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Update Haiti Earthquake
Focus is rational, direct and local It feels strange to say that it has been a tough week for us volunteers at the foundation. This is because we have invested a lot of time in quickly adding content to our website, providing the donation infrastructure,...
Press interview on Haiti with Joseph Ferdinand
The Schwäbisches Tagblatt, one of Swabia’s leading newspapers, has featured the fundraising work of the Padre Wasson Foundation in aid of Haitians who have been affected by the earthquake, which caused widespread devastation on Sunday, 15 August. Our Board member...
Earthquake in Haiti
Solidarity with Haiti The recent earthquake presents a new challenge for our sisters and brothers in Haiti. The main quake destroyed houses killing hundreds. But the after-quakes force everyone to stay outside, the few clinics are treating patients in courtyards or...
Padre Wasson: There is no Just War
For many years, Padre Wasson had studied the Sermon on the Mount, going to the roots of the original texts, comparing translations, and writing down his findings. His book, The Sermon on the Mount, was translated into German. Padre Wasson had hoped for a strong...
Kervens Edouard (Haiti): Economics
Kervens is a bright young man. He has applied to the University of Heidelberg for a place at university. He writes about his motivation: "For more than two years, Haiti has faced one of the worst political and economic crises, affecting life in all areas including...
Wilmer Ernesto Erazo (El Salvador): Dentistry
Wilmer first came to Europe as a teenager with Father Wasson, where he was allowed to visit his godmother and proved to be a true talent for languages. Although he later had a chance to stay in Germany, he decided to study dentistry in El Salvador. Despite many...
Lennard Cabezas (Nicaragua): Medicine
In 2019, we became aware of the young man who described to us his wonderful-beauti- ful motivation why he wants to become a doctor. He lives with his parents and two sis- ters in a very simple house near the Panamericana. They have some land where they have planted...
Dieusson Lafrance (Haiti): General Medicine
Dieusson has already worked as a doctor in various hospitals in Haiti, most re- cently at the St. Damien Hospital of Nos Petits Frères et Soeurs (Our Little Sisters and Brothers), where he was responsible for the former children from the Chil- dren's Village and a...
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Facts
296 donations – received in the first two years. 70.000 Euros – in donations and grants until today. 6 grants – given for Haiti in 2021…
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Actions
Padre Wasson always promoted sharing with those in need and hated bureaucratic structures. He acted. One of his mottos was “do it now!”
Visions
Some ideas we don’t dare to put on our agenda. At least not now. The current tasks are already overwhelming and stretch our time limits…