Hands Together

Hands Together Founded in 1986 by Fr. Tom Hagan, O.S.F.S. as an outreach program to help the poor in Haiti and the l Peroidically, U.S.

Structure

Governance
Hands Together is incorporated as a 501 (c) (3) , non-profit organization. and governed by a board of trustees who receive no compensation for service. Operations
United States Office:
Run by Executive Director, Douglas Campbell
Support Staff - Communications Director, David Darling, and 2 administrative staff, Tiffany Velazquez and Luz Mussenden. Haiti
Port-au-Prince Off

ice
Run by President and Founder, Father Thomas Hagan, O.S.F.S. Gonaives Office:
Establish as an official NGO recognized by the country of Haiti.. President - Archbishop of Port-au-Prince, Max Mesidor
Director - Father Gerard Dormevil
Support staff- Rony Charles, Georges Belaird

All of Hands Together's programs are Haitian-run, providing employment for over 600 people in Poart-au-Prince and Gonaives. volunteers contribute training and guidance for educational, medical and suatainable development projects. The organization maintains offices in Springfield, MA, Port-au-Prince and Gonaives, Haiti.

04/15/2026

Hands together Sunday mass.04/12/2026

Remembering Father Gerard and Tom Gilligan
05/19/2025

Remembering Father Gerard and Tom Gilligan

Mass 05/11/2025
05/11/2025

Mass 05/11/2025

Happy Mothers Day!Recorded Mass from Cite Soleil

40-Year Anniversary of Lafayette in Haitihttps://htlafayette.funraise.org/Dear Lafayette Friends,I recall with deep fond...
05/05/2025

40-Year Anniversary of Lafayette in Haiti

https://htlafayette.funraise.org/

Dear Lafayette Friends,

I recall with deep fondness the wonderful years I spent at Lafayette College – it’s hard to imagine that 40 years have passed since we launched the Hands Together Haiti program on campus. And while I am saddened about the current violence that has closed roads and airports here in Port-au-Prince preventing my return to the U.S. for Easter, I am also hopeful and proud about the bonds that tie Lafayette and Haitian communities together. We overcame similar challenges when we unknowingly had our first Lafayette student visit in 1986 during a violent uprising against Haitian President Baby Doc Duvalier.

I am proud and touched by our many accomplishments, and thankful to our Executive Director, Doug Campbell (Lafayette ‘86), who has been at my side since the start. What began as a small, hopeful project helping a l***r clinic has grown into a compassionate charity aiding the poorest people in the world. We have drilled more than 650 potable water wells, bringing clean water to 750,000 underserved people; we feed more than 25,000 individuals daily and teach 11,000 students in eleven schools.

But our work is far from over. Ongoing political instability, gang violence, natural disasters, and dwindling foreign aid continue to plague the country and devastate its residents. While the Haitian people embody a remarkable spirit of hope—one that has endured through centuries of challenges—they need our help.

Please help us keep things going in Haiti if you can. Some of your classmates created HT’s Leopard 40 Fund (https://htlafayette.funraise.org/) to humbly seek your gift to help us provide housing, education, and nutrition to the most forgotten and poorest people in the world. My prayer is that you remember fondly those days we shared at Lafayette and that you support something remarkable that originated there and does so much good for this world of ours. We really need help during this most dark and scary time in Haiti. Thanks for whatever you can do.

God Bless,

Father Tom
Lafayette Chaplain 1984 - 1990

Update #33 - Schools Closed, Planes Grounded, Streets EmptyPlease pray for the people of Haiti.
11/14/2024

Update #33 - Schools Closed, Planes Grounded, Streets Empty

Please pray for the people of Haiti.

Update #32 - Back to School!
10/18/2024

Update #32 - Back to School!

Thank You, St. Veronica: What Haiti's Like, What We Are Doing, and What We Plan to Do
06/03/2024

Thank You, St. Veronica: What Haiti's Like, What We Are Doing, and What We Plan to Do

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P. O. Box 80985
Springfield, MA
01138

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