  Bellevue
Educational Goals:  Fashion Designer
Favorite Subjects:  Mathematics
Favorite Activity:  Hide and Seek
Favorite Food:  Rice, Beans, Spaghetti
Favorite Bible Story and/or Verse:  David and Goliath
Spiritual Life:  Prays

Biography

Rose Dacheka comes to our COTN family from the village of Bellevue, where she lives with her mother. Their house is made of palm wood with a metal roof, and they live in very poor conditions. Rose Dacheka helps her family at home by cleaning carrying water, and washing dishes. She speaks her country's traditional language of Creole. Through your sponsorship, she has increased opportunities and hope for her future.

HA-VP1  Bellevue

Haiti is a beautiful country with a difficult history of exploitation and suffering. Once known as the "Pearl of the Caribbean" for its rich natural resources, centuries of exploitation and natural disasters have left Haiti as the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. After the 2010 earthquake, and recent political instability, violence and soaring inflation rates, children in Haiti are in critical need. Today, only 54% of Haitian children complete primary school, and acute childhood malnutrition is on the rise.

Children in the Bellevue Village Partnership Program live in communities about 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince. This area was the epicenter of the earthquake. Most families live in dirt-floor homes pieced together with tin, wood, and tarps. The children do chores like fetching water, washing laundry, and cooking. Typically, their parents work as craftsmen, street vendors, or day laborers. Families speak Creole. Since 2010, sponsors like you have partnered with our staff to run an after-school program where children are provided with daily meals, school fees, medical care, spiritual guidance, and essential hygiene and school supplies. By equipping these children for the future, we believe they will be able to overcome the obstacles that lie before them. Our hope is that, with your help, these children will grow up to create positive change in their communities and, ultimately, their nation.