COVID CRISIS IN HAITI
Officials fear Haiti taking deadliest turn with latest COVID wave :
Where PieH Students Live and Attend School
There are schools on nearly every block in and around Haiti’s capital, Port au Prince. Privately owned or non-government schools make up 90 % of all schools in Haiti.; students must pay tuition. For ten years, PieH has provided scholarships for youth in Port Au …
PieH Student Completes Nursing Program
We are proud to announce that on September 12, 2021, PieH student Menise Felix will graduate from Nursing School in Haiti.Nine years ago, we met Menise living in a tent city in Port au Prince, Haiti, where we met many of our PieH families. She …
Increase in Violence Shakes Haiti with Negative Impact on an Already Weak Economy
And the poor get poorer On February 25, hundreds of Haitian prisoners escaped from the Croix-des-Bouquets Civil Prison in northeast Port-au-Prince Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti. The escape resulted in 25 deaths. After six weeks, Haitian police have recaptured only a handful of the escapees. One PieH student …
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IMMIGRATION CRISIS AND HAITI
In Adam Hamilton’s* last sermon (March 21, 2021), he suggests that one way to battle the growing migration crisis (people fleeing their countries) is to invest in education in those countries. An education “gives kids a future with hope so that they can stay in …
Kidnappings on the Rise in Haiti and How it Impacts Our Work
Kidnapping in Haiti has doubled from last year’s numbers, and those numbers quadrupled from the year before that. Haiti has a history of periodic spikes in gang violence, but the significant rise in kidnappings is new. Kidnappings were once only a concern for those with …
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Project Completed
In July, Partners in Education Haiti was awarded a $16,500 grant to be used to improve sanitation conditions at the Duplan Methodist School in Duplan Haiti. In January, the project was completed. Students now have a sanitized restroom, including a place to wash their hands. …
PieH Supports Special Education in Haiti
Did you know that Partners in Education Haiti supports a social worker/teacher for the disabled orphans at Notre Maison’s Children’s Home in Port au Prince, Haiti?In Haiti, disabled children are colloquially called “cocobai,” creole for worthless or disgrace. They have traditionally been hidden away or …
PieH Students Pass National Exam
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 …