PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Schools are opening across Haiti’s capital for the first time since a devastating earthquake hit nearly three months ago. It’s a major step toward normalcy, but the hard-hit education system is just beginning to recover. The Jan. 12 quake damaged or destroyed some 4,000 schools. Nobody wants to put children back under concrete roofs and many schools are waiting for tents.
Only a few hundred schools are expected to open this week. UNICEF education official Mohamed Fall said the goal is to have 700,000 children back in school by the middle of next month. Educators said Monday they will focus on providing emotional support for traumatized children before picking up the regular curriculum.
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To Whom It May Concern: My name is Fredlynn J. Pericles a USA citizen and a certified Florida teacher who is interest in joining the force to creating a better education in haiti, my home town.
we are 12 schools from 12 different countries who is holding a Humanitarian aid project together and We want to help a group of people in Haiti(maybe a school, a dormitory where orphans live, a hospital , a camp,….) who needs things such as educational staff, stationary, lesson materials, medical care equipments, water filters, clothes, shoes,etc…)
If you know anybody / organisation like this , could you please let us know their contact address and what they need.
thank you
Fadime from Turkey
English Lang. Teacher
contact info: english.fadim35@gmail.com