Invest in Haiti's Future Leaders

As the school year begins to come to a close, our team at REBUILD globally look back on the progress of our students, and reflect on all of the changes we have undergone this year. 

We are very proud to report that our students have worked diligently to give better performance in their classes. They are still in healthy competition with one another, encouraging each other to work hard, whilst never losing sight of their individual goals to be the top of their classes.

It is with extreme pride that we report that 6 of our students entered their final semester at the very top of their class.  Acheivements like this give us pause, and make us look at the national statistics.

In a recent research product, we discovered a few jarring statistics regarding Education in Haiti.

In Haiti, only 20% of students make it from primary to secondary school.  In contrast, 100% of our students graduated from Primary to Secondary School, and nearly 20% are the very top of their class!

We also know that the low graduation rate from primary to secondary school in Haiti is not purely about academic progress.  It also has to do with financial capacity of families in Haiti to send their children to schools, as secondary school is far more expensive than primary school, and never free.

This is why we were thrilled to hear from the school principal at one of our partner schools, that because of the 15 REBUILD globally students enrolled in his school, 40 additional students are empowered to attend, as many of his teacher's salaries are covered by our student's fees.  

We are so grateful to our tutors who worked diligently to engage and encourage our students, whilst pushing them to perform at their highest capacity.  We know that tutoring plays a huge role in our student's success, as 88% of our students did not receive this extra support before joining the Elev Program.

None of our work would be possible without the support of our generous donors.  We ask that you continue to support our work so that we can continue to transform educational opportunity in our communities.

The first trimester of the school year has come to a close, and over the last few weeks, our students have been waiting with great anticipation to see how well they performed.  You can imagine the collective excitement when we learned that six of our students are the very top of their class thanks to the extra tutoring support they have received so far through our Education Program.  Half of our top students: Widmie, Wilfred and Estephanie just joined our program this year!  Alberson, Olguine and Naika, the remaining half of our top students, have been a part of the program for a few years now, and still shining bright!

At the Saturday Program, we promote an atmosphere of friendly competition, and everyone is working so hard in their classes with the common goal to be the top of their class. We have seen that by instilling a friendly competitive attitude, our students are becoming increasingly motivated.

So far, this year, our Saturday Program Coursework has been a great hit.  The students report that they are particularly enjoying the Business Course, more specifically the seminar on “Planning and Setting Goals.”

We are also so proud to see our recent Elev Education Program Graduates, Lovely and Rony, excelling in REBUILD globally’s 9-Month “Lavi Job Training Program,” where they are learning how to prepare for the workforce, and become successful employees at deux mains.  Stay tuned for their full progress report in the coming months!

We are so proud of our students, and are very pleased with the start of 2018.   Our recent graduate, Rony, who is now participating in the Lavi Job Training, wanted us to pass this message to you, the donors, directly: “Remember, your efforts and donations are what allowed us to get a good education.  This is not a small thing. It is an act of kindness that will continue through our development in life and to the development of Haiti. We have already become great resources for Haiti and are ready to share what we have learned with others and make Haiti a better place.”