School Construction To Resume!
Construction resuming. We are 70% complete.
Tag: Haiti School
Keeping Our Eyes On Our Mission
The Future of Haiti….. The Children This year is COHH’s 17th year in Haiti. Over that time, we have experienced the Great Earthquake of 2010, other natural disasters, riots and political upheavals. We have had to adapt and to adjust as warranted by the experience. Our Hinche community has been resilient and supportive. And, we have […]
The Graduates – An Update
COHH Scholarship Fund Recipients The graduation of our first COHH class of 9th graders took place in October 2020. It was delayed from the scheduled June date due to COVID-19. The students, namely, Darlande Louis, Lumonise Pierre, Claudnise Hilaire, Ebert Joseph, Frantzcise Simon, Widelka Simon, Djerwensky Dely all passed the national exams that allowed them to […]
Many Ways You Can Support COHH
The GiveLively platform enhances COHH’s fundraising capacity and lowers cost. Our website has been completely revamped to provide an easy to read and navigate platform using all social media devices and outlets. We are partnering with GiveLively.org to take advantage of the digital fundraising movement by dramatically improving the giving experience for everyone. GiveLively is a philanthropist-funded, […]
Blog-Happy New Website Year
We are introducing a completely revised and updated website in 2021. This introduction marks the beginning of a new phase in social media for Center of Hope (Haiti), Inc.
For Whom The Bell Tolls – School Has Begun
The COHH school opened for the 2019-2020 school year on Monday, September 9, 2019 with 128 children in grades 1 through 9. They were welcomed by a staff of 34 adults, including, teachers, administrators, security, maintenace and food service people. They were also welcomed by the site of a third classroom building that is under […]
We Are Building More Than A School
COHH, in partnership with the Building Goodness Foundation of Charlottesvile, VA, (“BGF”) commenced construction on the third classroom building of it elementary and secondary school campus in May 2019. Upon completion of the building, the campus will have a total of nine new classrooms for children in grades 1-9. The plan for the campus also […]
SUMMER DELIGHT IN SCHOOL
The COHH children delight in attending summer school. It is an opportunity for not only catching up and going ahead with subjects, but also with friends. Candidates for admission to first grade are evaluated by the teachers. We winnowed the applications down from 90+ to 30 in summer school. Unfortunately, we are only able to accept […]
Car Washing In The Rain
Yes, in a virtual takeoff on Singing In The Rain, the Alto family and a host of friends demonstrated extraordinary civic determination when they decided to hold a car wash in the suburbs of Boston, Massachusetts for the benefit of COHH the Saturday after Easter. Mia Alto and her mom, Linda, visited COHH in Haiti […]
We Are All Our Brothers’ & Sisters’ Keepers
The Center of Hope (Haiti), Inc. is an approved NGO in good standing in Haiti. We are celebrating our fifteenth anniversary in 2019. Our mission and our focus have always been on serving the poorest of poor children in the Hinche area of Haiti. Over the years we have developed an orphanage and a school […]
Here We Go Again – School Is Back In
On September 10, 2018, the Center of Hope (Haiti), Inc. School continued its historic journey to educate the poorest of poor children in Hinche, Haiti. Now entering its eighth year as a school where everyone enters in the first grade and ascends as a class, COHH welcomed 112 children, in grades 1through 8, 6 fulltime […]
Meet Our 2017 Graduates
We are pleased to announce that the Center of Hope (Haiti), Inc. Elementary and Secondary school held its sixth annual graduation June 20, 2017 for 82 students in grades 1-6. Please join us in extending a hearty congratulations to our students, our teachers, our administrative staff and the parents/caregivers, each of whom played vital roles […]
Hope Is A Reality Within Us
At the beginning of 2017, our hopes for the start of construction on building number2 of our elementary and secondary school were mostly prayers. We did not have an obvious path to funding for the building although the need was the impending growth of the school into the seventh grade in the fall of 2017. […]
We Are Indeed Thankful
We are pleased to share with our donors that today we exceeded our goal of raising $250,000 in commitments to help build our new elementary school. We thank you for your support and belief in COHH. The funds we have raised have been matched 100% to bring our total funds to over $500,000! We thank […]
Congratulations Children & Teachers – 2016
Today marked the end of the school year for COHH. Our children completed a rigorous school year and look forward to the new school year when the first building of our new school will be opened. We congratulate our children and our teachers who labored under trying conditions, including temporary classrooms pending the construction of […]