Many of us remember that, around 1997, Douglas Perlitz obtained funding to found Project Pierre Toussaint (PPT), a school for boys in Cap-Haitien, Haiti. Initially, PPT began as an intake center referred to as the 13th Street Intake Program and provided services to children of all ages, most of whom were street children.
The services provided for the children included meals, sports activities, basic classroom instruction, and access to running water for baths. PPT continued to expand and, in approximately 1999, a residential facility, Village Pierre Toussaint (referred to as the “Village”), was added. Although the Village was staffed primarily by Haitians, Perlitz was directly involved with the Village. Circa 1999, The Haiti Fund Inc. was incorporated as a charitable, religious and educational organization in Connecticut, and operated as the fund-raising arm of PPT. The fund raised large sums of money through fund-raising efforts in Connecticut, and all of the expenses associated with PPT were paid for by monies raised on behalf of PPT by the Haiti Fund.
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