Our family migrated to the US in the early 1980’s. We left Haiti with nothing. We started in the US from scratch.  Our mother and father worked in the fields picking beans, oranges. They also worked in the packing houses.  Eventually, our family opened the first Haitian owned business in Immokalee Florida.  Life was not easy. But, the US proved once more that it is the land of opportunity.  The kids in my family understood that we needed to work hard, get an education, and set goals, respect the law, and carry ourselves as respectable citizens to have success in the US.  Today, Juniace Etienne has a PHD in Education. Hilda Cenecharles practices law in Naples. Wilner Cenecharles owns a small business in Naples. Franklin Senecharles works as a librarian/media specialist in Collier County School District.  Our story is an American Story.  Anyone can make it in America.

To honor our deceased mother, we started a Non-for profit organization. H.E.F(Haiti Education Fund, inc) is an organization that focuses on uplifting poor youths in Haiti out of poverty.  That is the avenue we have chosen to give back some of the blessings we have enjoyed. We have decided to share the path to success with the youths of Haiti.
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We have returned to Dufour Miragoane Haiti, where our family is from.  There, we have found that many young people live in poverty.  Many don’t have access to school, good nutrition.  H.E.F.  Will attempt to uplift these young Haitians out of poverty by investing in education and nutrition. With an education, these youths will have a path out of poverty.  Those who succeed will return to help uplift their community as well.  So, the legacy of uplifting one another will be set for generations to come.

H.E.F. plans to invest in the support of small rural schools, the construction of preschools and technical schools, reading programs, adult education programs, literacy programs, and leadership training programs.  Our effort will concentrate in Miragoane Haiti, initially. H.E.F. will replicate the successful programs in other impoverished small rural areas of Haiti.

To implement the short and long term goals, H.E.F. needs your assistance.  We hope you will find our ideas to uplift others inspiring. We also hope you will have a desire to join us as we attempt to improve the lives of Haitian youths.  Thank you.