Author Archives: Caring Friends

Vocational training is often called the ‘sweet spot’ of charity, the ‘give them a fishing pole rather than a fish’ approach to philanthropy. Caring Friends, Inc. is asking for donations to continue the vocational training of Haitian medical equipment repair technicians. The need is great for additional electronic and medical instrument training. After the 2010 […]

A Haiti couple outside Pignon, Haiti. Caring Friends supports them with a graduated scale ‘medical insurance policy’ at the village hospital. The family built this thatched hut with dirt floors, no windows in this tropical climate. They cook outside, have a small garden plot, and can find little work if at all.

Vocational readiness efforts are ‘give them a fishing pole’ kind of benevolence and the sweet spot of helping friends and neighbors. Caring Friends is a partner with IPEET, a program offering jobs to the unemployed who demonstrate strong character qualities and drug free living after passing a 12 week, biblically based, worldview and lifestyle class. […]

Haiti students who receive a $125 annual Caring Friends scholarships can attend school, many for the first time at age 9, 10 or 11. Many rural Haitian families live off of less than $2 a day, making $125 a formidable fee for a child to get any education. Generational poverty continues. Providing even an elementary […]

Caring Friends, Inc. is a partner with Sylvan Rodriguez Elementary School in Houston, a 95%+ Hispanic population in a largely immigrant community. Caring Friends:Rodriguez Elem Rodriguez school counsellor Mrs. Zaragosa is a committed, hard working leader who makes a difference among at risk immigrant children and families, facilitating the Caring Friends-Rodriguez partnership to promote a […]

Caring Friends supports a Good Reader Program in five at risk elementary schools in Houston. Ms. Zaragosa tells the story. Good Reader Program