Welcome to Hope House Haiti based in Fond Parisien, a rural village 20 minutes from the Dominican Republic Border

Hope House

Yvrose and Pierre Richard Telfort, a Haitian couple, set up Hope House as a home to look after children orphaned after the Earthquake of 2010.  They are now Mammy and Pappy to 38 children ranging from a few months to young adults in their twenties, all living as a genuine family rooted in love.
Yvrose and Pierre Richard live by faith, and have no regular financial support of their own. In 2013 the UK charity Hope House Haiti (UK) was set up with the aim of providing them some regular support through fundraising and donations, as well as sourcing professional advice where needed.   You can learn more about the family or History of Hope House, or if you would be interested in making a donation please click here.  

Hope Christian Academy

​In addition to Hope House, Yvrose and Pierre Richard established a school in their remote region of Haiti aimed at the poorest children in the community. With the addition of a Secondary School in 2014, it offers around 950 children a free education, health checks, and a hot meal – often the only meal the children get that day.  
During 2019 a further 4 Secondary School classrooms are being added, and Vocational training is being provided for the older children to help equip them for a job.
Click to find out more about the school and how you can help to support or if you would be interested in sponsoring a teacher’s salary.    Each year we also send a medical mission out to Haiti.  If you would be interested in joining a mission you can find out more here, or to register an interest please email Yvonne@hopehousehaiti.com.   ​

Social Enterprise

Our aim in the long term is sustainability.   A small farm has been established close to the compound at Hope House on previously barren rocky ground.    Papaya, mangoes, sugar cane, chillies, and tomatoes have all been grown to help provide food for the home, and a bed has been created on the school site next to the new classrooms to teach the children how to grow vegetables.  Various animals have also been kept on the farm, including Chickens, Hens (for eggs), Goats, and up to 3 Cows.   You can read more about the farm here, and about other projects being undertaken at Hope House here.

Yvrose's Story

Yvrose was interviewed on the Ireland's Pat Kenny Show and you can Listen to the interview here.   You can also watch an Introduction to Hope House video, or visit Hope House Haiti on Facebook or Twitter.   If you are interested in supporting Yvrose, please visit our How can I help page.

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 ​Latest News (updated 3 Feb 2020)

  • MISSION.   Due to the ongoing civil unrest in Haiti, for security and safety reasons we had to cancel the UK medical team due to visit Haiti in Jan 2020.  However praise God for His faithfulness and provision, thank Him that His will prevails and not ours.   After 3 months of closure, the school was able to reopen in January with up to 700 children attending, and the health screening clinic at Hope Christian Academy still went ahead, this year under the direction of Haitian doctors, nurses and a pharmacist. We were able to build on the experience from last year to support them, and they were able to check and treat the whole school. 
  • VISION.  In the past couple of months Yvrose has not felt well, and has recently taken a break in order to rest and recover.  We are so pleased at the way others have picked up and maintained the day to day running of Hope House whilst she is away.  Yvrose is also using this time to seek God and receive afresh His vision for Hope House Haiti.  Please pray that she and we hear from God His plan for next year and the future.
  • ​BECOMING MAMA.   On 1st Oct, Yvrose published her first book - Becoming Mama.  It is available to purchase online at Amazon or various Christian book shops (RRP $16.99). 

  • CHURCH.   The church building is now completed, and in October they celebrated 9 years of worship in Fonds Parisien.  Their celebration came at the end of a week of revival meetings, and began at 5.00am with the ladies decorating the Church.   It ended with a shared meal after a four and half hour celebration