Teachers in Haiti have refused to return to classrooms, even taking to the streets to protest a lack of pay and safe working conditions. This was already a problem and the pandemic made it worse. Haiti runs in cycles. Their government gets money. Sometimes it doles it out and sometimes it doesn’t. When it doesn’t, police work for months without payment. Teachers can work for the entire school year without payment. Theft has become an expected part of the culture. Haiti with Love has been sharing the Gospel with parents who bring in their children for burn treatment. People are very open to listening when they realise that the reason people are helping their babies is the love of Christ. They ask, ‘Who is this Christ who provides all of this help? Tell me about him.’ Pray for the Burn Clinic, and also for Pilgrim House which provides homes for homeless people.
Haiti: teachers on strike
Written by David Fletcher 17 Sep 2020Additional Info
- Pray: for the financial, health and spiritual needs of Haiti’s people to be provided for, and for all Haitians to see the healing and hope of the risen Christ. (Psalm 14:5b,6)
- More: www.mnnonline.org/news/185595/
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