Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Haitian Educational System yields the lowest total rate in the education realm of the Western Hemisphere. [3] Haiti's literacy rate of about 61% (64.3% for males and 57.3% for females) is below the 90% average literacy rate for Latin American and Caribbean countries. [1]
Schools in Haiti’s capital and beyond are crumbling as gang violence deepens poverty and disrupts basic government services as the state education system faces a $23 million deficit. “The ...
Educated children are the key to Haiti’s peace and prosperity, says Arne Duncan, former U.S. secretary of education. In addition to helping quell chaos in Haiti, we must get its children back to ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — UNICEF warned Tuesday that schools in Haiti are increasingly at the mercy of gangs, with children becoming targets of robbery or ransom. The agency said that at ...
The number of CDW (Child Domestic Workers) in Haiti, defined as 1) living away from parents' home; 2) not following normal progression in education; and 3) working more than other children, is more than 400,000. 25% of Haitian children age 5–17 live away from their biological parents.
The Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (French: Ministère de l'Éducation nationale, et de la Formation Professionnelle, MENFP), or simply "Ministry of National Education," is a ministry of the Government of Haiti.
Parents in Haiti are scrambling to ensure that their children not only stay out of direct harm, but also continue their education amid the ongoing strife caused by violent groups.
Hope for Haiti is a non-profit organization based in Naples, Florida, USA, founded in 1989 by JoAnne Kuehner.The mission of the organization is to improve the quality of life for the Haitian people, particularly children, through education, healthcare, water, infrastructure and economy. [1]