Salesian past pupils of Haiti
National Federation of Salesian Past Pupils of Don Bosco of Haiti
“Good Christians and honest citizens”: a united and committed community, rooted in the heritage and values of Don Bosco, serving the youth of Haiti.
Vision and Mission
The Salesian past pupils of Haiti share a vision and a mission common to Salesian past pupils throughout the world. This mission and vision are rooted in the heritage and values of Don Bosco. The Haitian Past Pupils of Don Bosco want to spread Don Bosco’s precepts and apply them in their community.
The Salesian past pupils of Haiti want to attest to the world that the education received in the Houses of Don Bosco has transformed them into “salt of the earth” and “light of the world”, and also into “good Christians and honest citizens” who have become committed lay people, guided by a clear moral conscience. In this spirit, they commit themselves to defending the values of life, liberty and truth in their society.
The education they received, born of love, unites them fraternally with one another and with their spiritual guides and educators. They have understood the need and the duty to preserve and uphold the principles of Don Bosco’s teaching, which formed the basis of their training.
Their objective is to promote human dignity and the identity of the family, and to practise solidarity among themselves and within their community, particularly in favour of the most disadvantaged young people.
Our vision
The vision of the Salesian past pupils of Don Bosco of Haiti is to form a united and committed community that supports its members and contributes to the development of the country. They strive to promote education, vocational training, spirituality and Christian values.
Our mission
The mission of the Salesian past pupils of Don Bosco of Haiti is to work together to offer education and training opportunities to the country’s disadvantaged youth, seeking to create an environment conducive to learning, where young people can develop their academic and professional skills.
The Salesian past pupils of Don Bosco of Haiti commit themselves to being models of conduct and integrity, in order to inspire young people to pursue their dreams and become responsible, engaged citizens. They seek to encourage a spirit of mutual aid, solidarity and service towards the most deprived members of society.
In carrying out their mission, the Salesian past pupils of Don Bosco of Haiti collaborate with Salesian educational institutions, local organisations and international partners to maximise their impact and extend their reach.
In short, the vision of the Salesian past pupils of Don Bosco of Haiti is to form a united and committed community, while their mission is to offer education and training opportunities to disadvantaged young people, drawing on the values and heritage of Don Bosco.
Who We Are
The members of the committee of the National Federation of Salesian Past Pupils of Don Bosco of Haiti.
Jean Yves Alfred
RP Jean Paul Mesidor
Paul Vilier
Lherisson J. Lefils
Our Projects
The Salesian Missions have been working in Haiti since 1936 and have contributed to the training of many leaders of our society. The Salesian Missions give hope to Haiti by giving hope to its youth. In the midst of despair, the future is brighter for Haiti thanks to the Salesian Missions and to those who give generously to fund this invaluable work. Among the many projects completed and others under way, FENADBH adds these two projects to the list, with the aim of giving hope and dreams to our young people.
Water to Save Lives
Many Haitian families do not have access to clean drinking water. When you donate to this water project, you help build wells across the country and provide water to those who need it most. Clean water helps young people stay healthy so that they can take part in our education and social support programmes. Clean water gives them the chance to build a better future.
Support this projectSalesian Centre of Don Bosco
Build a centre that will include a museum of the past pupils and friends of Don Bosco, and technical training rooms up to date with the latest technologies. This centre will be a place of meeting, training and research for young professionals, our mentors and the professionals of our society. “This is the sketch; it is up to us to add the colours” – Saint John Bosco. It is up to us to make this project a reality.
The support of all past pupils and friends in making this project happen will be greatly appreciated.
Support this projectYour generosity brings hope to the youth of Haiti
To support FENADBH’s projects, contact us by email or by phone: we will explain how to make a donation.
News & Activities
Meetings, delegations and moments of fellowship of FENADBH, in Haiti and across the Salesian world.
