Father Joseph Philippe is the priest who established Haiti's largest microcredit bank for the poor, Fonkoze, which has given literacy training and financial opportunity to hundreds of thousands of women and their families. He also founded a 700-student K-14 school, an orphanage, a clean water project, a reforestation program, a health clinic and a radio station; he has built dozens of homes, and he created the University of Fondwa, Haiti's first rural college. Along the way, several of Father Joseph's friends and colleagues were murdered because of their work for the poor. The 2010 earthquake destroyed almost everything Father Joseph built over 25 years, but the film sees him moving forward and rebuilding with infectious humor, deep faith and determination.
Directed by | Jeffrey Kaufman |
Written by | Jeffrey Kaufman |