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Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️

February 14, 2016 Posted by Joan Wight 2 Comments

Valentines is not a familiar tradition here in Haiti, but was quickly embraced by our kids. Thanks to a good friend from Montreal we had a generous amount of supplies. The kids had a blast creating their very first Valentines.

Now if you have had the chance to work with 15 kids at the same time, all different ages and stages of ability, you know that it has to be a controlled activity as much as possible. So Leica helped me put together the bags for each child so that each would feel special.

As my friend Carol works with young kids herself, she wisely provided hearts that were stickers and no glue was needed. The glue is a favorite snack for Magdala!

Explanations

 

Leica helped with Bags

When all my explanations were done in my broken Creole, the children started creating their Valentines. There was lots of chatter and comparing of their creations as they went along.

Boys Working on Valentines

 

Girls Working on Valentines

Judel and Jonathan were very proud of their handy work.

Judel with his Valentines

 

Jonathan with his

The children that Carol works with in Montreal follow our kids on the blog so have gotten to know them by name. They made their own Valentines to share with the children here.

Finished Valentines

 

Letters from Carols class

The candy hearts were very much appreciated and of course to get your very own heart shaped container that you can keep is a real treat too. Thank you Busy Bees for helping us celebrate Valentines here at HATS.

Special treats for Sonson

 

Thank you Busy Bees

~Joan

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About Joan Wight

Joan and Keith Wight have been involved with HATS since 2011. Keith is a retired airline pilot and previously volunteered with missions in Belize, Zimbabwe, Panama and Honduras in various capacities. Joan is a retired music teacher and uses her abilities to assist with the office work and tutor the children at HATS. Since retiring they have committed to 4 months per year in Haiti. They live in Montreal and have 3 daughters, 2 son-in-laws and 2 grandsons and 2 grand-daughters.

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  • Laurence Wilson
    · Reply

    February 15, 2016 at 12:31 AM

    Loved this Blog because it was so full of LOVE
    And all the children's valentine's are done so well – Smart children!
    Happy Belated Valentine Hugs
    to Karen, Joan & Keith, Staff and the children

    Prayerfully,,
    Maxi & One of 'we'

  • Sandra
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    February 15, 2016 at 11:57 PM

    I love the valentines, these kids are getting exposed to all kinds of things that they know nothing about. I can see the excitement on their faces!
    Thank you Carol and Joan for all the supplies and the work with them. Love is in the air!

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