Haiti is our calling.
We're still rebuilding.

Twenty-five centuries ago, a man heard that a people were suffering. He wept, then gathered a community and rebuilt what was broken. That man was Nehemiah, and his story is the reason this ministry has its name.

Brother Remile and Solette Casimir. Field directors.

A family, not an orphanage.

Following the devastating earthquake of 2010, Brother Remile Casimir and his wife Solette saw children in their part of Port-au-Prince with no parents and no home. They followed God's calling and took them in. More than 170 so far. The children live together at the compound as sons and daughters with people who care for them. After the dramatic increase in gang violence and uncertainty in 2019, the Casimirs and orphans were forced to flee from Port-au-Prince to find refuge in the mountains.

Starting from scratch, a new facility had to be built to provide what the children and ministry needed.

Since 1988 Brother Casimir has also planted more than 70 churches across Haiti, many with schools attached. He trains the pastors, tradespeople, and builders who will reshape the country from the ground up. The children grow up inside that work. The older ones learn to build on the compound and go on to a trade or further study.

170+children raised as one family
70+churches planted since 1988
1988the year Brother Casimir planted his first church

The story of Nehemiah

Jerusalem's walls were broken down and its gates burned, and Nehemiah, safe in a king's palace far away, refused to look away. He wept. He prayed for months. Then he asked the king for letters and timber and time, and got them. He knew why the king said yes: "The good hand of my God was upon me."

He went home and rebuilt the wall, not for his people but with them, each family on the stretch nearest its own door. Enemies mocked and threatened. Yet in fifty-two days the wall stood, and even their enemies could see that God had done it.

Haiti has walls to rebuild, and Haiti has its Nehemiahs. Pastor Remile and his wife Solette saw the need, prayed, and went to work in their own community. They have not asked us to save them. They have asked us to stand with them, and to believe with them that the same good hand is still at work.

That is why we are here.

What a gift makes possible.

Sponsorship is $44 a month suggested, and any amount helps. Here is what things cost at the home.

$62a month

feeds one child. Meals are the first thing covered.
$30,000a year

buys books, shoes, uniforms, and supplies for every student at the home.

Life at the compound.

Children waving from their seats on the bus — Sunday morning, on the way to church.

Two concrete buildings under construction beneath a cloudy sky — The 200-bed home in Port-au-Prince, abandoned when the children and the Casimirs fled to safety in the mountains.

A group of boys laughing and waving at the camera — Brothers.

A group of girls in hair bows smiling at the camera — Sisters.

The US board and volunteer team standing together outdoors

One mission, two shores.

The US team brings construction, business, technology, finance, and project management to the work, but their most important credential is showing up, both stateside and on the ground in Haiti. No one on the team draws a salary.

Jeff EconomPresident
Bruce ScottTreasurer
Jose NeuSecretary
John FullopBoard member
Bill StinsonBoard member
Louis SerranoBoard member

How the sponsorship program is run.

Global Gospel Initiatives Inc, a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 27-4048435, runs the sponsorship program on behalf of Nehemiah's Children. Your monthly gift is made to Global Gospel Initiatives, which handles the receipts, the records, and the administration. It keeps about 2% to cover those costs and grants the rest, after card processing fees, to the ministry in Haiti. That keeps the Casimirs and their team free to do what they do best. Send your questions about gifts or your sponsorship to donations@ggimissions.com or call (828) 283-0494.

Keep reading.

The quarterly newsletter Updates from the home, written by the team.
Statement of faith What the ministry believes, in full.
The main website Projects, church planting, and ways to give beyond sponsorship.

Be part of the family.

One child, one monthly gift, and a name to pray for.

Sponsor a child