Helping restore a spirit of self-reliance: Mark Jacobs’ sojourn in Haiti

Mark Jacobs engrossed in his work in Haiti

After Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake Mark Jacobs headed there, seeing the need to be relevant and seeking, simultaneously, to follow his own childhood calling.

Jacobs comes from a Stanleytown, West Dem-erara farming family. From very young, he says, he knew what his calling was.

Haiti has anchored him to his passion.  He has lived there, among ordinary Haitians and the suffering of the