OUR STORY
A WORD FROM
Wigens Mathurin, HWI President
"Many years ago, I had no real-life experience. However, I understood that people around the globe, for the most part, want to help others in need. My contemporary Haitians would remember that the program, “Plan de Parrainage Haitien” (Haitian Planned Parenthood), was crafted specially to help needy children. This was financed by compassionate individuals all over the world.
Within my 11-family member household, this program helped sustain us massively. The small voucher/check of $12 (USD) my youngest brother received became one of the main sources of income to help feed our family. My family was so grateful towards our sponsor from the Netherlands. For several years, this kind woman contributed to the welfare of our family. God used her generosity to provide for our family.
Though I cannot recall the name of my brother’s benefactor, I had the opportunity to read many letters my family had received from her. In this way, she became part of our lives and we continued to pray for her and her family in the Netherlands. This is just one example of countless deposits made by many special individuals, of which make a difference in children's lives."
THE BIRTH OF A VISION:
"These are my children. Would you take care of a few for me?"
“This question, quietly posed to me by God in 2005, couldn’t have been any clearer. My family has always supported struggling families in Haiti. I thought, ‘Could this be just a little more that God now requires of us?’ The days and weeks that followed, God began to lay out His plan and deposited the vision in my heart - care for the underprivileged children, the orphans, and the elderly.
As I prayed, I learned to listen to God’s direction and started making small steps of faith. Seven years later, God began to bring people to share the vision. Many more have joined us since, and they are working with us to fulfill the great commission. We believe it is our responsibility to feed, educate, clothe, and shelter our orphans.
His Work International is called by God to do its part. Although we are not the first team appointed to this work, we still strive to make a great difference in the lives we touch.”
TIMELINE
2007
2010
2011
2013
2016
2017
2018
2019
God called Wigens Mathurin in a vision to go back to Haiti to care for the orphans.
On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck the impoverished nation that claimed the lives of some two hundred thousand individuals and left many more injured. Thousands were displaced - living in camps and makeshifts homes. Unfortunately, the living conditions for many have not improved since.
A small piece of family-owned land in Tabarre, Haiti, is given back to God for the purpose of building a children’s home. We engaged in negotiation to acquire a small house next door.
His Work International (HWI) was born as a 501-c3 organization to oversee and manage the construction and operation of its first orphanage in Haiti. God also called and raised many co-laborers, givers and investors to finance this huge undertake.
On October 6, 2016, Haiti was hit by one of the strongest tropical storms – a category 4 landfall since Hurricane Cleo hit Haiti in 1964 - Nine hundred lives were lost and thousands more are now homeless. The damages in the aftermath of hurricane Matthew left people speechless and surely made recovery from the 2010 earthquake a lot more difficult.
Under His Work International umbrella, many marginalized children now had a home in Tabarre. Surrounded by a team of locals, they can now be fed, clothed, educated and cared for. Several teams made of good, obedient, talented professionals from several churches in the capital region traveled to Haiti and built one of the best orphanages to house God’s children, giving them hope and promising a future. More teams of guardians, pastors, educators, from the US continued to travel there into 2019 to support the work.
HWI began construction on a school building next to the children’s home. An academy for the orphans and the neighboring children whose parents could not pay for exorbitant tuition fees was underway.
His Work International Christian Academy opened its doors to educate our children and many more.
2007
God called Wigens Mathurin in a vision to go back to Haiti to care for the orphans.
2010
On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck the impoverished nation that claimed the lives of some two hundred thousand individuals and left many more injured. Thousands were displaced - living in camps and makeshift homes. Unfortunately, the living conditions for many have not improved since.
2011
A small piece of family-owned land in Tabarre, Haiti, is given back to God for the purpose of building a children’s home. We engaged in negotiation to acquire a small house next door.
2013
His Work International (HWI) was born as a 501-c3 organization to oversee and manage the construction and operation of its first orphanage in Haiti. God also called and raised many co-laborers, givers and investors to finance this huge undertake.
2016
On October 6, 2016, Haiti was hit by one of the strongest tropical storms – a category 4 landfall since Hurricane Cleo hit Haiti in 1964 - Nine hundred lives were lost and thousands more are now homeless. The damages in the aftermath of hurricane Matthew left people speechless and surely made recovery from the 2010 earthquake a lot more difficult.
2017
Under His Work International umbrella, many marginalized children now had a home in Tabarre. Surrounded by a team of locals, they can now be fed, clothed, educated and cared for. Several teams made of good, obedient, talented professionals from several churches in the capital region traveled to Haiti and built one of the best orphanages to house God’s children, giving them hope and promising a future. More teams of guardians, pastors, educators, from the US continued to travel there into 2019 to support the work.
2018
HWI began construction on a school building next to the children’s home. An academy for the orphans and the neighboring children whose parents could not pay for exorbitant tuition fees was underway.
2019
His Work International Christian Academy opened its doors to educate our children and many more.