After School Tutoring Program Begins
By Mary Goetz
During a recent monthly zoom meeting with our Haitian partners and our scholarship team, a situation was brought to our attention concerning some of our students. Fifteen of our 48 students are failing and six more are struggling with school work.“If you fail a grade, then you must retake the year. We want to prevent this from happening,” says Pastor Valcourt and Wilna Narcisse.
Because of this discussion, Haiti Scholars will partner with staff at Centre D’Etudes Lumiere to provide an after-school program beginning January, 2022. The Haiti Scholars team here in the U.S. is dedicated to our 48 students who have been provided scholarships to attend the school in Mariani, Haiti. We are thankful for Wilna’s service and dedication to Haiti Scholars. She gives us updated reports on student progress, meets with families, and helps to develop and implement a successful program. The after-school tutoring program will be implemented from 1:00-4:00, Monday through Thursday.
We at Haiti Scholars, Inc. are dedicated to ensuring success for the scholarship students. These children are from very poor, uneducated families where most parents cannot read or write. The parents cannot afford to pay for education for their children. The children experience daily trauma of poverty and unrest. We want to break the cycle and help these students succeed and graduate from high school, giving them a chance for a better future. We walk beside our Haitian partners who gave the suggestion for the after school program.
The cost to tutor these 21 students in the after school program is $25 per month per student. Please keep these children in your prayers and if you would like to donate to giving these 21 students the extra tutoring that they need, please visit our website: HaitiScholars.org.
“When things are hard, teachers rise to the occasion. It’s why we answer this call. There will never be a replacement for one human connecting with another, for an adult to stand beside a young person and walk side by side.”
Teacher Sarah Brown Wessling
