Our Staff

Gilot Gaetjens Director
Civil Engineer from UNAP; worked at BUCOTEC & FICCAS

Resia Cothias
Food Manager

Herold Jean Baptiste
Office Manager
ACFFC Alumnus

Andre Wilner
Security
ACFFC Alumnus

Jarline Pantaleon
Housekeeping

Mayerline Bervil
Photographer

James Vilburn
English Teacher

Calixte Emmanuel
Sewing Instructor

Maxime Verilus
Paper Mache’
ACFFC Alumnus

Richcarde Colin
Paper Mache’
ACFFC Alumnus

Chedla Jouissance
Solar Cooking
ACFFC Alumnus

Tony Tervil
Mosaic
ACFFC Alumnus

Our Future

We look forward to the day that our oldest youth will be self-reliant and successful, using the skills and lessons they learned at the ACFFC. Our hope is that they will continue to foster their sense of community with the ACFFC long after they are no longer youth in the program. Our young adults are, and will continue to be, role models for the younger children and teenagers. Our vision for the future involves replicating this model in a number of locations throughout Haiti.

Our Past

ACFFC was founded in 1999 as a small, informal “art day” program, and was formally established as an organization in 2003. We began as a three day a week program with 8 children in a rickety building, run by volunteer artists and administration. We started out with only $500 USD to build it on. Belief in these children and the idea that the art skills we had to teach could alter the course of their lives drove us and our program forward.

Your Help

After many years of moving from pillar to post, we now have a home of our own! It is a wonderful building on Rue Petion in Jacmel. As grateful as we are to have it, the move has come with a huge financial burden on the organization. This, on top of the cost of operating such an extensive program, makes money a very real and consistent need for the ACFFC. Your donations, big or small, truly make a difference in the lives of the kids in our program.