In February of 2011, I met with the founders and directors of a tent school in Port-au-Prince. Carline, Martine, and Ronald are three siblings living in Port-au-Prince whose home was destroyed by the earthquake. Prior to the earthquake, they had started a small school for children living in their neighborhood who were unable, due to economic reasons, to attend school. The school was meeting in their yard and in a small outbuilding that sits on their property.
In the days immediately following the earthquake, several foreign organizations visited the neighborhood looking for communities needing help. Two of them began supporting the school. One of the them donated a tent and some money to help pay the teachers' salaries; another one donated food provisions so the children could be fed a noon meal each day.
By February of 2011, many of the organizations that had entered the country after the earthquake, were no longer there, including the two organizations that had been supporting the tent school. As all aid stopped coming in, the school was left to struggle by on its own; the children were no longer being fed a noon meal and the teachers had not been paid for several months.
I came home determined to try and raise some support for the struggling school. Although I was able to raise some funds, it was not enough to support all the students and teachers.
At the time of my initial visit to the school, the school had fifty-five students and nine teachers. The school opened this year with only two teachers and fifteen students, although there is a waiting list of over sixty students hoping to attend if more teachers can be hired.
I would like to see the school hire the needed teachers and accept all the students on its waiting list. To do this, we need to raise $1,500 in monthly support. This would pay the teachers' salaries and feed all the children a noon-day meal. For most of these kids, this would be the only meal they have for the day.
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In the days immediately following the earthquake, several foreign organizations visited the neighborhood looking for communities needing help. Two of them began supporting the school. One of the them donated a tent and some money to help pay the teachers' salaries; another one donated food provisions so the children could be fed a noon meal each day.
By February of 2011, many of the organizations that had entered the country after the earthquake, were no longer there, including the two organizations that had been supporting the tent school. As all aid stopped coming in, the school was left to struggle by on its own; the children were no longer being fed a noon meal and the teachers had not been paid for several months.
I came home determined to try and raise some support for the struggling school. Although I was able to raise some funds, it was not enough to support all the students and teachers.
At the time of my initial visit to the school, the school had fifty-five students and nine teachers. The school opened this year with only two teachers and fifteen students, although there is a waiting list of over sixty students hoping to attend if more teachers can be hired.
I would like to see the school hire the needed teachers and accept all the students on its waiting list. To do this, we need to raise $1,500 in monthly support. This would pay the teachers' salaries and feed all the children a noon-day meal. For most of these kids, this would be the only meal they have for the day.
If you would like to be a partner in this project, please select your monthly pledge amount and click the "subscribe" button. You may also make a one-time donation by clicking the donate button and filling in the amount.
