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Village of Hope
is a non-profit organization founded by Carol and Jim Herget. Her goal was to provide educational opportunities and basic health care to the community of Ganthier, a rural community east of Port Au Prince.  The thirty acre campus consists of nine buildings which house the classrooms, the new Health Center, a kitchen, dining hall, assembly hall, chapel, showers and toilets, administrative offices and storage facilities on 30 acres of land.  The campus has ample space for educational and religious activities for the 640 students, all of whom have access to two meals per day and Heath care. All have been built by a combination of local funding and labor, along with Village of Hope Lazarus Project funds and work groups.  

Missionary Herget had a vision born out of 50 years of service with poor children. All who have watched Village of Hope grow say what she often said, "Without the Lazarus Project's help, such great progress in so short a time could never have happened."

Village of Hope Aerial view

VOH Secondary School Building

VOH MISSION STATEMENT

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 Bert and Roberta Anderson

Current VOHLP Directors, Bertel (Bert) and Roberta Anderson joined the Village of Hope Lazarus Project  after serving for three years as Directors of the Service International Foundation Centre de Sante (Health Center) in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti. Previous to this tenure, they served on numerous short term mission trips for mobile medical and construction projects. The mission experiences grew from their involvement with Panama United Methodist Church (Panama, New York), their home church for over twenty years.

Bert was employed by SKF Bearings with almost thirty years in management for the ball bearing manufacturing company.  Roberta worked in social services for Chautauqua County (NY) as a supervisor of various program areas including Adoption and Foster Care. Early retirement allowed the Anderson’s to head to the mission field full time.

The Andersons have two adult children, Carl living in Sherman, NY and Rachel, in Brooklyn, NY. Both Roberta and Bert bring business and personnel management, as well as administrative skills to the field. Coupled with their calling to serve the Haitian people, their unique skills and previous experience in Haiti the Andersons have a positive impact assisting  VOH achieve its Missions at the VOH School and Health Center. We are blessed to have them as part of the Village of Hope Lazarus Project “family” and wish them God’s Blessings as they continue their work at Village of Hope.

Health Center