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THE
JOURNEY
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Kindred
\kin-drəd\
adj : of a similar
nature or character
Journey
\jər-nē\
n : something
suggesting travel or passage from one place to another
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Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary
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There
is simply no more fitting name to describe the core mission of
this humble, faith-based organization, tirelessly dedicated to
assisting the poorest of the poor in the nearby country of
Haiti. By living amongst the peasants of the Central
Plateau in the region surrounding the village of Pandiassou,
over the past several decades the
Little Brothers and Little
Sisters of the Incarnation have made great strides in improving
the lives of thousands of Haitian citizens -- all this while
working diligently to educate them and to instill sound
Christian values. In the words of their leader, Brother
Francklin Armand, their primary objective is “to become one with
the peasants” so that they can facilitate their physical and
spiritual passage to a better standard of living.
Reducing the kind of endemic poverty that has ravaged this
region for hundreds of years is no simple task. But the
Little Brothers and Sisters have a clear-cut, four-pronged
strategy, focused in four key areas:
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Basic infrastructure development
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General education of children and
adults
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Creation of economic opportunities
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Spiritual formation and growth
Kindred Journey Fund Inc. is a U.S.-based registered 501(c)(3)
public charity which serves as a key financing source for the
Little Brothers and Little Sisters of the Incarnation.
Although formally established as a corporation in 1989, the
founders of Kindred Journey have been actively working to
support the efforts of the Little Brothers and Sisters ever since the early 1980’s.
Monsignor Arnold Gaus, President of Kindred
Journey Fund, Inc., often reminds us that “An empty stomach has no ears. One must be
fed before one will listen”. In other words, before
investing effort in education and spiritual development, he
strongly believed that the primary focus had to be placed on
meeting the fundamental subsistence needs of the local people.
As such, funding provided by Kindred Journey has been
concentrated almost exclusively in the area of infrastructure
development, geared to the establishment of reliable sources of
water and nutrition for the local people. Please refer to
our Projects page for more details on how donations have been
and are being successfully used.
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