Back to School - Textbooks needed in Haiti

With your support, Vision for Haiti’s book program is committed to helping ease the financial burden of education faced by many families in the rural town of Meyer, where many struggles to feed, clothe, and house their children. Few families can afford to send their children to school. Of those families, many do not have the means to purchase the textbooks needed for the school year besides paying for their child’s tuition. As a result, families send their children to school without textbooks hoping the child’s attendance in the classroom is enough to learn the lessons presented in class. It isn’t enough. Without textbooks, children cannot keep up in the classroom and fall behind. The Vision for Haiti book program’s second year was a tremendous success! All of our 620 students made amazing strides. Providing a textbook so that the children can follow along in class, review what they’ve learned, and complete homework assignments have made a remarkable difference in their progress. Participants in the book program were the highest percentage of students that completed their current grade and advanced to the next. Students that were once doing poorly before their participation in the book program are now excelling beyond our expectations; with many in the top 10th percentile of their class. We expect even better results as we can provide more textbooks for more students. With your support, Vision for Haiti can continue to support these students and their families in their pursuit to improve their lives and their communities. The vision for Haiti would like to thank GlobalGiving and all the supporters who are making this hope come true. Please continue to give so we can meet our goal to give books to all the students of Meyer, Haiti.