All four of our PieH students who sat for their graduating National Exams this year passed. That is impressive, considering that only 30% of Haitians who take the exam pass. Students were not in class most of the year and did not have virtual access to learning. These four graduating seniors studied tirelessly, often without …
All of the PieH students are back in school. Haitians had a tough time last year. First, schools were closed because of violence in the streets; then, Covid hit. Students were without school for one year. Unlike here, online courses were not available. There were no tutors or assistance, and most parents are unable to …
Written by Christelle Pierre For several years, the students of the Methodist school faced difficulties in reaching the toilets. The “latrines” they used became transmission routes for all kinds of infections. Also, the smell that emanated from them harmed much of the school campus. Chlorine and the other detergents could not reduce the foul air …
Former Partners in Education Haiti scholarship recipient, Christelle Pierre, joins the PieH team as a news correspondent. Pierre will focus on providing information about current students and project updates. Pierre was among the first PieH scholarship recipients in 2012. Sixty-seven percent of Haitian children attend primary school. Of those students, 49 percent continue through the …
Recently PIEH received a $16,500 grant from the Missouri Methodist Conference for a water project to be completed in Haiti as part of the PieH efforts. We are happy to report that work is underway. This project will employ several Haitians and provide a clean hygienic latrine and handwashing station at Duplan Methodist School in …
Partners in Education Haiti (PieH) (LOVE HAITI)* received a $16,500 grant from the United Methodist Missouri Conference for a water-project in Haiti, which will supplement the PieH educational-scholarship efforts. The project will reconstruct and sanitize the existing unhygienic bathroom at the Duplan Methodist School, where several PieH students attend. The plan also includes the installation …
Project Title: Improving Duplan Methodist School Students’ Health and Sanitation Environment Implementing partner: Partners in Education Haiti, Kearney, MO and Ecole Methodiste de Duplan Indicative Budget: USD $16,500 Project duration: 2 months Coordination & reporting: Orvilus Edome and Jean-Claude Louis Objectives: To provide clean drinking water and toilettes facilities to Duplan primary school while …
Last week, Partners in Education Haiti (PieH) provided its member families with “survival” grants to help during difficult times. Haiti students have been out of school all year. For the first two-thirds of the school year, the government closed schools due to violent protests countrywide. Shortly after schools reopened, confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Haiti …
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As our country lifts stay-at-home guidelines and businesses, parks, and beaches reopen, the timer on the Covid-19 bomb in Haiti is in countdown mode, tick, Tick, TICK. Many in the world will not hear about the explosion, and many who do will not fully understand its devastating impact. On paper, Haiti sounds like other countries, …
As I sit quarantined in a comfortable home with running water, electricity, heating/cooling, internet service, food, cable T.V., and access to purchase items with a click of a button, I reflect on what our Haitian friends will endure in the next few months. I shudder. The first cases of the Covid-19 were confirmed in Haiti …
