“Father of the fatherless and protector of widows, is God in his holy habitation.” In the New Testament, James states that the most pure and undefiled religion is “to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep [them] unstained from the world.”
The Lifeline Center for Children seeks to serve the underserved and overlooked children in Haiti.
On the Lifeline campus, children have a safe environment where they can attend school, receive routine medical care, and grow up within a loving Christian community. In addition, the campus provides many life-giving services to the surrounding community.
Mama Nicole
Returning to her native Haiti after attending a Christian college in the United States, Nicole Dieudonne was overcome with sadness as she looked at the people of Dargout (a poor village located in Croix-des-Bouquets). After much prayer, she determined to gather the children and their mothers under a large mango tree near her home since she had no building to which she could take them. As time went on, God used Nicole’s compassion for the people of Dargout to establish Centre for Children International Lifeline d’Haiti, known in the States as the Lifeline Center for Children. Currently, 26 children are housed on the Lifeline campus. Most of these children will “age out” and be sent out into Haiti to make their own way one day. Every effort is made to ensure that these children will be ready for what awaits them outside the compound walls through The Oasis Project.
Click HERE to view photos of all the children living at the Lifeline Center for Children.
School
In most developed nations, education is a government requirement for all children. However, it is a privilege even to receive the basics of education in Haiti.
The school on the Lifeline campus makes education available to the children who live there as well as almost 100 children from the surrounding community. The support of Haiti Lifeline Ministries makes it possible for the children to acquire the life-altering ability to read and write as well as providing the truly life-giving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
clinic
Haiti has many wonderful and talented doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel, but those who most desperately need their care often find it difficult, if not impossible, to see them or pay for their services.
The community clinic on the Lifeline campus provides medical care for some of the poorest people in the world. The physician and nurses minister at the clinic by overseeing a children’s nutrition program, providing prenatal care, and medical management of chronic health conditions.
community well
It has been said that water is life. This is especially true in Haiti where clean water for drinking, bathing, and food preparation is difficult to obtain. The presence of a well at the Lifeline campus provides clean water to the children living there as well as to the surrounding community at no charge.
Early in the morning, families line up to fill buckets of clean water. They are thankful to be able to provide their family with clean water for that day which is often the difference between life and death.
