Nan Akou, Haiti
Decorah Covenant Church is partnering as a sister church with the Nan Akou (Nah-Ah-KOO) Cumberland Presbyterian church in remote Southwestern Haiti. Pastor Sheslaire Georges, through the principles of the 3 Rs of Christian Community Development (Reconciliation, Relocation, Redistribution) is inspiring his community to work together for a better, sustainable, dignified way of life. He and his wife and daughters have permanently relocated to a very remote and vulnerable area of Haiti and are providing leadership and working to establish a school, church, clean drinking water, passable roads, solar electricity, small businesses, and other means of helping people out of extreme poverty.
