On October 4, 2011, Haitian President Michel Martelly dedicated a new school in Luly, Haiti to replace an old school that was no longer safe to use due to earthquake damage. The new school was developed in a partnership between World Wide Village, and Digicel, Haiti’s largest cell phone provider.
Only 61% of the Haitian population over ten years of age is literate. In rural areas the rate is far worse at just 47%. Less than 46% of Haitian children attend school regularly. The numbers are even worse if you look at the female population separately. (Haitian Institute of Statistics and Information — 2003. These numbers are purportedly worst nice the 2010 earthquake).
An educated population is essential to a vibrant future for the country. Making education readily available in a community and weaving Biblical teaching into basic math, reading, sciences and history offer the children — and ultimately the country — and opportunity to excel beyond the current norms.
To increase the likelihood of success, World Wide Village partners with a local pastor and other community leaders to insure that children are not only enrolled, but that they attend on a regular basis. We work with parents and seek their commitment and support in making sure the children are in school and prepared to learn each morning.
The challenges we and our Haitian brothers and sisters face in rebuilding Haiti are immense, but we trust that future outcome will outweigh those challenges as education leads the way out of extreme poverty. Please consider joining our “Believing in Haiti…One School at a Time” campaign.
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Other Schools We Are Working With:
Coeur School
From 2008, this school (located in Dumont,125 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince) has grown from 120 to 252 children, and is expected to continue growing. Some of the school’s current classrooms hold 60 students. The expansion of the Coeur School will include the addition of three classrooms (totaling nine altogether), an administrative office, a storage room, and a multi-purpose pavilion. The pavilion will host student lunches, as well as community events and church services.
DONATE NOW Total investment in Coeur School: $42,900
Lott Carey School
This school is in Leogane, approximately 35 miles west of Port-au-Prince and near the earthquake’s epicenter. This community was hard-hit by the natural disaster: 35,000-40,000 lives were lost and 90% of its structures were destroyed, including the Lott Carey School. Though 69 children were attending this school before the earthquake, that number is expected to grow drastically as students from the area transfer from their destroyed schools. The reconstruction and expansion of Lott Carey Primary School willincrease the school from three classrooms to six large classrooms.
DONATE NOW Total investment in Lott Carey Primary School: $15,600
Please consider joining us as we Believe in Haiti by rebuilding and improving schools. Perhaps your co-workers will join together to support a portion of a school project. Maybe school children in your neighborhood are interested in working to support fellow students in Haiti. Possibly your small group or other church group will adopt a classroom and begin a meaningful relationship with a teacher and students in a Haitian classroom.
Know that your gifts – large or small – will be spent to help impact a nation.
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