GSF schools back in session

The new GSF computer lab on Île à Vache

It’s difficult to know at the moment where things stand with schools in Haiti - after 5 months of a COVID pause, despite very few cases in Haiti, and only one on Île à Vache (according to official figures, anyway). The government decided that schools should go back in mid-August and finish the previous school year by the first week in October. Then, the 9th grade will have their national exams for high-school entry, and the other classes all start back immediately for the next school year!

GSF’s schools are in the middle of all that. We have a month to go to finish the previous school year, and then the new school year begins on 12 October. We have our new computer lab up and running after a year of storing laptops in a closet, we have divided two classrooms to allow all students to be schooled in one session, and all to have lunches. A new outdoor roofed pavilion is under construction for the Kindergarten near the first pavilion.

Our agriculture program deserves a special blog post (coming soon!) but they are going full tilt, feeding the school and keeping 10 people employed with 5 fields, three chicken houses and a new well. We have a new assistant agronomist, Esther, our first woman agronomist!

So in hope of a smoother year than this last! Wish us luck, and please think of the 252 students on Île à Vache, and the 210 at IMECT if you are able to help! We are underfunded, especially for IMECT and for textbook purchases. Your support makes our activities possible.

Esther, our new agronomist

New construction underway