Education
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Moving to Zorange
- June 6, 2018
- Category: Education
Some of you may or may not know that Julie, our former educational director, is about to relocate to Zorange for this upcoming school year. For over 10 years Julie has been collaborating with us, specifically with my brother Louis, who began to handle all things education for the foundation. Julie and Louis have been
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Hope, Happiness, & Education
- April 19, 2018
- Category: Education
What a whirlwind of a trip for our educational team this spring! A lot was accomplished, lessons were learned, soccer was played and so much more. We have begun a different style of training for our Haitian teaching staff. Now we split up our teachers into content groups for subject specific training. We began this
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Jubilation!
- October 12, 2017
- Category: Education, News
Your efforts and support have been and are paying off! This morning I opened my “WhatsApp” application (app for texting in the developing world), and it was blown up by team Haiti. Our 2016/2017 senior class valedictorian (Hansly Delivert) passed the entry exam administered by the government medical school and he will be accepted! Here’s
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Take Me Down To The Paradise Village
- April 29, 2017
- Category: Education
Zorange will always be Julie’s paradise After 16 trips to Zorange, Haiti, I can certainly say that no two have been the same. This trip I had the pleasure to have two wonderful teachers as traveling companions. As we traveled in the landcruiser, Jordan, a first time traveler, took it all in. We stopped to
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Students Shine in Zorange
- December 22, 2013
- Category: Education, News
A recent Education trip to Haiti proved very productive for our travelers. Volunteers visited schools, met with students, teachers, the superintendent and other Haitian officials to discuss the continuing development of educational practices and infrastructure. Below is an excerpt about the trip from a veteran volunteer, Julie: “On Monday our work began. The road to
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Welcoming a New School Year!
- November 21, 2013
- Category: Education, News
Our founder shares his thoughts and vision for the new school year. Check in to see how you can help! In early October, I received a wonderful email from our National Director, Mr. Inasson Mathurin, giving me a brief update about the new school year. Reading the e-mail I could see his smile. All of
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Graduation at the Trade School
- September 16, 2013
- Category: Community, Education, News
An old dream turned into reality this summer. Our founder, Jean Elade Eloi, writes about Hope for Haiti Foundation’s trade school initiative. When we began our work in Zorangé 13 years ago, one of the things that we hoped would be part of our efforts was finding a way to help students that may ever
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Yard Sales for Haiti
- April 10, 2013
- Category: Community, Education, Events, News
Great giving minds must think alike, because two NC families who are avid supporters unknowingly planned yard sale fundraisers this month to benefit different aspects of HFHF! What’s even cooler is that the two families are combining forces and whatever doesn’t sell at the first yard sale will be available at the second. You are
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On your mark, get set, LEARN!
- March 30, 2013
- Category: Education, News
Everything was set up inside and the students were prepared. And then the rain came. What made this rain different was that the roof of the building in Bainet where the setup was had holes in it! But that didn’t stop students from 10 schools across the region traveling to Bainet to complete in an
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Three Years Later: Ever-growing Hope in the Earthquake’s Aftermath
- January 11, 2013
- Category: Community, Education, Environment, Faith, Medicine, News
It’s already been three years since a devastating earthquake shook Haiti to its core—35 seconds that came suddenly and left misery and despair in its wake. As I traveled to Haiti, through the Dominican Republic, three days after the earthquake I could not miss the multitude of vehicles trying to cross the border into Haiti.
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