There is a shortage of trained teachers in Haiti, especially in rural areas like Villard, Artibonite. According to the World Bank, in 2008 teacher training schools in Haiti were only certifying 350 teachers per year, where 2,500 would need to be trained to teach all the children in Haiti.  After surveying the schools in the Villard region in August, we know that many of the teachers in the area have not finished high school, and only one teacher had gone to school to study teaching practices.

It is for this reason that we are partnering with Clark University to help train the teachers of Villard!

In August we hope to hold a teacher training pilot program for dozens of teachers in Villard though our partnership with the Education Department and the International Development Department at Clark University. We hope to hold a teacher training workshop annually and sustainably increase local capacity for change by teaching the participants to replicate the workshop.

The goal of the Haiti School Project is to assist rebuilding in Haiti, and helping Haiti  by  completing construction  of the L’Institution Mixte Bethleem de Villard  (“Bethlehem School”) , by mid 2013. This sustainable economic development project will provide for the school’s future vitality and quality of education in Haiti.  The construction in Haiti is located in Villard, near  Saint-Marc in the  L’Artibonite region of Haiti.

If you would like to be a part of the Haiti relief efforts and would like to make a donation to a Haiti relief fund and organization, you can help Haiti now.  The Haiti School Project  is a federally recognized non-profit IRC Sec. 501(c)(3) organization helping Haiti’s children,  supported entirely by volunteers. Your school donations are tax deductible.  Make your tax deductible Haiti Donation today via our secure PayPal button on the top right of our website. Thank you in advance for your Haiti support & wanting to help in rebuilding  Haiti.