WHAT WE DO
The Cheerful Heart Mission is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to improving the lives of the underprivileged people living on the border of the Dominican Republic and Haiti by funding and managing programs focused on health, education, and economic development. We serve all people in need without regard to race, gender, or religious belief.
Our Projects Include:
Public Health - Sanitation Mission: 725 Latrines, Tilori, Haiti, Completed
Public Health - Sanitation Mission: 825 Latrines, Lamielle, Haiti, Completed
Public Health - Sanitation Mission: 850 Latrines, Laqua, Haiti, Completed
Public Health - Potable Water Wells: Tilori, Haiti, 2026
Music Education Mission: Loma de Cabrera, DR and Tilori, Haiti, January 2026
Dental / Medical Mission: Loma de Cabrera, DR and Tilori, Haiti, March 2026
Food Security Mission: Operation Mango Tree, Tilori, Haiti, Completed 2023
The focus of the Mission is three programs: Health, Education, and Economic Development. The current projects include the dental mission, the sanitation mission, and the music education mission. All three missions serve people living between the communities of Loma de Cabrera, DR and Tilori, Haiti.
The DR and Haiti share a 224 mile border on the island of Hispaniola where the DR occupies the eastern two thirds and Haiti the western third. The border region of the two countries is especially poor. Being remotely located, this region is underserved by national governments that lack the adequate resources needed to assist all people equitably. At times La Fontera, as the border region is sometimes referred to, seems to have been abandoned by the outside world. The healthcare needs there are staggering. Few health services are available and those that are available are underfunded and overwhelmed. Basic services affecting community health such as sanitation and potable water are unavailable to large portions of the population.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Americas and one of the very poorest in the world with estimated per capita nominal GDP of less than $1,000 per year The vast majority of its 11 million people live on just a few dollars per day. Access to basic healthcare is not available to a majority of the people. One half of the population is under the age of twenty with fifty percent of the children unvaccinated. HIV infection is found in several hundred thousand people and tens of thousands of people suffer from malaria. Since the 2010 introduction of cholera into Haiti by UN workers, over 750,000 people have been infected with this devastating disease resulting in an estimated 10,000 deaths.
The Dominican Republic has a population of 11 million people with a high percentage under the age of fifteen. The country’s economy has improved over the past few years, but it remains one of the poorer countries in the world. The per capita GDP is approximately $9,000 per year and one million of its people live on just a few dollars per day. There are tens of thousands of cases of HIV/AIDS and cholera presenting a major health crisis.
