Monday, May 24, 2010
This week Chances for Children launched our newest project in Haiti. Through donations from our Kids Helping Kids Program and matching funds from Haiti Renewal Fund we are partnering with Institute Univers located in Ouanaminthe, Haiti (pronounced wan-a-minth). Institute Univers provides education to children from preschool through Grade 13. The school was recently ranked as one of the top ten schools in Haiti by the Ministry of Education. In 2009 they had their first graduating class- of the 15 graduates, 10 students went on to college (which is an amazing statistic in a place like Haiti). Five of these students are currently attending universities in the U.S. Chances for Children is making a $70,000 donation to provide tuition support for 350 students who were displaced in the earthquake and have moved to Ouanaminthe and are now enrolled in this excellent school. Chances for Children selected Institute Univers because the in-country directors also believe in the holistic village approach (we call it a Model Village) to bringing about Haiti’s long term recovery.
In Haiti, education is a key component to recovery. While this project does not directly target the needs of children affected by abject poverty – it is a critical solution to eliminating poverty in Haiti through education. Chances for Children is excited about this partnership, because not only do children have the opportunity to receive a quality education, they also have the opportunity (thanks to the high ranking scores of Institue Univers students) to attend college.
Unfortunately, after most children in Haiti have finished high school, they have reached the end of the road educationally and there are very few career opportunities available to them. These once hopeful students often find themselves with no means to earn a living and quickly become disenfranchised and hopeless. Institute Univers offers a promise of hope for young adults as they prepare students for further education and an opportunity to attend college. In addition, Institute Univers offers a number of programs to address the other components needed to create sustainability to the community in which they serve. Institute Univers has a modern medical clinic that provides affordable health care and is staffed with 54 full-time doctors, nurses and medical professionals. The organization is actively involved in the community. C4C will be providing funding and support to Institute Univers to create its first vocational facility, offering classes in sewing and automechanics. In addition we will be looking at job creation through agricultural programs.
Your donations can change a childs future!
There are many children in Haiti who still do not have the opportunity to attend school and no hope for a future. Your donation to our education program will allow us to continue to enroll more students in this excellent academic institution. If you would like to help with our efforts in creating skilled workers (through vocational training and job creation) we encourage you to donate to this program as well. Please visit our donation page.
Additionally, if you are interested in making a more personalized connection – there are 4 students who will be graduating in June who have demonstrated academic excellence, and we are currently looking for colleges and tuition scholarships for them. Please contact kathi@chances4children.org if you have contacts at small colleges or have the financial ability to help these young students.
Chances for Children is also preparing to open another orphanage in Port-au-Prince to provide care for children who have been abandoned or orphaned from the earthquake. We will be traveling to Haiti in June and in August to complete the necessary on-site projects. We will begin admitting children once the site is complete. Chances for Children will continue to partner with organizations like Foundation Enfant Jesus and Institute Univers who share our vision of the Model Village and are on the ground in Haiti executing programs to make lasting and sustainable change. Please take a minute to visit our website to see more pictures of the new partnership with Institute Univers at www.chances4children.org.
Again, continued thanks for your support. Together, we can make a difference in the lives of children in Haiti.
With Gratitude,Chances for Children
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