Welcome to my Haitian projects

The header on these pages honors Enabling Minds, 

the focus of my most recent mission trip to Haiti

It all started in 1997, with a first mission to Port-au-Prince to help set up a computer lab at Louverture Cleary School, run by a US based non-profit called The Haitian Project, Inc.  That life-changing trip developed into a fifteen year passion to help improving the quality of life of many Haitians. Today I am directly involved on 2 different projects, and assisting strategically another. Unlike many other volunteers I do not work with my hands: I am a strategist, I use my mind and my God-given gift, the word. To drive nails into a wall I use the Yellow Pages, and call a contractor. I am proud of my record, but most of all I am proud of those individuals in Haiti who, answering to the challenge, have raised themselves to excellence and have met the expectations of my numerous supporters. This website is dedicated to my current projects. I hope to be able to show that small projects can be grandly successful in a place where success is measured in tiny steps and where large agencies (sadly) often come short of our expectations. Marco Barbesta