Haiti in My Heart

Our mission is to relieve poverty and provide opportunities for and access to education in Haiti. Our vision is a country where access to education is free, and children pursue opportunities for higher learning.

About Us

We operate a school in Montrouis, Haiti a small fishing village 90 minutes north of Port au Prince. We educate up to 300 students each school year from Preschool to Grade 9, serve 65,000 daily lunches and employ over 25 Haitian staff.

With 55% of the Haitian population under the age of 24, and 40% of the population unemployed, we believe education is key to eliminating devastating poverty and school feeding programs are a vehicle to ending malnutrition in children and families. We are dedicated to sustainable, long-lasting change.

We are a registered Canadian charity, incorporated in British Columbia. To learn more about how your gifts makes an impact and our three pillar programs - Launch A Learner, Meals for Minds, and WaSH - visit our website: www.haitiinmyheart.ca.

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Our Impact:

* Educate over 300 students every school year: 95 % retention rate each school year; nearly 100% pass when our students write their Grade 9 government exams to attend Highschool

* Provide 65,000 lunch meals each school year

* Employ over 25 Haitian staff * Contribute to the local economy through employment and the purchase of local goods and services

Education in Haiti

* 85% of eligible children in Haiti enroll in primary school

* Nearly 57% of those children will leave their schooling by Grade 9

* The average Haitian over 25 years of age has less than 5 years of schooling

* Haiti’s literacy rate is approximately 61%

* 85% of schools in Haiti are non-public and managed by religious organizations and foreign NGO’s

Poverty in Haiti

* Haiti remains the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere; and one of the poorest countries in the world

* 59% of the Haitian population lives on less than $2USD/day; 25% of Haitians live in extreme poverty, less than $2USD/day

* The top 20% of households in Haiti hold 64% of the total wealth in the country

* 30% of the overall Haitian population do not have ample access to nourishing food