Making an Impact on Youth

Fevrier Cherubin trains young people in the use of Impact Clubs

In a country like Haiti where children and young people make up the majority of the population, youth ministry is an imperative.  In order to respond to this need Christian Reformed World Missions (CRWM) has begun using the IMPACT Clubs program. IMPACT was created to empower young people to help their communities by increasing the capacity of the participants and by helping them to develop community service projects. During the three months young people participate in the first level of the program, they learn how to become good citizens who are able to hold jobs and to be leaders and entrepreneurs in their communities. Present in more than twenty countries, IMPACT started in Haiti in 2014 through the efforts of a Canadian CRWM missionary named Larry Luth. Today there is a network of fifteen clubs with thirty trained leaders and more than 350 members.  CRWM has established IMPACT Clubs in Haiti with organizations like Adoration Christian Centre, Haiti Teen Challenge, the Salvation Army, and the Christian Reformed Church of Haiti.  Several independent clubs have begun as well.