{"id":215,"date":"2024-08-23T00:22:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T00:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4ne.bbc.mytemp.website\/?page_id=215"},"modified":"2024-08-28T00:42:44","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T00:42:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/olph-orphanagefoundation.org\/?page_id=215","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"215\" class=\"elementor elementor-215\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04d9453 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"04d9453\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d79f952 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d79f952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f72fcf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f72fcf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our Lady of Perpetual Help Orphanage Foundation<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347e9a3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"347e9a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fd8eeb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0fd8eeb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-652c08b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"652c08b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Purpose<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7beaa02 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7beaa02\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eed619e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eed619e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The purpose of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Haiti Orphanage Foundation is to provide financial support for the construction and operation of an orphanage in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. The orphanage provides food, shelter, education, health care and religious instruction for abandoned or orphaned Haitian children. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Orphanage Foundation is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4d3855 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e4d3855\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9615d08 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9615d08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afc1dd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"afc1dd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A mother can always recognize the sound of her child\u2019s cry. A group of mothers in Muncie, Indiana, came together to form the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Foundation (OLPH) because they heard the sound of their children coming from the voices of the orphans\u00a0who live in the OLPH Orphanage in Haiti. When Fr. Andre Sylvestre came and shared with them the stories and lives of the children, they felt a calling to take the welfare of these children, in part, as their responsibility. The foundation president, Ditas Rousseau, quickly found support from other women and men in the community who similarly felt the connection to these children.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347bd6e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"347bd6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bedc163 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bedc163\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8211a2f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8211a2f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9c6970 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b9c6970\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d43031d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d43031d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe team has worked tirelessly through every obstacle they\u2019ve faced in order to establish the foundation to raise money to care for their children who just happen to live on a distant island. Along the way they have been helped by strong support from many in the surrounding Midwest and beyond who recognize not only the importance of their work, but also the advantage of being able to give money that directly benefits the children that they care about.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-738edc6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"738edc6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86738db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"86738db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Each fundraising event is a joyful activity that helps these mothers and fathers provide for their \u201cchildren\u201d in Haiti.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a90d26 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4a90d26\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1299e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c1299e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79d93be e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"79d93be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdf2e00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bdf2e00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Fr. Andre Sylvestre<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5365bb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5365bb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFr. Andre Sylvester, a diocesan priest from the Archdiocese of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, completed his Master\u2019s Degree in Counseling Psychology at Ball State University in 2009.\u00a0 During his time in Muncie, Fr. Andre says he felt, \u201c<i>a calling to help abandoned children.\u201d<\/i>\n<br>\nUpon returning to Haiti, Fr. Andre began building an orphanage where he says\u00a0 children, \u201c<i>have the privilege to feel love, have access to education and health care, hear the good news of the Gospel, and learn how to shape their destiny<\/i>.\u201d\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29141b8 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"29141b8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaf4aa7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aaf4aa7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dd4c35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2dd4c35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Orphans<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a64a4a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a64a4a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/olph-orphanagefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2015-OLPH-school-photo-update-2016-e1720824909186.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-324\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/olph-orphanagefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2015-OLPH-school-photo-update-2016-e1720824909186.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/olph-orphanagefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2015-OLPH-school-photo-update-2016-e1720824909186-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/olph-orphanagefoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/2015-OLPH-school-photo-update-2016-e1720824909186-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9aebe82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9aebe82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our Lady of Perpetual Help Haiti Orphanage is\u00a0 currently home to 36\u00a0 children and is\u00a0 sanctioned by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholic-hierarchy.org\/bishop\/bmesidor.html\">Max Lero M\u00e9sidor<\/a><b>,\u00a0<\/b>Metropolitan Archbishop of Cap-Haitien, and the Archdiocese of Cap-Haitien, Haiti.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98db3ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"98db3ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-261c540 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"261c540\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0c454b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e0c454b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Did You Know?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d00215 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d00215\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Haiti had\u00a0<b>380,000\u00a0<\/b>orphans before the earthquake in 2010. Now there are thousands more.<\/li><li>Haiti\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Literacy_rate\">literacy rate<\/a>\u00a0is about\u00a0<b>61%.<\/b><\/li><li>Only\u00a0<b>50%<\/b> of Haitian children are able to attend school.<\/li><li>Only\u00a0<b>20%<\/b> of Haitian children attend secondary school.<\/li><li>Of all schools in Haiti,\u00a0<strong>90%<\/strong> are privately run.<\/li><li>Haiti has more than 300,000 children in restavek. Restavek is a form of modern-day child slavery that persists in Haiti, affecting one in every 15 children.<\/li><li>Tens of thousands of Haitian children live <strong>alone<\/strong> on the streets.<\/li><li>Up to\u00a0<strong>90%<\/strong> of Haitians do not have running water.<\/li><li>Over\u00a0<b>100<\/b>\u00a0Haitians are infected with cholera every day.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT Our Lady of Perpetual Help Orphanage Foundation Our Purpose The purpose of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Haiti Orphanage Foundation is to provide financial support for the construction and operation of an orphanage in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. The orphanage provides food, shelter, education, health care and religious instruction for abandoned or orphaned Haitian children. 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