Sak Pase: School Relaunch Update
This post first appeared in our email newsletter. Sign up to receive these updates directly in your inbox! Dear Hope for Haiti Family, With the support of a matching grant from the Digicel Haiti Foundation, our team has been working diligently to ensure both students and teachers are able to stay safe and healthy as classes […]
Digicel Haiti Foundation Announces $60,000 Matching Grant to Support Hope for Haiti’s Back-to-School Campaign
The Digicel Haiti Foundation announced today a $60,000 matching grant to support sending students back to school and school construction in Haiti through Hope for Haiti’s Back-to-School Campaign. Sophia Stransky, CEO of the Digicel Haiti Foundation, said “The Digicel Haiti Foundation is convinced that it is increasingly critical that institutions invest alongside schools in order […]
Sak Pase: School Relaunch in Haiti
Each year as summer fades into fall, students and teachers prepare to return to the classroom. Through Hope for Haiti’s Back-to-School Fund, supported by the proceeds of the annual Hike for Haiti Challenge, students are empowered to succeed with all the supplies they’ll need for a year of academic achievement. Because the 2019-2020 school year faced significant disruptions […]
Impact in Action: Our Response to COVID-19
Last updated: 12/16/20 Our team took great care in using lessons learned from our response during the 2010 Earthquake, Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic, and Hurricane Matthew to plan our response to the economic, social, and health impacts of COVID-19. As always, we are fundamentally committed to adhering to the highest standards of transparency, accountability, and good […]
Chokarella Interviews Hope for Haiti’s Jean Ronald Jocelyn
Chokarella interviewed Hope for Haiti’s Education Program Manager Jean Ronald Jocelyn about the Hike for Haiti Challenge.
Responding to COVID-19: Our Action Plan
Dear Hope for Haiti Family, We are thinking of you and your families, and I hope that all of you are staying safe and healthy during these challenging times. Today is World Health Day, and I would like to take this opportunity to share what the Hope for Haiti team is doing in the global fight […]
Hope for Haiti Announces Second Annual Virtual “Hike for Haiti Challenge” with Support from Anthony Duclair, Jozy Altidore, and more.
Naples, Florida, March 24, 2020- Hope for Haiti has announced the launch of their second annual virtual Hike for Haiti Challenge to take place from April 17 through May 17, 2020. In the rural community of Marre à Coiffe, students and families climb the equivalent of 200 flights of stairs from the bottom of a mountain […]
Two Members of Hope for Haiti’s Education Team Share Five Things They’ve Learned About Teacher Training in Haiti.
At Hope for Haiti, we know that there is an inextricable link between the quality of teachers in Haiti and student achievement. As we completed our last teacher training of the school year, we asked our two core education team members to reflect on what they learned about effective teacher training in Haiti. Dear Friends […]
What We Are Thankful For
On the inauguration day of their new school, the students of Marre à Coiffe met us at the bottom of the mountain. As we hiked together for the next two and a half hours up a steep and narrow footpath, it was clear that the journey with us to the top of the mountain was their way […]
Help Girls Like Jeunise Beat the Odds in Haiti!
Spotlight on Education: Jeunise Guillaume Jeunise Guillaume continues to defy enormous odds in Haiti, where the enrollment rate for primary school is 57%, and fewer than 30% of those students ever reach the sixth grade (UNICEF). According to the World Bank, more than 200,000 Haitian children are not in school as a result of […]