Illiteracy in Haiti
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Illiteracy
in Haiti
How we can help the fight
Two years after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake
rocked Haiti, 600,000 illiterate children
remain out of school, leaving the country's
next generation of leaders on the streets and
without the education, mentors and tools
necessary to move beyond a life of
destruction and disappointment.
As aid groups devise ways to speed up the
rebuilding of a country where more than half
a million people are living in tents, they are
focusing their efforts on repairing
infrastructure, treating diseases and providing
clean drinking water. While schooling is key
to empowering young people, charities are
simply strapped for resources and the
education system remains largely privatized
in Haiti.
Literacy is the skills used in everyday life or those that allow one to function competently in their own society.
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CHILDREN HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Join us in the fight against
illiteracy
in
Haiti!
The
Children
Heritage
Foundation (TCHF) Elementary
Education Sponsorship program
aims to improve literacy rates in
Haiti by paying school expenses
for elementary age children who
would not be able to attend
school otherwise. In Haiti,
students who wish to attend
public schools must be able to
purchase uniform and required
books.
Unfortunately,
many
parents are unable to pay for
this small expense and so their
children cannot attend school.
Instead, these children will
spend their days in the street
and become either the target or
the perpetuator of crimes. To
participate in this program,
prospective students complete
an
application,
which
is
reviewed & approved by a TCHF
committee. Once approved, the
student is matched with a
sponsor.
A
copy
of
the
completed application, a picture
of the student and report cards
are made available to the
sponsor. In addition, sponsors
are encouraged to communicate
(in writing) with their students.
$15 a month can help eliminate
illiteracy and make a positive
contribution to the Heritage of
Haitian children. To sponsor a
student, please contact us.
A Note From Our Founders ::
In a post Earthquake Haiti; we believe that a
focus on Education is the best gift we can give
to the children and young adults. Haiti's
greatest resource is its young generation. We
are determined to lend a hand to help them
rise out of poverty, not through charity but,
through education. Esther Dufflo, co-author of
"Poor economics: A radical Rethinking of the
Way to Fight Global Poverty" agrees. When
asked by Knowledge@Wharton what are some
of the crucial steps to eliminating poverty, she
stated: "According to our current state of
knowledge, there is a zone of shadow where
we are not sure exactly what to do. But there
are some things we do know that work across
sectors. Educating children, for example, is one
of them --"
www.childrenheritage.org/whowehelp.htm
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GOALS
http://goalshaiti.org/
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ARTISTS FOR PEACE
AND JUSTICE
A week after the earthquake hit, Artists For Peace And Justice already had makeshift schools
set up in tents throughout Port-au-Prince.
Its main mission: to bring education opportunities to kids who would never otherwise have a
chance.
In October 2010, the organization opened the doors to a high school that served 400 students,
free of charge. It brought in an additional 800 kids the following year.
http://www.apjnow.org/index.html
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Li, Li, Li! Read Haiti
Launched in May 2010, the charity trains local Haitians in the art of reading aloud and sends them to 25 of the
most run-down tents to share stories with children.
t's an affirmation that people still care about them, people still believe in them. They're getting entertainment,
and education at the same time.
For most of the children, this is their only access to education.
It gives them hope that one day they'll go to school.
http://www.lililiread.org/p/support-our-work.html
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Many young Haitian men and women do not get the proper education they need. Consider
this, Haiti's illiteracy rate is the highest in the Western Hemisphere. Over sixty percent of the
adult population cannot read or write adequately. And younger generations, the country's
future, are not being taught properly. Our goal is to raise awareness about the importance of
youth education and to combat illiteracy. With your help, we can make a difference.
Education provides Haitians with opportunities to develop the skills necessary to contribute
toward a stronger, better Haiti.
http://orgs.tigweb.org/haitian-for-literacy-community-and-actions-haflica
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Teachers receiving training certificates
Partners in
Literacy Haiti
http://www.haitiliteracy.org/
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Illiteracy in Haiti
Functional Literacy
Mission of Haiti (FLM)
Current statistics indicate that only
half of all Haitians can read. As a
consequence, illiteracy stands in the
way of most other opportunities for
Haitians, who rank among the
world’s most impoverished citizens.
To bring positive change to this
situation, FLM-Haiti dedicates
every day of its ministry to helping
Haitians to acquire fundamental
reading, writing and math skills.
These basic tools for intellectual
and spiritual development would
otherwise be denied to the people
touched by our work.
http://flmhaiti.org/home/
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Hope N Literacy
Hope
International Foundation,
Inc.
Casse-Pied is located 152 miles NW of Port Au Prince. It sits on top of a remote
mountain where there is no running water, no electric power, and before Hope N
Literacy, no church or school building. Prior to Hope N Literacy, the children were
required to walk 5 miles down the mountain to the near-by village of Jean Rabel.
Only the strongest children could make the difficult round trip down and up the
mountain, along dirt paths and washed roads. As a result many children never got
even a basic education. The foundation has 3 teachers plus a teacher / principal,
and a pastor who work full time educating the village of 1,000 people.
http://hopenliteracy.org/index.html
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Doorway To Peace Haiti
Adult Literacy Program
Since Haiti does not have a system of free public education, a lot of adults in Haiti are illiterate. They do not
know how to read. This makes it very difficult for some attending the Sunday afternoon prayer meetings.
Doorway to Peace addresses the need by opening the Pilgrim School building for an adult literacy class three
evenings a week. It is free and anyone is welcome to enroll.
Doorway to Peace pays the teachers, provides books, notebooks and pencils. Many people attend regularly. We
would like to run the program five evenings a week and be able to enroll more people. With a bit more funding
this would be easily possible.
http://doorwaytopeacehaiti.org/
SEBEL Foundation
The SEBEL Foundation is a non profit organization registered in New York State (USA) committed to helping
hundreds of underprivileged Haitians youths to go to school since 2004.
We are committed to helping educate underprivileged Haitians, particularly children and youths - through
scholarships and a series of community oriented programs - which we believe will promote socio economic
progress and peace in the country.
http://sebel.org/
Children Heritage Foundation