Founders

Meet Hal and Chris

Hal and Chris Nungester, along with 35 Haitian staff members work in two homes with 70 children. Boys and girls range in ages from birth to 18. While some of the children are orphans, many have been abandoned to the home by parents who are unable to provide for them due to extreme poverty. Most of the children come with medical conditions resulting from years of malnutrition but improve quickly with three nutritious meals a day, vitamins, necessary medicines, and purified drinking water.

H.I.S. Home also provides nanny training that is open to locals who pay $50 (Haitian) to attend and receive a full refund upon completion of the training. The graduates are given a certificate that is then honored at many other Haitian orphanages.

The founders of H.I.S. Home for Children, Hal & Chris Nungester, were married in 1974 and have raised six grown children, and currently have their four Haitian children. Hal, who has an MBA as well as being a licensed pastor, has worked in youth ministry as well as the business community. He serves as Executive Director of H.I.S. Home for Children, taking care of everything from vehicle repair to budgeting. Chris, who has an MSW, spent 10 years as a Paramedic in Emergency Medicine and was a Licensed Social Worker with an emphasis in child welfare. Chris oversees the daily activities at H.I.S Home, using her experience in mothering, social work, and medicine to nurture the children.