On This Rock

Haiti

$950

Amount Raised

About this Fundraiser

ASWWU Global Service exists to give the students of Walla Walla University a chance to create positive change in the world. We do this by connecting students to their local community, businesses, and the extended Adventist church in order to sponsor causes that address pertinent issues in the world beyond. Ultimately, we also hope to give students a sense of awareness and accountability that we hope they will carry with them long after they have left campus.

This year we’re partnering with non-profit Beehive International to build a trade school in Haiti - a project we call On this Rock. Our goal specifically for the 2017-2018 school year is to raise the money needed to build a classroom/wood shop building.

Haiti was once considered the Pearl of the Caribbean, but its history has been plagued with suffering which has caused it to remain the least developed country in the Americas. There are many needs in Haiti, but there is especially a need for a balanced education. An education that encompasses the mental as well as the physical and spiritual. An education that promotes self-sustainability.

This is where Beehive International comes into play. They have started a project, called The Pearl, which aims to build a trade school in Haiti where industrial arts will be taught. Beehive international’s philosophy is unique because they believe the best way to help somebody is to empower them to help themselves.

In Psalm 118:22 it says: “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.” We believe God has big plans for this small school and so this year we are claiming this promise for our project in Haiti.