100% will be sent via the Diocese of Richmond to Haiti
Saltadere.org
A web site discussing the ongoing projects in Saltadere, Haiti sponsored by friends in the Charlottesville, Virginia area and members of St. Thomas Aquinas Church and Holy Comforter Church
Contact
us at
info@saltadere.org
Saltadere Links and Updates
24 Hours in Saltadere January 2012
Pere Rene Blot visits Charlottesville, December 2010
Brochure about our Twinning Project in Saltadere
Information on the Haiti Earthquake January 12, 2010
Report on St. Michel's School during Feb. 2007 visit
Holy Comforter Parishioners trip report July 2005
Holy Comforter Church Info on Saltadere (note links on this page)
Our Project
In the 1990’s the diocese of Richmond began working with the diocese of Hinche in Haiti to establish one on one relationships between parishes in each diocese. St. Michel’s Parish in the village of Saltadère, Haiti, is twinned with St. Thomas Aquinas Parish and Holy Comforter Parish in Charlottesville, Virginia. Representatives of the two parishes have visited Saltadère several times in the last few years, most recently in March, 2012. Many of the trips have included medical personnel to provide much-needed aid to the people of Saltadère and the surrounding countryside.
Currently,
we are working with the members of Saltadère to provide clean drinking
water to the region, as well as irrigation water. We are beginning with irrigation
to St. Michel's School garden, from which the students receive their daily
meals, and will ideally continue with irrigation and drinking water to all
of Saltadère.