Despite the principle of free education in the National Constitution, Haitian families are subject to tuition fees since 80% of the schools are private. These expenses represent a heavy burden for most Haitian families. Today, the average annual tuition fee for primary education is five hundred dollars.Approximately 50 percent of Haitian children do not attend...
Issues facing children and women in Haiti.Haiti, ranked 163 out of 188 countries on the Human Development Index, faces multiple vulnerabilities. The country is exposed to many natural hazards, including earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and droughts.In the past fifteen years, Haiti has experienced a major earthquake and several hurricanes, including, in 2016, Hurricane Matthew, a Category...
The increase comes as poverty deepens and violence increases amid political instability, with gangs that control 85% of Port-au-Prince attacking once peaceful communities in a push to assume total control of the capital. Young boys are often used as informers “because they’re invisible and not seen as a threat,” Narayan said in a phone interview...
Widlene, 14 years agoSeptember of 2010. Eight-year-old Widlene was among many kids enrolled in first grade for the first time at Ecole La Jemmerais de Custine, Cavaillon where she faces difficulties coping with the younger kids, in the classroom, they teased and harassed her. From then on, we supported her schooling along with others. Now she...
Despite the principle of free education in the National Constitution, Haitian families are subject to tuition fees since 80% of the schools are private. These expenses represent a heavy burden for most Haitian families. Today, the average annual tuition fee for primary education is five hundred dollars. Approximately 50 percent of Haitian children do not...
