Haiti Now

From completing education to economic security, we are 100% responsible for the success of the girls in our programs.

Impact

Haiti Now delivers social equity programs to level the playing field. Haiti Now believes that Restavek girls need specialized programs to overcome emotional trauma and extreme poverty. Haiti Now focuses on compassion, quality education, global citizenship skills, attitudes, and values to achieve economic security. We empower Restavek girls with opportunities to take control of their lives and contribute to their families and communities. Each child receives an individual intervention, we are committed to their economic security.

Haiti Now’s approach is fully engaged hands-on and responsible for the girls’ emotional development, mental and physical health, social and cognitive growth, and academic achievements.

What we are doing for Restavek girls

Helping them realize their full potential through quality education and open mindsets.

Showing them they have a right to equitable systems by nurturing their “sense of belonging” and “self-belief”.

Creating a ripple effect where our girls serve as mentors to younger peers sharing “motivation” and “purpose”.

Focus on girls’ improved learning outcomes and the quality and quantity of teacher-directed instructions received.

More than 1,000 studies have provided evidence that high-quality girls’ education leads to wide-ranging returns:

Better outcomes in economic areas of growth and incomes;

Reduced rates of infant and maternal mortality;

Reduced rates of child marriage;

Reduced rates of the incidence of HIV/AIDS and malaria;

Increased agricultural productivity;

Increased resilience to natural disasters.

High-level and consistent performance from teachers with high-quality lesson plans and school-based instructional leadership.

Classroom observations of teacher practices inside the classroom.

Teacher’s coaching on teacher-child interactions for inquiry-based learning.

Carefully designed and implemented professional development support.

Emotional support to overcome trauma and anxiety.

An overall system of instruction that can provide e coherent and coordinated learning experience for students.

Shared professional practice. Coaching on the Psychology of Learning, Child Development, and Psychometrics.

Comprehensive data collection of Social and Emotional Learning and Cognitive Skills rubrics.

Build students’ digital literacy skills around curriculum’ s objectives and activities using computing devices, projectors, interactive whiteboards for multimedia production and presentation.

Extracurricular activities: gardening, theater, sports, games, dance, art, music, literacy circles, mother tongue books, and entrepreneurship.

Impact

What we are doing for Restavek girls

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