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“A profound experience that changed my life.”

My name is Carl Saint Jean. I am a former student from West Roxbury Academy. I am an alumnus board member at “Quest Adventures, Inc.,” a nonprofit organization that gives Boston Public Schools’ students the opportunity to do local and international community service learning experiences. This experience with Quest triggered the desire for me to travel to Haiti with Ray of Hope Children Services, Inc., a nonprofit organization that I became acquainted with through Quest.

On July 8th, 2013 I left the land of opportunity for the land of no promise where I could work and see how children and youth like me manage to live in what we call today a “cold life.” My experience in Haiti left a life transforming impact on me. Haiti, my country, opened my eyes in realizing that my living in the US is a blessing. I eat to satisfy my hunger; I drink to crunch my thirst; I have a job to provide for my needs; and I receive free education from elementary to high. In Haiti, all the basic needs that I just mentioned are so costly that the poor can’t afford. I saw so much while I was there, that I congratulate Ray of Hope Children Services, Inc., (ROHCSI) is doing an awesome job in turning this situation around for the girls in Haute Feuille. Not only the girls are in school, they are also provided with schools supplies and a warm meal.

The girls, in my conversation with them, told me that: “They are happy to come to school because this is where they find happiness and some, because that is where they eat.” These words touched me so deeply that I decided to recruit more youths to travel with ROHCSI every year so we can make a difference in these girls’ lives.