FENADBH’s delegation with the President of the Salesian Past Pupils, Bryan Magro
The Haitian delegation in Turin, Italy, for the 2024 General Assembly
FENADBH President Jude Elie and Vice President Ernesto Etienne with Bryan Magro, President of the World Confederation of Past Pupils of Don Bosco
Jude Elie with the Rector Major
Bryan Magro with the Rector Major
Bryan Magro and Jude Elie
Meeting of FENADBH members in New Rochelle
Picnic in New Rochelle with the Salesians
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Draft Bylaws
Amended bylaws of FENADBH, submitted to the members (in French). View the bylaws (PDF) ↗Our Partners
Jude Elie
Jude Elie holds an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from G.O.C. University, Haiti, completed a graduate engineering course in Florida (F.A.U.) and an Executive MBA from the State University of New York (Stony Brook). Jude Elie is also a graduate of the second-oldest engineering school in the United States, the Polytechnic Institute of New York, with a Master of Science in Engineering and Urban Systems Management. He also holds a Doctorate in Political Science from the Sorbonne, France.
Throughout his career, Jude has built a reputation for collaboration and excellent relationships with his clients, governments, municipalities, the private sector in Haiti, in the United States (USA) and Europe, the United Nations (UN) and other diplomats and global players.
Jude Elie, a philanthropist and member of Rotary International, devotes his life to learning, designing, building, collaborating, supporting and defending the most disadvantaged.
Jude Elie is currently the President of the Federation of Salesian Past Pupils of Don Bosco of Haiti (FENADBH).
Ernesto Etienne
Ernesto Etienne currently works as a Principal Systems Engineer at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), where he is the lead engineer for the conversion of the legacy conventional VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) navigation network into an emergency backup system in the event of a GPS outage in the US National Airspace System (NAS).
Before joining the FAA in 2004, Mr. Etienne worked as a development engineer at IBM Corporation in New York. He was the lead designer of high-performance single-chip and multilayer modules. He designed, implemented and tested hardware and control code for microcontrollers. Mr. Etienne is married with three children and lives in Bristow, Virginia.
Mr. Etienne obtained his diploma in electrical engineering from ENAM in 1974, his Bachelor of Science (BS) in Electrical Engineering (with Honors) from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, in 1988, and his Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University in New York, NY, in 1992. Mr. Etienne is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation.
Adeline Solidaire
My name is Marie Suze Possible, born on January 13, 1959, a retired nurse. I obtained an associate degree in nursing, became a registered nurse and practised for 30 years. I am married and, with God’s blessing, I have three children and a wonderful son-in-law: Kwandi, Kathiana, Suzelene and her husband Jason.
In 1976, I joined “Solidaire” de Don Bosco, a religious, spiritual and social organisation founded by Reverend Hector Pascal. The organisation’s primary mission was to lead the 9:00 a.m. Mass every Sunday at the St. John Bosco chapel in Port-au-Prince. I currently have the privilege of serving as Assistant Secretary of FENADBH, the National Federation of Past Pupils and Friends of Don Bosco of Haiti.
JB. Dorce
Born in Cornillon, Haiti, on September 12, 1966, Jean Baptiste Dorcé completed his primary education in Port-au-Prince with the Salesian Fathers of Don Bosco. After his baccalaureates I and II, he was admitted to the École Normale Supérieure, where he studied social sciences from 1990 to 1994. In June 1995, he joined the civil service as an employee of the National Penitentiary Administration, rising through the ranks to Head of the Registry and Statistics Department. In October 2000, he was admitted to the Faculty of Law and Economics (FDSE) of the State University of Haiti, graduating with a degree in legal sciences. In September 2011, he was appointed academic director of the Institution Françoise et René de la Serre, a Catholic school of the Little Sisters and Little Brothers of the Incarnation. In 2014, following a competitive examination organised by the Provisional Electoral Council, he was appointed President of the Departmental Electoral Office of the West (BED Ouest 2).
Jean Baptiste Dorcé is the Secretary General of the coordinating council of the Association Don Bosco Club (ADBC), a movement founded on January 31, 1966, by the late Reverend Father Jean Gabriel Désir, SDB.
A lawyer and teacher, he is married and the father of three (3) children.
Yverose Francois
Yverose François holds a degree in Administration and Human Resources Management. She has more than ten years of experience in administrative management. With over a decade in the field of human resources, she has also worked in the international sector within various non-governmental organisations active in sustainable economic development, the environment, agriculture, health, education, social affairs, reconstruction and transport.
