{"id":205831,"date":"2025-05-25T23:58:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T03:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/?p=205831"},"modified":"2025-05-26T00:00:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T04:00:58","slug":"remembering-2015-a-year-of-joy-art-and-community-with-toyan-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/remembering-2015-a-year-of-joy-art-and-community-with-toyan-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering 2015: A Year of Joy, Art, and Community with Toyan Gay"},"content":{"rendered":"

2015 was a year etched in love, laughter, and meaningful impact\u2014thanks in no small part to our dedicated board member, Toyan Gay.<\/p>\n

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T<\/a>his photo transports us back to a sunny afternoon at our Children\u2019s Home in Carrefour, Haiti. Toyan and his crew shared joyful moments with the children\u2014laughing, playing games, and savoring sweet mangoes and sugar canes. That day wasn\u2019t just about fun\u2014it was about connection, healing, and building trust through genuine, heart-led presence.<\/p>\n

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The second photo captures another proud moment: our\"\"<\/a> Annual Art Day Celebration<\/strong>. Toyan\u2019s leadership shined once again as he brought the then-Mayor to witness our two-day art workshop, during which over 100 children explored creativity, expression, and identity through paint, color, and imagination. Under the banner of Art Day Celebration: A Program of Diakonos International<\/em>, this event affirmed our belief that art is a powerful tool for healing and hope<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Toyan Gay continues to serve as a dedicated board member, embodying our mission to uplift, empower, and nurture the future of Haiti\u2014one child at a time.<\/p>\n

?\ufe0f\u2728 Let\u2019s keep building the legacy together.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2015 was a year etched in love, laughter, and meaningful impact\u2014thanks in no small part to our dedicated board member, Toyan Gay. This photo transports us back to a sunny afternoon at our Children\u2019s Home in Carrefour, Haiti. Toyan and his crew shared joyful moments with the children\u2014laughing, playing games, and savoring sweet mangoes and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":205830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[51],"tags":[120,121,119,122,123],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0413-SMILE-1-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205833,"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205831\/revisions\/205833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diakonosintl.org\/diakonosintl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}