Founders Windy Gelin, Civil Engineer is the motivation behind our mission and Yvens Gelin, Electrician two brothers, education lover. Their parents from Fonds-Verettes and they born into extreme poverty in Fonds Parisien, Haiti.
They changed the course of their life’s trajectory through education. Working in education field since 2012, by researchers and support through scholarships study for the young because they vowed to create a hopeful future for not only them, but for their nation at large.
Education Is The Key To A Better Future
Windy Born in Haiti, in a modest earthen house with wooden slats, epitomizing rustic authenticity. The three stone firepits in our local kitchen were central to preparing traditional meals, symbolizing a life intertwined with nature and rich cultural traditions, and first exposure to vodou.
At the age of 17 in 2010, despite being a victim of the earthquake that struck his right arm, Windy Gelin felt the need to help. Just 2 days later the catastrophe, he took charge of 62 scouts for three months, assisting as a rescuer. This experience awakened his sense of humanity and philanthropy. Two years later, he began a series of mobilization actions to obtain scholarships to facilitate young people’s education.
Among the beneficiaries, there is Jean Yvens Gelin, who now feels how these scholarships help him in his life project; and Windy too, helping from a cousin to finish high school, they decided to create this huge project to do more than anybody else for the poorest of poor child in Haiti.
Windy’s faith
He converted in May 2023 at Eglise Bethel Assemblée Chretienne de Fond Parisien and received the baptism of his savior Jesus Christ on March 2024 at Community Evangelical Free Church of Harrisburg after experiencing Vodou, Haitian Freemasonry and being a lay leader of the Episcopal Church of Haiti. His first book “Journey of the Soul of a Haitian” on these experiences is in preparation.
Windy’s career
His career as a civil engineer who had been interviewed by PennDOT for an intern position, which is established in the Central Office of Highway Administration. The purpose of this position is to prepare for a Civil Engineer position in the Highway Administration Deputate by completing the 12-month Civil Engineer Training program.
Founder and general manager of the online library highlighting their beauty and the hidden wealth of Fond Parisien, his birth district: Bibliyotèk ak Achiv Vityèl Toussaint General Vil | www.bavtoussaintgvil.com/about
Co-founder and CEO of the Société de Génie et architecture – Constructions (SOGA-COS) since 2019, a technical design office specializing in the construction of public and private buildings as well as road drainage.
His service with SOGA-COS with potential clients such as Love a Child, Vorbe et Fils matériaux de construction, and the Maison des Enfants Handicapés testifies to his commitment to projects with a strong social impact.
His responsibility in more than twenty residential house construction projects since 2017 strengthen his determination to provide quality solutions.
In addition, he is co-founder College Shamma de Fond Parisien in 2018 and co-founder of G-WIN Multi-Services at Fonds Parisien in 2014.
He was also the chief manager of sanitation projects in 2013 and 2014, covering respectively 5 km of the national road #8 in Fond Parisien and 1.5 km from the Jimanie-Malpasse border.
On the social front, he has participated in several pleadings on the threats of the Lastic River, the behaviors to adopt before, during and after an earthquake and he has contributed to radio programs, in religious crusades and schools.