Education Haiti Project #41076

Schools for Haiti

by PEN PAPER PEACE e. V.

Project Report | Oct 15, 2020
Our schools are open again

By Felicia | Project Leader

Hi!

The Covid-19 situation is still having a huge impact worldwide, so also on our project in Haiti, where we support two primary schools for children who otherwise couldn’t pay for an education.

Covid-19 in Haiti and in our schools

The situation in Haiti is still very tense. Covid-19 itself has not hit Haiti as hard as it was feared, but the negative impacts of the prevention measures and lockdowns are affecting Haiti as seriously as elsewhere. The pandemic has worked as a fire accelerator for hunger and poverty. The Haitian president has revalued the Haitian Gourdes, which has led to an increase in the price of imported goods.

Luckily, our two schools could open at the end of August again, and are operating under strict preventive measures, such as obligatory face masks, physical distancing and smaller learning groups. We very much hope that everything works out and that the students can catch up on their studies!

Student fundraiser for Schools for Haiti

There is a great fundraising project starting at the Max-Weber School in Freiburg, Germany:

The students collect their renewable bottles and donate their earnings to our schools in Haiti. The project addresses two key issues: On the one hand it is a solution for the waste problem arising in the school, and on the other hand it is actively helping Haitian children to learn to read and write. The project is run by the student union with support by the teacher Dr. Seemann. Gusan, one of our volunteers, is part of the committee.

Thank you very much for your idea and engagement!

Active at Pen Paper Peace

During the last months, our volunteer-based organization has grown tremendously. We are now at about fifty active individuals who work together to achieve better education worldwide. We are so glad to have so many people all over the world, with a big diversity of skills, from research over education to translation, from fundraising over organization of events to design!! We are full of ideas for great new projects, as well under Corona circumstances as for the world after Corona, and working on putting them into practice.

We would be really happy if you join our efforts, be it in the form of donations, volunteering or sharing the word about our work. For more information, check out our website: https://www.pen-paper-peace.org/english.html

Thank you for being a part of PEN PAPER PEACE!

Kindest regards,

Nora, Lisa, Luca, Verena, Milena, Felix, Vivi, Verena, Denise, Janine, Peter, Alissa, Malin, Sonja, Janine, Giovanna, Lina, Felicia and Jana from PEN PAPER PEACE e.V.

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Jun 17, 2020
Haiti on Corona lockdown

By Jana | Project Leader Haiti

Haiti

Hi!

The corona time continues to occupy us, even though the acute risk is averted for our teams in Germany and Italy. All the more we look at our projects around the world and how we can better support the people in Haiti and Honduras so that they can get through this crisis better.

Medical care in Haiti

At the beginning of 2020, our basic medical care project started in St. Emma and St. Nicolas, which we were able to initiate with the support of the 24 good deeds calendar. Initial medical screenings of the children took place in both schools in February 2020. About a third of the children suffered from health problems, e.g. flu infections, skin and fungal infections and intestinal parasites. The latter are mainly due to contaminated food or water.

The affected children were treated directly with medication or referred to nearby hospitals for further treatment. Due to the corona crisis, the second planned check-up had to be canceled for the time being. We very much hope that the project can start again soon to ensure the health care of the children in St. Emma and St. Nicolas.

As everywhere in the world, schools, kindergartens and universities have been closed since mid-March, and gatherings of people are prohibited. The fear of disaster is great and justified. Maintaining social distancing and the necessary hygiene is difficult to implement in the densely populated slums of Port-au-Prince. In addition, the supply of water is not guaranteed.

We continue to support our schools with donations, as they have now become important distribution centers for food and clean drinking water.

Active at PEN PAPER PEACE

Already shortly before the Corona time, we adjusted our organizational infrastructure to the needs of our supporters - so you can join PEN PAPER PEACE from anywhere in the world, at any time of the day or night. At our first volunteer call we were an incredible 25 people! We are so happy about the diverse, talented and inspiring people who work with us for better education around the world.

If you want to join in, have a look at our website! There are tasks from one time to long-term commitments, from helping out at beverage sales to financial accounting.

Thank you for being a part of PEN PAPER PEACE!

Kind regards,

Nora, Lisa, Luca, Verena, Milena, Felix, Vivi, Verena, Denise, Peter, Alissa, Malin, Sonja, Janine, Giovanna and Jana at PEN PAPER PEACE e.V.

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Feb 25, 2020
Anniversary of the earthquake

By Jana | Managing Director

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