ABOUT BROWN HORSE PROJECTS
For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of men. 2 Corinthians 8:21
OUR
MISSION.
Brown Horse Projects exists to cultivate healing, dignity, and beauty among people in need by sharing the gospel of Jesus and providing hands-on medical care.
Brown Horse Projects works to achieve our mission by running a family medicine clinic in a remote village of Haiti. This clinic serves an isolated population, offering high-quality care affordably to those who otherwise would go without. We extend the loving hands of God without question or payment at the clinic, while staff pray with patients and offer the hope found only in Christ to all those who come through our doors. Our U.S. team coordinates several short-term mission trips annually to Haiti and the Dominican Republic that focus on medical care, health education, arts enrichment and relationship-building.
God has called our team to work alongside, encourage, uplift and love on our brothers and sisters on the island of Hispaniola in both Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Brown Horse Projects has been traveling there with various teams and many willing participants for more than a decade. Over this time, our eyes have been opened to poverty unlike anything we've seen in other travels and mission trips, to spiritual confusion and un-Godly practices, to disease, dirt, destruction and devastation. But when God reveals things in the world that require our attention, He also provides a way. His way for our team in Haiti and the DR was led by an opening of our hearts, so that what we see in the country is so much more beautiful than what meets the eye. In Haitian people we see warriors, princesses, princes, humble servants and kind-hearted men and women, farmers, teachers, engineers, students, we see people who've been mistreated, discarded, underestimated and are working to survive and make their tiny piece of this big world a better place for their children and their children's children. We see our friends. We see their families and we return to share love. ❤️
Friends, the need is great.
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The average annual salary is 68,400HTG or $518.
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Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 58.5% of the population living under the national poverty line.
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60% of the Haitian population lives on less than $2 per day.
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There is widespread unemployment, as more than 14.78% of the labor force does not have jobs.
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There is a widespread lack of access to food. Due to high food prices, natural disasters, sociopolitical turmoil, and worsening insecurity about 4.9 million people are projected to face acute food insecurity (2022).
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Life expectancy among women is 67 years and men 64 years, compared to 83/78 years respectively in the US.
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Physician density is 0.23 physicians per 1,000 population (2018), compared to 2.61 in the US.
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The degree of risk for major infectious diseases is very high (2023).
*source: CIA, World Fact Book July 2024
LEADERSHIP.
We're sons, daughters, artists, doctors, teachers, business professionals, runners, mothers, fathers, grandparents, friends, family, a herd. Simply put, the Brown Horse Herd is a group of unlikely friends from various backgrounds united for the sake of love.
PROJECT COORDINATORS
ANDRA LAMARCA
Arts Projects Coordinator
DR. ROOSEVELT PIERRE
Medical Projects Coordinator
DR. STEVE SWAIN
Medical Projects Coordinator
BHP MEDICAL CLINIC BALAN, HAITI STAFF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DR. ROMAN DAVIDENKO
Board Member, Treasurer
ANGELO LAMARCA
Board Member
CHRIS DROMBETTA
Board Member
KELCIE SCHIRALDI
Board Member
JAMES GUIDO
Board Member
KATIE SWAIN
Board Chair, Executive Director
MARILYN JOHNSON
Board Member
DR. ROOSEVELT PIERRE
Clinic Director
ERTHA TINÉGRE
Triage Nurse
NOW HIRING
Health Educator
WISKY JEAN POIX
Clinic Pastor
DR. GUEMPCY BADIO
Doctor
LUSCACIA VIXAMAR
Pharmacist
NICKSON CHERUBIN
Registrar
JOSEPH ESPARCIN
Administrative Assistant
JEAN WIDELINE
Head Nurse
NOW HIRING
Pharmacy Technician
ANNE MARIE MESIDOR
Custodian
LOUDRINE DALANCE
Nurse
DARLINE CHERUBIN
Lab Technician
HANDERLY ULYSSE
Clinic Pastor
EMERITUS MEMBER OF THE HERD
Dr. Venglarcik served on the Brown Horse Board of Directors from May 2018 until his passing on April 28, 2024. He will forever remain connected and remembered as an emeritus member in honor of his significant contributions to the growth and success of Brown Horse Projects. Dr. Venglarcik served as a board member, secretary, missionary, encourager, storyteller, mentor, and friend.
DR. JOHN VENGLARCIK
OVER THE YEARS.
THEN JESUS SAID TO THEM, "FOLLOW ME, AND I WILL MAKE YOU BECOME FISHERS OF MEN."
MARK 1:17
We believe the Bible to be the inspired and the only infallible, authoritative Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16). We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:19).
We believe in:
• the full deity and full humanity of Christ (John 1:1–14; Hebrews 1:3–5, 2:5–18),
• His virgin birth (Luke 1:26–38),
• His sinless life (2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 4:15),
• His miracles (John 10:31–38),
• His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood (Matthew 26:28; 1 Peter 2:24),
• His bodily resurrection (John 20:1–31; Acts 1:1–3; 1 Corinthians 15:1–8),
• His ascension to the right Hand of the Father (Acts 1:4–11),
• His present rule as Head of the Church (Ephesians 1:22, 5:23; Colossians 1:18),
• and His personal return in power and glory (Revelation 19:11–16; 22:7–21).
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (2 Corinthians 3:17–18). We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of all who are separated from God by sin and rebellion (John 14:15–21; Romans 8:1–11; 1 Corinthians 12:3). We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are lost unto damnation (Matthew 25:41–46), and they that are saved unto the resurrection of eternal life (Matthew 25:31–40; 1 Corinthians 15:42–57). We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, with equality across races, genders, and classes (Colossians 3:11).
WE
BELIEVE.
WHO IS
BROWN HORSE?
Katie and Andra, the co-founders of Brown Horse, share the story behind the nonprofit’s name. Inspired by sisterhood, creativity, and faith, they found joy and purpose in bringing art, the Word of God, and medical care to communities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Watch their story here.
YOU'RE A BROWN HORSE TOO.
The band Rolling Boxcar International's song about "being a brown horse" called "Please Tell Mary" is available to stream! If you've not given them a listen on Spotify, Apple Music, or your favorite streaming service, please do. Our brothers are talented musicians who humbly describe their aim, "hopefully the songs are interesting, sincere and true."
