Buen Samaritano aims to foster important skill and community-development opportunities in its commitment to rural health, childhood and adult education, agricultural development, and cultural programming. Our purpose is spiritual, educational and medical, yet we see our efforts primarily as a partnership with the members of our communities, who run, maintain and develop our programs.

Buen Samaritano promotes the development of community leadership and social action as a fundamental aspect of positive social change.

Buen Samaritano is committed to enrich and empower the lives of orphans and poor children through an integrated approach to education. Christian values, curiosity and love of learning, environmental stewardship, a commitment to music and the arts, and care for others combine to develop responsible and industrious citizens committed to the betterment of society.

Buen Samaritano educates future leaders to be-above all-engaged and compassionate global citizens.

A Christian sense of mission was the catalyst for Alejita's initial visit to Haiti forty years ago and it remains at the heart of our work today. Intellectual, emotional and medical support are three pillars of our work in Haiti, but spiritual strength sustains our labor. In our orphanage and school, we teach that spiritual life is not simply a religious life, but rather, the external manifestation in the daily life of an intimate connection with our Creator and of the harmony of our thoughts and actions.

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We often receive news from Gastón and the children telling us how a timely moment of prayer or a biblical story serve as words of inspiration, encouragement, and peace for the members of our community. The greatest miracle to date took place during the earthquake that shook Port-au-Prince in 2010. As Gaston and the children were having dinner, the house started shaking violently. In the midst of danger and fear, the children called to Jesus repeatedly, "Jezi! Jezi! Jezi!" When the earthquake stopped, the miracle became evident: many houses in the neighborhood had collapsed, others suffered irreparable damages, and untold lives were lost, but our orphanage-school remained standing and not a child was hurt.

At Buen Samaritano, faith and spirituality support our struggle for social justice.

Buen Samaritano is dedicated to meet the health and wellness needs of impoverished communities. We aim to improve poor and rural standards of living through a focus on health education and preventive care. Our work focuses on severely underserved communities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Buen Samaritano provides critical medical and preventive care to poor communities.

Buen Samaritano is committed to environmental conservation and education. We foster the basic ideas of conservation, sustainability, and reforestation by example. We are committed to green building practices and active learning experiences that engage our communities in our responsibility towards environment renewal.

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Our new campus in Williamson will include a working farm and agricultural area where to teach sustainable practices. The "greening" of the ailing Haitian countryside is critical to improving health and nutrition as well as economic opportunities.

Buen Samaritano believes that the well-being of our communities is intricately tied to the health of the land.