This tiny baby boy arrived sick and severely malnourished, but we were ready; we had prepared and prayed and waited for Comerson to arrive, and he was finally here…
But we saw another gap that we could not ignore: what happened after sixth-grade graduation? For some, secondary education would be a given, but for most, this marked the end of their education and the beginning of navigating life and survival in urban Haiti; most were destined to become street vendors or find other low-income pursuits. But what happens after high school graduation?