Can We?
* Soccer Field
Soccer is a community builder. With very limited availability of extracurricular/educational activities, soccer is an important part of the community. Villagers take pride in their community team! FDF through the leadership and fund raising of Karen Thorsen underwrote a massive project to enhance/enlarge the community soccer field. This proved to be a very challenging undertaking; many lessons were learned with this project. The field still needs some additional work, but it is playable. In 2017 the team from Fond Doux was the champion in their area league. Teams travel from afar to compete.
* Bible School
A major part of each mission trip is a vacation Bible School. Many youth members of the mission teams have assisted in this program as well as adults. Crafts and music are a part of the process.
* Children’s Creole Bibles
Because most books are in French while the day to day language of the people is Creole, the Fond Doux Foundation in cooperation with Swansboro United Methodist Church, Swansboro, NC and Epworth United Methodist Church, Durham, NC has provided Children’s Bibles in Creole to many families in the Fond Doux region. The children of the Sunday School of Epworth participated in this project.
* Hand Washing Stations
To stop the spread of disease, developing good hygiene practices is a necessity. In a village without running water this is difficult. One effort to encourage this is the development of hand washing stations. Changing customs and maintaining them have proven to be difficult.