What I do every day, January 20, 2025

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The day got off to a tough start- 12 gunshots were fired at a vehicle just down the road, and although bullet proof, one passenger was hit twice.

We were called to help and went in two ambulances, and it was stressful because the offending gang was still in range.

We were able to race the injured man to the nearby “Doctors Without Borders” surgical unit.

Aside from this we had two bad cases to manage of our own: a very poor man who cannot last one more day without amputation of his gangrenous leg, and another gunshot victim from three weeks ago who has infected and bleeding wound that was repaired at the time and has become diastrous.

We had to send the man who needs amputation to private surgery on our tab, but it is likely our own general surgery remnant team can manage the reopened and infected wound of the second.

It’s all pretty sobering.

We are advancing on help to the girl with hydrocephalus (“expanding fluid around her brain because of closed drainage point). We will have more news tomorrow.

Lots of water delivery these days to refugee centers around us. (pix below)

And KUDDOS to Junior and his mountain team trying to make our St Raphael Hospital accessible again by road, as they comstruct cement rails for the tires! (pix below)

Please pray with us for our three men with difficult suffering.

What I do every day, January 8th

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While I don’t want to take pictures, we just received 13 refugees here from the massacre in Nazon, Port au Prince, a few days ago. These people had family killed and houses burned. They were here for some help to relocate them out of that area. So we gave each an envelope with enough money to get them to the provinces, and also small provisions for food. Most of these are old people, one is blind, some are limping from minor injuries. Life is too tough for them.

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Happy New Year from the St. Luc Foundation for Haiti! 

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Happy New Year from the St. Luc Foundation for Haiti! 

As we step into 2025, we do so with hope in our hearts and gratitude for the resilience that has carried us through another challenging year. 2024 brought immense difficulties—rising insecurity, economic uncertainty, and an ever-increasing demand for critical support. Each day, we face these challenges head-on, knowing the road ahead is uncertain but worth every effort.

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Restoring Dignity and Saving Lives: The Work of St. Luke Haiti's Social services Department

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Restoring Dignity and Saving Lives: The Work of St. Luke Haiti's Social services Department

At St. Luke Haiti, every donation becomes a lifeline. Your support allows us to respond

quickly, to care deeply, and to stand by those who have been left behind. Every dollar

translates into food for the hungry, medicine for the sick, and hope for those who have lost

everything. Without you, stories like Kelida’s would end in despair. But with your help, they

become stories of triumph.

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St Raphael Rural Hospital of Desvarennes

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Dear Friends

In about one month, on July 29, we will mark the one year anniversary of the death of our beloved Raphael Louigene.

Raphael is one of the founders of St Luc frontline clinics and outreach programs.

As with many of our leaders, he had a keen eye to remember the population of his home village, and include the community there in the St Luc country wide development strategies.

As the central person for St Luc outreach clinics, especially during acute crises like earthquakes, hurricanes, cholera, COVID-19 and gang violence, Raphael had nearly completed a rural hospital in his home village of Desvarennes, Jacmel when he suddenly died.

Fondation St Luc, thanks to donors of St Luke Foundations USA, built this rural hospital and completed it after Raphael's death. In his honor, it is called "St Raphael Rural Hospital" of Desvarennes.

It was inaugurated on Monday June 3rd, and currently functions thanks to funding from various St Luke donors.

We will be very grateful for donations in Raphael's honor, to guarantee the continuation and evolution of this important rural hospital.

Thank you for your prayers and support.
We are still strong in spite of many calamities, and we count on God's blessing and your help!

Please see this link below.



Fr Rick Frechette

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