A simple plate of food — intended to be a comforting taste of home for Haitian migrants in a Massachusetts shelter — led to something much more for one man seeking a better life in the Bay State.
Paul Richelle, a 41-year-old originally from Haiti, came to the United States by way of Chile, and a long journey though South and Central America. He arrived in Massachusetts in July of 2023. One year later, he has a steady job, and even a car of his own, and is well on his way to an independent future here.
“That’s what I was looking for, to get a better life and have a job,” he told NBC10 Boston through a translator, who is his case manager that is working to help find him permanent housing.
Richelle was in a shelter run by Children’s Services of Roxbury, when he came into contact with …