Great news!! Our pilot in Petite Riviere des Nippes has gained enough funding to continue for five more months to come. "The laptop program Waveplace has put together has had a very positive effect on the mentors as well as the students involved with the pilot program in Petite Riviere Di Nippes, Haiti," said Jack Davidson, the director of the American Haitian Foundation, our partner organization in Petite Riviere. "The children enrolled in the program are out performing their peers in all subjects. This year during registration many parents have asked how they could get their children involved with the...
A Note from Zo Mon, 27-Sep-2010 (beth)
We received a report from Joseph, one of our Darbonne mentors, today. As some know, our ten Darbonne mentors have chosen, on their own accord, to continue teaching their students for one hour per day, despite the fact that no one has found the funds to pay them yet. Marie Flore and Nahomie have been working with their own team of ten students on the other side of the river, since flooding these months makes it difficult to ford it. The other eight mentors have been working with the remaining 30 students in town. Here is what Joseph wrote to...
