Welcome to Outreach to Haiti!
Outreach to Haiti has been working in the Caribbean nation for over 35 years. We offer health care services, student sponsorships and other educational support, parish twinning, support of an orphanage, as well as a neighborhood nutrition program for children. For travelers to Haiti, we have a guest house, where you can stay short- or long-term. We also arrange immersion visits for traveling groups to learn about Haiti - its people, culture and land.
Watch a video about our programs!
9th Annual Ride for Haiti!
The 2023 Ride Starts on Monday, September 25!
Our Outreach to Haiti team of riders are once again riding 337 miles over 5 days. The bike ride is a "virtual trip" across Haiti, and we hope to visit some of the parishes and schools in Connecticut that are twinned through Outreach to Haiti with parishes, orphanages, and schools in Haiti.
The purpose of the ride is to raise awareness and funds to support our mission in Haiti. Donations from this ride are being earmarked for our dental program and to support our educational program.
Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers for a safe and successful ride (and an occasional continual tail wind would be nice!)
To learn more, see the routes we will ride, and to follow our progress once the ride starts, click here.
After reading this, you are probably thinking to yourself that you would love to join at least part of the ride. You can find out more by contacting Tom Campbell at [email protected], or Dan O'Sullivan at [email protected]
Last year, we raised $35,000, bringing the total raised over the first 8 years to almost $190,000!! Help us get over the $200,000 mark -- it's not to early to donate!
To donate now, click here
18th Annual Hope for Haiti!
This special evening included music, a wine pull, silent auction and a gift card raffle. There was also a short presentation about our mission, and the incredible job our Haitian staff is doing in the face of extremely difficult challenges. Because of your generosity, we raised over $33,000!
Come back soon for more information on the 2024 event!
2023 For the Love of a Child Gala!
Our 15th annual gala was a great success! It included a wonderful dinner, fellowship, auction, and a wonderful presentation by Geri O'Hare, an Outreach to Haiti board member and the chair of our Clinic Committee. Thanks to your generosity, we raised over $23,000!
Check out this link to see Geri's presentation (this is a great description of what we do, so we highly recommend watching this).
Come back soon for more information on the 2024 event!
Fr. Matt and St. Mary's welcome James Michel
Outreach to Haiti board member James Michel traveled to Newmarket, New Hampshire to talk about Outreach to Haiti and seek their support. He received a warm welcome from Fr Matt Mason and the St Mary's parish, and used a personal anecdote to demonstrate the faith of the Haitian people before telling them about the work of Outreach. Our thanks to St Mary's for sharing his talk online! Hear his talk by clicking here
Matching Grant Successful!
An anonymous donor pledged up to $2,000 to match donations from individual donors for the sole purpose of purchasing equipment for our new clinic. The challenge was a tremendous success! The matching grant ended up raising $8,400! Thank you to all who donated and allowed for the purchase of much needed equipment for the clinic!
Buy Haitian Crafts!
Our craft items are always available at Mercy-By-The-Sea Retreat Center gift shop in Madison, CT. Call them for hours. They are also available online at Haiti's-back-porch
8th Annual Golf Tournament
POSTPONED TO
September 30th 2023
Click here 
for more information or contact James Michel at 860-306-5609.
Outreach Celebrates 35 years in Haiti!
Outreach to Haiti reached 35 years of service in Haiti in 2020. We celebrated hat milestone on November 8, 2021, at Mercy High School in Middletown. As with our 30th anniversary celebration, we honored several people who have significantly contirbuted to our mission in Haiti. Those individuals are:
Most Reverend Michael R Cote, D.D,
Ellen Flynn, RSM
Reverend Gerald Kirby
Mr Daniel E O'Sullivan
Our inaugural Works of Mercy Award
to
The Padre Pio Foundation of America
We thank all who joined us for this celebration, and contributed in honor of this anniversary. It is your support that enables our ministry in Haiti.
You can still donate for our anniversary by clicking here
Capital Campaign Update
Phase 1 Completed!
Thank you to our wonderful donors!
Phase 1 was officially completed in mid December! The initial focus was on completing the office space, allowing us to move our offices out of rented space in October and to stop paying rent. Finishing on the rest of the building followed, and the final inspection occurred in December, with clinic operations moving in right after.
While achieving this milestone was a long time coming, it is also a huge achievement. The success has been in spite of a presidential assasination with associated unrest, a pandemic, and occasional hurricanes. It was possible due to the perserverance and dedication of our Haitian partners in the building project: UGC Construction, headed by Jean-Renet Carier, La Promesse Construction, headed by Leandre Mondestin, and our oversight/liaison firm UOC/Proche, headed by Stephan Destin, with project managers Rose-Pascale Durosier and Ruddy Narcisse. They have delivered a high quality building in very difficult circumstances. Thank you!
We are greatly excited to be all together in this one building, and to have this wonderful foundation for our ministry in Haiti.
We still need to raise money for Phase 2 of the building which will make the building more energy efficient (shading, solar energy, fans, etc.), add finishing touches (exterior painting, two small exterioir buildings, parking lot etc.), and replace our very old and worn out generator.
Of course, all of this was made possible by the generosity of the many people who donated the money to enable us to build this wonderful structure. Words can not adequately express our gratitude.
Click here to see photos showing the progression of the building.
Diocese of Norwich Outreach to Haiti, Inc.
815 Boswell Ave.
Norwich, CT 06360
Phone: 860.800.3601
Email: [email protected]
