Justin Smith: 'It's a great mission'
CAM president fell in love with helping Haiti 11 years ago
Only a dozen children showed up when a McHenry-based nonprofit first built a school in Haiti.
They couldn’t figure out why, said Justin Smith, the president of Catholic Assistance Missions since summer.
“Here we’re offering this free education and school uniforms and a hot meal a day, but down in Haiti, they use the children as a source of labor,” Smith said.
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