IMN Community School
Institution Mixte Nao Community School (IMN) was founded in 2002. The vision of IMN is to not only teach students to read and write, but to help them uncover their strengths and talents and learn to use them in positive ways. It functions in Haitian Creole and uses educational methods which support this vision.
Haiti Partners partnered with IMN in January 2010, soon after the earthquake irreparably damaged the school. With help from Kids4good, a school-based youth organization in Darien, IL, Schools Count Corp., a not-for-profit devoted to providing resources to the world’s children, Global Hope, a not-for-profit whose purpose is to assist and empower those in need, and a number of generous individuals, IMN has been able to provide emergency assistance to its staff and students, build three new buildings, cover staff salaries and reopen the school only two months after the earthquake.
Though we are very proud of the great progress that has been made so far, IMN still needs support to cover its operating costs, finish the reconstruction of the school, and to take on a variety of important projects. If you would like to support us in this partnership, please contact us at: info@haitipartners.org
- Location: Darbonne, Leogane (about 20 miles west of Port-au-Prince)
- School type: Kindergarten through 6th grade
- Principal: Maxandre Bien-Aime
- Staff: 10 teachers; 4 administrators; 2 custodians
- Students: 189
*For IMN Community School updates, click here.
*Pictures: before the earthquake; after the earthquake; since rebuilding began.
*To read reports and partnership documents, click here.
