All of our kids have college scholarships waiting for them,” he said.

“I have 53 children currently who are there. The work at the orphanage isn’t easy, but Albom said the children there are offered scholarships, opportunity, and the chance to help make lasting change in their native country. “I ended up taking over the operations … which I’ve now run for 12 years,” he said. But that was only the beginning, as Albom soon became more involved than he could have ever imagined. They started working on the orphanage, installing toilets, showers and a kitchen, among other needs. Recognizing the dire nature of the situation in Haiti after the earthquake, Albom started to go back and forth and bring people from Detroit who could help - plumbers, roofers, contractors, and others. Listen to him share his literary journey, his work in Haiti and more: “I was so taken with the kids, and their attitude, and their positivity, and their joy, despite the fact that they had nothing,” Albom said. The author said he was immediately captivated by what he encountered in the earthquake-ravaged country.

pastor to Haiti who needed to check on an orphanage he lost contact with during the tragedy.

At the time, the author accompanied a U.S. How Albom’s life-saving work in Haiti beganĪlbom said his life-changing work in Haiti began after the devastating 2010 earthquake, which killed 220,000-300,000 people and displaced 1.5 million others. “I know most people know me as a writer, but my average week is consumed a lot more with operating the orphanage and I’m there every month, and it’s the most important thing and most gratifying thing that I do.” “ takes up the bulk of my existence,” Albom told Faithwire. Bestselling author Mitch Albom is known for blockbuster books like “Tuesdays with Morrie,” “The Five People You Meet in Heaven,” and his latest, “ The Stranger in the Lifeboat,” but there’s a major component of his life many in the public might not know: he spends most of his time selflessly operating an orphanage in Haiti.

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