MEET THE FACES
For more than eight years, Drops of Dew has stewarded and directed its finances to build the Institution Mixte Vertilus School (founded in 2016) and provide stipends to teachers in the underserved coastal mountain community of Chadirac and in other Haitian communities. Our ultimate goal is to help build a more promising future for children and their families with limited opportunities due to poverty, limited access to education, inequitable medical care, and a broken national social and political system.
Principle
Datilus Vertilus
Datilus is the school principal and the pastor of the church in the Chadirac/Cayous community. He is married with five children and one foster child. His wife works in the fields and maintains the household. Datilus is a guest speaker at many of the churches on the mountain and in the nearby coastal city of St. Marc.
Secretary
Rony Clercius
This is Rony’s first year with the school. He lives with his family and attends church in the community. His teacher stipend helps with money to pay for his own education in St. Marc.
Pre-School/Kindergarten
Dieufila Joasssaint
Dieufila lives in St. Marc.
Pre-school/Kindergaten
Christianna Silor
Christianna lives in St. Marc and travels by motorcycle up and down the mountain to Chadirac/Cayous, her hometown, to teach. She is married with two children. Her husband is a teacher in St. Marc.
Pre-School/Kindergaten
Fedeline Louis
Fedeline lives in St. Marc.
First Grade
Louis Wiguens
​Louis lives on the mountain and walks an hour to school. He is married with two children and grows and sells his crops for supplemental income. Louis assists Datilus with preaching and serves in children’s church.
Second Grade
Paul Jeancene
Paul lives an hour’s walk away from the school. He is married and has four children. Two of his children attend the school and his entire family attends church in the community. He and his wife supplement their income by selling crops and chickens.
Third Grade
Kenson Charles
Kenson has served at the school since it opened in 2016. He lives in the community and attends church there preaching and leading worship. Last year, he built a house a short walk from the school. Since his mother died two years ago, he is now the primary provider for his younger sister and brother.
Fourth Grade
Dieubon Cherilus
Dieubon has a birth defect that affects his ability to walk. He has constant pain in his leg and back. He lives forty-five minutes above the community. He always arrives early to school to give his body a chance to recuperate from the walk. He lives with his parents and supplements his income by selling crops.
Fifth Grade
Yronce Charles
Yronce lives in the community and attends church. He is married and shares a house with his siblings. His father died when he was young, and his mother died in 2022. Since her death, Yronce contributes to the financial wellbeing of his eight brothers and sisters.
Sixth Grade
Robin Masseus
Robin lives with his mother in St. Marc. He leads the choir in the community church. He attends college in St. Marc with the goal of becoming a doctor. He works to build savings for college tuition.
Seventh, Eighth & Nineth Grade
Frantzait Louis
Frantzait teaches seventh and eighth grade math. He lives in St. Marc where his wife teaches. They attend church in St. Marc and are involved in the youth program.
Seventh, Eighth. & Nineth
Venes Ynnoncet
Venes teaches seventh and eighth grade geometry. He lives in St. Marc. He also teaches at a school in St. Marc. He travels daily on the motorcycle. When he leaves Chadirac in the afternoon; he goes directly to the second school. He shares a house with his family in St. Marc.
Seventh, Eighth. & Nineth
Fervilion Chandeler
Fervilon teaches seventh and eighth grade French. He also teaches at another school in his hometown of St. Marc.
Seventh, Eighth. & Nineth
Jamil Mondesir
Jamil teaches Biology. He lives in St. Marc. He teaches at another school in St. Marc.
Seventh, Eighth. & Nineth
Ersony Gabriel
Ersony is living in St. Marc. He teaches in St. Marc then comes to Chadirac three days a week to tutor. Many afternoons you can find him with a class full of students. Then at dusk, you see him running up the mountain to catch a ride to St. Marc.
Seventh, Eighth. & Nineth
Nozius Bernabe
Nozius teaches seventh and eighth grade English. Nozius is a pastor in St. Marc. Pastors are not paid for their position at a church, so a teaching stipend is needed. He is married and has five children. The students love him. He enjoys sharing Jesus while he teaches.
Seventh, Eighth. & Nineth
Fadrice Jerome
Fadrice teaches seventh and eighth grade Spanish. He is married and lives in St. Marc.