Jack Reid is the inspiration and driving force behind the efforts of St Mary’s Catholic Church in Barnesville, Maryland to twin with a parish in rural Carcasse, Haiti and to build a school for the children. The government school was damaged in a hurricane in 1990 leaving the children without a school.
Jack is currently working with the people of Carcasse to pipe water to the village from a mountain spring, building a parish house and community center for the Priest, and establishing a coffee co-operative to stimulate local business.