A School in Haiti- changing 300 children's lives!

We are excited to report that another year of award winning education has begun! Over 700 children show up in this rural and under-resourced area, everyday, ready to learn. A new playground provides the young ones with their first ever recess, while some of the older students can be seen helping each other with their new Entrepreneurship and Agricultural lessons.  An Entrepreneurship focused curriculum, created by a Haitian organization, was launched this fall. Nothing like this has ever been done in the area. St. Paul's Campus is a vibrant place to be, teeming with opportunity and hope. One former student in particular has a story of hope. The story of Vladimy.

Vladimy began his education at St Paul’s where he attended 1st through 7th grade, all the classes St Paul’s had to offer at the time. Today Vladimy is a 26 year old college student working on a degree in Accounting.  He is the recipient of one of the vocational development scholarships through the Colorado Haiti Project.  He was chosen because of his outstanding community service. His time at St Paul’s is where he learned about community involvement through work at the church and school.  As he finished up his high school education, he began to tutor other kids in math, writing and Kreyol.  Along the way, he discovered that Accounting would be a good career path as there are not many accountants in Petit Trou.

Today, along with attending the local university, he spends half his days teaching Entrepreneurship. His gift for leadership lead to an invitation to an Entrepreneurship training last summer.  Now he teaches it to the 7th, 8th , 9th and 10th graders and the sewing apprentices.Nothing is more rewarding than to see a student from St Paul’s give back to the community that helped raise them up.

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