OUR IMPACT
Our school operation directly addresses 4 of the United Nations' Social Development Goals (SDG's).
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Our impact in these 4 areas of education, nutrition, poverty and gender equality is profound and grows exponentially each year of our operation.
Education Statistics in Haiti
100% of families in Haiti must pay for their child's education: tuition, books, supplies, uniform
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This financial barrier results in:
85% of eligible children in Haiti enroll in
primary school
Nearly 57% of those children will leave
their schooling by Grade 9
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10% of all enrolled children achieve a Highschool Diploma
The average Haitian over 25 years
of age has less than 5 years of
schooling
Haiti’s literacy rate is approximately 61%
Our Strategies
Quality Education - Launch A Learner
Provide low barrier access to education: tuition, books, uniforms, and school supplies are provided at our school
Families pay a nominal annual registration fee, adjusted each school year, reflective of the current economic and social environment
Our Impact
300+ children educated each school year, Preschool to Grade 9
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95% retention rate year over year
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Grade 9 students pass their government mandated exams with a minimum passing rate of 85%
Nutrition Statistics in Haiti
4.35 million people suffer from acute hunger, almost half the population of 11.7 million
1.4 million people face emergency levels of hunger and require urgent assistance to survive
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Global acute malnutrition affects 7.2 percent of children aged under 5
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30% of the overall Haitian population
do not have ample access to nourishing food
Our Strategies
End Malnutrition - Meals for Minds
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Provide a daily lunch through the school year to staff and student, serving 66,000 daily lunches each year
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Distribute annual family meal kits at Christmas to our school families to ensure daily meals continue through the school break
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We provide Preschool and Kindergarten classes for children 5 and under
Our Impact
Staff and students - nearly 350 people - assured of at least one daily meal every school day
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250+ families - nearly 1,000 people - are assured of at least one daily meal for all members of their household, especially younger siblings and elderly relatives
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Our Kindergarten and Preschool classes provide critical nourishment to nearly 100 children each school year
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Poverty Statistics in Haiti
Haiti remains the poorest country in the
Western Hemisphere; and one of the
poorest countries in the world
59% of the Haitian population live under the poverty line - $2.15USD/day
25% of Haitian population lives in extreme poverty
The top 20% of households in Haiti hold
64% of the total wealth in the country
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25% of children aged 5 to 14 years are working to support their families
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Haiti remains one of the most
vulnerable countries worldwide
to natural hazards, mainly
hurricanes, floods, and
earthquakes
Our Strategies
We employ 40 Haitian staff each school year: School Director and other administrative staff, teachers, cooks to provide our lunch program, custodian and security
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We purchase all our school operation and lunch program supplies in the local community and surrounding area
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We hire on contract local skilled tradespeople and professionals to work at our school
(construction and school maintenance projects; take photos on our annual School Photo Day)
Our Impact
Increase the human capital in the community in which we operate
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Support and foster the local economy
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Provide families the ability to keep their children in school, stopping the cycle of poverty
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Gender Equality Statistics in Haiti
Women and girls are the backbone of Haitian society and local economy
Nearly half of Haitian households are
women-led
Women are pillars of economic life, as they form the majority of street vendors and support agricultural supply chains
Women and girls continue to be
affected by severe inequality,
and gender-based violence
(GBV)
Our Strategies
Employ female staff whenever qualifications are equal
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Provide professional development to staff, especially to our female staff that want, or need, to further their own education
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Encourage families to enroll their female children in our school, and to keep them in school until at least Grade 9
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Our Impact
30% of our staff, including our School Director, is female
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Our school Secretary graduated with her Administrative Diploma in November 2023
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​Female children comprise at least 50% of all students in each grade
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Provide separate student washroom facilities for females and males
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