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Who We Are — Our Story

Hope for Kids Haiti is a Christian ministry serving vulnerable children in Seguin, Haiti.

We operate locally as:

  • Ministère des Chrétiens d'Haïti (MCH) – official registered Haitian ministry
  • Restoration Children's Ministry (RCM) – local children-focused ministry identity
  • Hope for Kids Haiti – our Canadian-facing fundraising and partner identity

Though the names reflect different stages of growth, the mission has always been the same:

Interrupt hardship. Restore hope. Transform futures.

How It Started

Yves & Stacey first met in Haiti in June of 2013.

Stacey and two of his children – who are Haitian born – came for a business and fun trip so the kids could visit their birth country.

While visiting the area around the city of Jacmel, Stacey visited coffee farms and mango farms to explore business potential for his company in Canada.

By the end of 2013, Yves and Stacey had struck up a strong connection on Facebook and things have kept on getting stronger ever since. It's gone something like this . . .

Yves Excelus & Santiana
Yves Excelus & Santiana
Stacey and his kids
Stacey and his kids

From 2013 to today

  1. 2013

    Yves & Stacey started to partner to support children whom Yves was working with in an orphanage in Haiti.

  2. 2018

    In 2018, Stacey assisted Yves' family with funds so that Yves and Santiana's son, Bill, could start school classes.

  3. 2022

    Yves' entrepreneurial spirit provided the vision and strategy to launch an English school in 2022, and he kept Stacey in the loop as the business steadily grew.

  4. 2023

    Most recently, in 2023 Stacey and Yves started to partner together so that Restoration Children Ministry (RCM) could expand.

  5. 2024

    In 2024, GCF became the administrative partner for RCM enabling fund raising and issuing of receipts.

  6. 2025

    In 2025, we launched our new website and shifted the name to Hope For Kids Haiti.

Map of Haiti

The ministry serves the village of Seguin — home to around 3,000 people — near Jacmel, in southeast Haiti. Much of this work exists to keep families together: learn what a Restavèk is and how nourishment and education prevent children from being sent away.

Port-au-PrinceJacmelJacmel — the nearest major city,where Yves livesSeguinSeguin — the village of about 3,000 peoplewhere the ministry works

Seguin — the village of about 3,000 people where the ministry works.

Jacmel — the nearest major city, where Yves lives.

Simplified map — not to scale.

Vision

To see children in Haiti living with dignity, hope, and the opportunity to flourish.

Mission

To interrupt cycles of poverty and despair by providing nourishment, education, safety, community, and the love of Jesus.