Immersion: “Bringing Haiti to the US”
With travel to Haiti currently restricted, we have had to pause our MFOH Immersion Trips for the time being. We continue to partner with Mercy high schools and colleges to “bring Haiti to the US” through educational learning and service activities.
Bring Haiti Into Your Classroom. Teach with Mercy. Connect with Haiti.
We invite you to explore the following lesson plans inspired by MFOH programs and rooted in the Sisters of Mercy’s Critical Concerns. Please reach out if you have any questions.
University
Water is Life – Environmental Justice in Rural Haiti
Voices of Resilience – Haitian Women and the Path to Empowerment
Upper School
Clean Water and the Right to Thrive
Voices of Resilience – Haitian Women and the Path to Empowerment
Middle School
Clean Water and the Right to Thrive
A Story of Strength – Learning from Women in Haiti
Lower School
Clean Water Helps Everyone Grow
Helping Moms Help Their Families
Honoring Elders — Listening with Love
As part of an immersive learning project, students from Gwynedd Mercy University in Lower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania, studied MFOH’s Rainwater Harvesting program in Gros Morne, Haiti, and then brought the lesson home.
In a powerful act of solidarity and sustainability, students from multiple classes collaborated to construct a 1,500-gallon cistern on campus. It now captures rainwater from Valie Genuardi Hall’s rooftop and is used to irrigate their Campus Learning Garden, directly connecting their studies to real-world impact.
This hands-on project didn’t just teach engineering or environmental science-it deepened students’ understanding of global water justice and how simple, sustainable solutions can change lives.
Click HERE to learn more about this, and prior projects we have collaborated on
with Gwynedd Mercy University, since 2018!