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Address:
P.O. Box 10775
El Dorado, AR 71730
Email Address:
Susan Turbeville - haitifnd@att.net
Pere Mardoche Vil - jmvil2000@yahoo.fr
Pere Fritz desire - fritodes@yahoo.fr
Telephone:
Susan Turbeville - 870-862-1252
Website:
http://www.haitifoundation.org
Faith Statement:
Believing that Jesus is our HOPE, we bring HOPE to the children of the mountains of southern Haiti by providing education.
The mission of the Haiti Education Foundation is to provide education to children in St. Matthais and Ascension Parishes of Haiti. Our objective is to help Haitians to help themselves. We have established an avenue for giving where 100% of contributions go to the need designated by the donor. There are no administrative expenses deducted from donations.
The Haiti Education Foundation supports 40 elementary and 10 high schools in the mountains of southern Haiti. The foundation hires over 400 Haitian teachers and staff with an enrollment of nearly 10,000 students. Our schools are predominately located in two parishes in Haiti; Pere Desire is priest in charge of St. Matthais Parish and Pere Vil is priest in charge of Ascension parish. These men work tirelessly in the oversight of all of the schools and churches in the parishes. The HEF counterpart in Haiti is the OCDES Board. This group of Haitian men has been longtime partners and was mentored by HEF founding priest, Pere Jean Wilfrid Albert, prior to his death. These men volunteer their time and service to see that funds sent for the schools are distributed to the priests in charge and oversee various other projects supported by our foundation.
From the inception of the Haiti Education Foundation, the focus has been securing $75 Scholarships for each of the children enrolled. This continues to be at the forefront of our fundraising efforts. Without the students, the buildings have little purpose.
Our Haitian friends are not unaccustomed to tragedy. Over the years, they have endured many hurricanes and floods.
The earthquake on January 12, 2010, was another obstacle in their lifetime of struggles. Eleven of our schools were completely destroyed and several were severely damaged. Temporary structures are now in place so that the children are able to attend school. Although we have many challenges before us, our main focus is in obtaining scholarships for each of the children attending school. The road to full recovery is very long; however, we know that EDUCATION brings HOPE to the children . . . to the future of Haiti.
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