For the fourth year, Barco’s Nightingales Foundation will walk with RMHC in their annual Walk for Children.  Since its inception in 2008, Barco’s Nightingales Foundation has been on a mission to lift the lives of children around the world in honor of nurses.  Since then, we have been able to make a difference in the […]

We are proud to announce the beginning of out 5th solar water well in Haiti.  On this site, the hole for the well was dug successfully.  We reached water after only going down 90 feet. We are hopeful that this will be operational within 90 days.

Michael Donner, founder of Barco’s Nightingales Foundation visited Haiti in February 2014. This is his amazing journey in photos and words.                 Please visit the full gallery on Facebook.

On our trip to Haiti in February, we handed out nearly 400 pounds of clothes to the children and adults. This video shows Denisse Casales of Barco handing out clothing to the children at a school where one of the Barco’s Nightingales Foundation’s solar water wells is located. We invite you to view the video […]

U.S. Missionary Tim Dortch, established the Hispaniola Mountain Ministries (HMM), in the Dominican Republic in 2005 after making multiple mission trips to Haiti beginning in 1998.  When Haiti became politically inaccessible, Tim turned his mission trips to the Dominican Republic with the intention of eventually branching back into Haiti.  One area of ministry under HMM, […]

We hope you enjoy this three minute documentary video, which shows in words and images the desperate need for clean water in Haiti.  We are continually blessed to be able to help build solar wells that provide access to fresh, life-saving water for thousands of women, children and families in Haitian communities. To watch the […]

We received this amazing expression of gratitude and were moved to show you the difference we are making with your  support.  The slides, when viewed in order, tell a moving story.

In developing countries where many villages are off the electrical grid, and fossil fuels for generators are too expensive, water wells operated by solar powered pumps are the only viable alternative to gaining a clean, healthy water supply.  Because the water is so far underground, these wells need pumps, powered by solar energy, to bring […]

Did you know that according to World Health Organization “water scarcity affects one in three people on every continent of the globe. The situation is getting worse as needs for water rise along with population growth, urbanization and increases in household and industrial uses.” At Barco’s Nightingales Foundation we are committed to bringing new solar […]

My wife Frida and I want to extend our New Year’s Prayer to the children of Haiti. May 2013 be a better year for you. May you find your health and your life improving. Our prayers are for you and for your families. We will be building 2 more water wells for other children and […]