
School: The life of Haitian children
The Haiti School Program helps Haitian children like Elmeus attend school and learn to read and write, better equipping them for the future.
The Haiti School Program helps Haitian children like Elmeus attend school and learn to read and write, better equipping them for the future.
Thank you, supporters, for providing a place for Haitian children to learn while being influenced by Christian teaching!
What if you couldn’t go to school to learn to read and do math? About half of the children in Haiti never learn how to read and write. They dream of going to school someday, but their parents don’t have enough money to pay for schooling.
“I like going to school,” says Esther, who is enrolled at a CAM supported school in Haiti. “I especially like writing and I learn a lot at school.”
Bright, eager eyes filled with anticipation. Tender, impressionable minds easily molded. Lives ready to be lived to the fullest. This is what Haitian parents see when they look at their school-aged children. They long to equip their children to face the world’s challenges and give them the ability to read and write. But poverty intrudes…. Read more
High in the mountains of northwest Haiti, the Bon Samaritain de Coucou (Good Samaritan School) begins another day of learning, as sunlight surrounds the open-air schoolroom. The building is made of mud-plastered sticks and tin, and students sit on roughly hewn benches. Many of these children’s parents can hardly afford tuition and school supplies, but… Read more
The sun peeps over the mountains as Samuel, a boy in rural Haiti, opens his eyes. He stretches lazily and gets off his sleeping mat. Dust from the dirt floor clings to the mat as he rolls it up and puts it in the corner of the small room he shares with his family. Using… Read more