Full name: Patrick Caporal
Birth date: November 2, 1991
Residence: St. Joseph’s Home for Boys
School: College St. Joseph
Class: Eighth grade
When joined SJF: 1995
Previous SJF residences: Wings of Hope, Trinity House
Activities involved in at SJF: Boy Scouts, dance, drumming
Favorite activities: Basketball, soccer and dance
Favorite foods: Cornmeal with beans and fish
Favorite subject in school: Math and English
Dreams for the future: To be an electrician
Since there are two boys named Patrick at St. Joseph’s Home for Boys now, Patrick is now also known as Gwo Patrick (Big Patrick). Patrick was born in Les-Cayes but does not remember his parents because the abandoned him when he was a baby. When he was a baby he was sent to live with his aunt, who worked at the Baptist Mission in Fermathe. His aunt mistreated him and used him as a restavek (child slave). One day his aunt burned his hand by placing it in the fire and then kicked him out. Patrick was brought to the St. Joseph Family by a missionary. Patrick is out-going and friendly. He is emerging as a leader at St. Joseph’s and maturing into a responsible young man. He is a talented dancer and has traveled to both the United States and Canada several times with the Resurrection Dance Theater of Haiti. Patrick also performed in the St. Joseph Family’s production of Godspell. Patrick dreams of one day finding his parents.
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St. Joseph's Gwo Patrick
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