STUDENTS
STUDENTS Program
Educating 1,100 students in 7 partner schools.
The Need
Nearly 50% of school age children don’t go to school. 90% of schools must rely solely on enrollment fees to support their work. Unfortunately, families – more than 50% of Haitians live on less than a $1 a day – can’t afford to pay much and schools scrape by just to survive. Teachers regularly go unpaid, facilities are dreadfully inadequate, and students lack even basic educational materials.
The Partner School Strategy
Haiti Partners is following a sustainable model for education developed by a grassroots organization in a remote area of Haiti. This model has shaped our Partner School strategy. We select schools with strong leadership but lacking in resources. With them, we develop an accord and work plan for supporting them over the course of three years by providing seed capital to create a social enterprise, teacher training, and funds to improve their building.
Goals
To help students:
- Develop their God-given potential
- Cultivate their sense of character and personal responsibility
- Become engaged citizens and community members
To help the school:
- Engage teachers, parents, and students to continually improve their school
- Become sustainable long-term
- Share their learning with others to replicate success
For more information about Partner School goals, click here.
Partner Schools
Below is a list of the schools that Haiti Partners currently partners with (for more information, click on the names). Haiti Partners is interested in developing relationships with individuals, groups and schools in the US and elsewhere to help us support these Partner Schools. If you are interested in partnering with us to help support any of these schools, please contact us at: info@haitipartners.org
- Cité Soleil Community School; Port-au-Prince: 235 students
- Cabois Community School; Darbonne (20 miles West of PaP): 187 students
- Henri Christophe Community School; Darbonne: 160 students
- IMN Community School; Darbonne: 189 students
- Annonciation Community School; Darbonne: 126 students
- Bèl Platon Community School; Island of La Gonâve: 143 students
- Lalo Community School; Petionville (just outside PaP): 110 students
View Haiti Partners’ Partner Schools in a larger map
*For notes from Partner School meetings, click here.
How you can help
- $3,600 ($300/month) supports a classroom for a year (more details)
- $20,000 supports an entire school for a year (more details)
Your Partnership:
- Improves facilities and provides educational materials for students
- Trains teachers in student-centered, participatory education methods
- Provides training and seed capital for school staff and local community to create social enterprises (small businesses) that can help pay for teacher salaries and other expenses
Click here to download a PDF document with a more extensive explanation of STUDENTS Program.




