Greenville woman to be honored for work in Haiti teaching farming skills

From Upper South Carolina-

She survived an earthquake and her husband's kidnapping and has continued undaunted in her work to help the residents of a remote village in Haiti feed themselves.

For her efforts over the years at the Haitian mission supported by the Episcopal Diocese of Upper South Carolina, Gillaine Warne of Greenville will be honored during the eighth annual Partnership Cange Symposium at Christ Church today.

The Rev. Fritz Lafontant, who was profiled in the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Mountains Beyond Mountains,” will present a progress report on his work in Haiti and talk about the urgent needs in the village of Cange.

Warne will be presented with the Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans Award, given each year by the Virginia Theological Seminary to honor an Episcopal layperson “who, over a significant period of time, has given leadership and unique witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ within his or her congregation, community, diocese and in the world.”

Warne established a program called Partners in Agriculture to grow food to feed the hungry and teach farming to villagers in Haiti. More than 18,000 children in the area now are served through the program.

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