Yverose played an important role in establishing administrative management procedures in institutions such as the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), Finn Church Aid (FCA), Entrepreneurs du Monde (EDM) and Food for the Hungry (FH Haiti), among others.
During her career in the international and private sectors, Yverose François has held several important positions. In March 2015, she joined the public sector (Office of the Prime Minister) as Director of the “Human Resources Policies and Management Systems” Unit and was quickly promoted to Project Director assigned to the Human Resources Management Control Unit of the Office of Management and Human Resources (OMRH). In April 2018, she joined the National Public Procurement Commission (CNMP), a body of the Prime Minister’s office, as Director of Regulation and Control of Public Procurement and Public Service.
She is an active member of the Haitian Society for Human Resources Management (SHAMAR), a founding member of the HR Cluster of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, and a member and coordinator of the Association of Former Students of CODOSA in Haiti. She is currently Vice-President of the Don Bosco Football Club of Pétion-Ville and a devoted member and one of the representatives of ACODOSAH in Haiti.
Romane Petit
Long before attending the Collège Dominique Savio in Pétion-Ville, Haiti, Romane had a deep connection with the Salesians. In her youth, she attended Saint John Bosco church and was an active member of the Groupe Artistique Dominique Savio (GADOSA), founded by Reverend Father Jean Sylvain Jeannot (Père Didi). After graduating from secondary school in 1987, her commitment never wavered. She became an elementary teacher at the primary school and a trainer for the Centre’s summer courses. She still attributes her success in life largely to the Salesian experience and values. Eager to give back and dedicated to perpetuating Don Bosco’s vision for future generations, she joined the Association of Past Pupils of CODOSA (ACODOSAH, Inc.) in 2020 to join the efforts to make an IMPACT on the lives of the school’s young people and within Haitian communities.
After a long career in the Haitian public and private sectors, Romane lives in the United States and became a workers’ rights activist, joining the labour movement in 2006. In addition to being a businesswoman, she holds a master’s degree in criminology. She is also an active member of the Alumnae Association of the Collège Saint-Louis de Bourdon, her alma mater; Executive Secretary of ACODOSAH, Inc.; Vice-Chair of the Haitian-American Association of Residents and Business Owners of the City of Miramar; and a volunteer with the organisation “Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered” (FORCE), a support group for women and men affected by hereditary cancers.
She is now a member of the Provisional Committee of the National Federation of Salesian Past Pupils of Don Bosco of Haiti (FENADBH).
Edouard Desvarieux
Edouard Desvarieux was born in Port-au-Prince on January 23, 1938. He studied at the École Nationale des Arts et Métiers (ENAM), graduating in mechanical fitting in 1957 with the highest distinction (“La Plus Grande Distinction”).
From 1967 to 1968 he was president of the Christian trade union at the Huilerie Nationale, Port-au-Prince.
In 1968, he left Haiti to settle in Brooklyn, New York.
In 1979, he graduated with a BS degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey.
In 1986, he received a Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering (MS, CE). Shortly afterwards, he became an active member of HaSAAI.
He was elected and re-elected president of HaSAAI at various times. His terms of office ran from 1987 to 1993, from 1996 to 2003, and from 2005 to 2017.
In November 1988, he led a delegation of 7 HaSAAI members to the first international congress of Past Pupils of Don Bosco and Past Pupils of Mary Help of Christians in Rome.
Desvarieux is one of the advisors of FENADBH.
Jean Gusmann Saint Fleur
Representative and spokesperson in HaitiHe holds a degree in accounting and in small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) management. He is now the CEO of the company Solucion y Distribucion. His spiritual education began in childhood. His persevering faith in God helped him become a sworn religious minister recognised by the Haitian Ministry of Justice. Today, Jean Gusman is a leader and a member of the church. He completed his law studies at the Law University of Gonaïves, Haiti. He is also an entrepreneur investing in the poultry and drinking-water sectors. Jean Gusman is happy to have completed his academic training at the Salesian institution in Pétion-Ville, Haiti.