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| How we work Local partnership Rebuilding Haiti Now chose to work, at first, in collaboration with the two following organizations which have been providing Education infrastructure and services in Haïti for several decades.
The BEMHEG currently manages 85 rural schools located in the different provinces of the country. It also manages a College of Education. The PFST have many missions located in different provinces of the country. Each of these locations develops social, economic, environmental and educational projects. For over a decade, Ms. Doebeli Rocourt has worked in the field with the BEMHEG and PFST to train teachers and coach future education leaders School selection Rebuilding Haiti Now used the following criteria to select the first group of schools which will benefit from our rebuilding assistance
Social and economic impact The rebuilding of a school results in short and long term impact of the local community.
Presentation of the schools So far Rebuilding Haiti Now has chosen 8 schools to repair and/or rebuild. Click on school for more information.
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School of Nicolas |
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Geographical situation Nicolas is a mountain village located in the district of Petit-Goâve. Petit-Goâve is 47 miles from Port-au-Prince and Nicolas is at 2 1/2 h drive from Petit-Goâve. The road is practicable but not asphalted and in bad condition. The access is difficult. |
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Description 8 classrooms, 1 dormitory, 1 dining hall 2 attendances : 8h30-12h30 et 13h-17h Enrollment : 446 students, preschool and primary Staff : 13 teachers |
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Assessment of the building The school consists of several units: the Principal’s office and the dependencies; across the schoolyard are the classrooms, the teachers' dormitory, arts and crafts’room, a warehouse and a toilet. The building housing the classrooms is made of solid walls of a river pebbles envelope, poor cement mortar with a roof of galvanized sheet metal on wood frame (strong and crude wooden slats, untreated). The window openings consist of cement trellises. During the earthquake, the back wall of all the classes could not resist since there are no reinforced concrete structure in the building. click here for more pictures |
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School of Molière |
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Geographical situation Molière is a small town about 1 1/2 hour of Petit Goave, it is difficult to access because located in the mountains. Petit-Goâve is 47 miles from Port-au-Prince. The road is on the hillside and often breached. Some students come from the neighbouring villages. The furthest ones have a 1 1/2 h walk to reach the school. |
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Description 9 classrooms 2 attendances : 6h30-12h00 et 12h15-17h Enrollment : 682 students, preschool and primary school Staff : 17 teachers |
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Assessment of the building The buildings comprising the school were damaged but salvageable. The school consists of several units distributed according to the soil, which is a prominent rock quarry. Upon entering the property there is a first unit containing four classrooms with a staircase and a gallery in front the classrooms. The last classroom seems to have been added to the existing structure. Made of stone, rock walls have been built without reinforced concrete structure. They could not withstand the earthquake and collapsed. The unit was covered with a wooden frame and corrugated aluminum sheets. A second unit located behind the first one, housed the Principal of the school, the teachers and a little warehouse. At the end of the driveway there is another unit containing: the Principal’s office and three classrooms separated by a corridor leading to a large room, glued to the preceding and with a space for crafts. The three buildings are built in blocks masonry. The roof is covered with corrugated aluminum sheets on wood frames. Click here for more picture |
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School of Bois-Gency |
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Geographical situation
Bois-Gency is a village located approximately at 45 min drive from downtown Petit-Goâve. Petit-Goâve is at 47 miles from Port-au-Prince . The road is practicable.
Description
8 classrooms, 1 dormitory, 1 dining hall
1 attendance : 7h30-12h30
Enrollment : 180 students, preschool and primary
Staff : 8 teachers
Assessment of the building
The school has several units independent of each other. There is a first unit containing four classrooms. There are harmless cracks in the walls of some classes. A second unit at the rear of the first building contains the Principal’s office and two classrooms. A third unit still in the back of the first building contains four spaces which resemble three rooms. A concrete tank not buried is also located behind the first building. It is not functional because of some cracks in the concrete inside the tank.
Assessment of the building
The school has several units independent of each other. There is a first unit containing four classrooms. There are harmless cracks in the walls of some classes. A second unit at the rear of the first building contains the Principal’s office and two classrooms. A third unit still in the back of the first building contains four spaces which resemble three rooms. A concrete tank not buried is also located behind the first building. It is not functional because of some cracks in the concrete inside the tank.
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School of Hyacinthe |
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Geographical situation Hyacinthe is a mountain village, in the district of Petit-Goâve. Petit-Goâve is at 47 km. from Port-au-Prince and Hyacinthe is 1h1/2 drive from Petit-Goâve. The access road is very bumpy and sometimes not passable on the hillside. The access is difficult. |
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Description 8 classrooms in 3 different buildings 1 attendance 8h-13h Enrollment : 332 students , preschool and primary school Staff : 7 teachers |
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Assessment of the building The school is made of units independent of each other. In the school property, after the main gate, there is a playground made of clay dirt. There is also a first unit containing three classrooms closed by steel doors. A playground separates a second unit at the rear of the first. This second unit contains: the Principal’s Office, a depot, two classrooms and an adjacent area , undeveloped. Separated by a corridor, there is another building containing: a large room, two small rooms unusable (after the earthquake) and a kitchen. A circular tank is not buried behind the building. Gutters under the iron roofs collect rainwater to the tank. It was impossible to see inside the tank in order to detect the real problem of the water system. There were no pipes, no water pump connected to any system to supply purified water to the kids in the playground. |
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School of Mellier |
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| Geographical situation Mellier is a village located in the district of Léogâne. Léogâne is at 22 miles from Port-au-Prince. The type of soil in this area is alluvium (the plain is a field of sugar cane). The access is easy. |
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Description 6 classrooms, 1 dormitory, 1 dining hall 1 attendance : 7h30-12h30 Enrollment : 61 students, primary school Staff : 5 teachers |
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Assessment of the building The school has been built with walls in concrete blocks and structures (columns, girders) in concrete. The roof with trusses metal frame covered with corrugated aluminum sheets. This unit has 3 classrooms and an office for the Principal. A new unit has been added with 2 classrooms. During the earthquake, the building structure has responded very well but because of the soil, the walls have cracks which are not harmful. However, the two appendices added to the building, one with 2 classrooms by the Principal’s Office and the second appendix leans against the front wall fence could not withstand the quake. They are cracked and must be demolished. The toilet unit also collapsed. |
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School of Rivière Froide |
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Geographical situation Located in the South part of Port-au-Prince, Rivière Froide is a very populate area, 40min from the center of Port-au-Prince. The congregation of “Petits Freres de Sainte Therese” settled on an area situated on a hill. |
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Description 4 classrooms 2 attendances : 7h30-13h et 13h-17h Enrollment : 454 students élèves , preschool and primary Staff : 7 teachers (some teachers work the two attendances) |
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Assessment of the building Several buildings have been built including a primary school consisting of two units. One of them has been damaged by the earthquake of January 12. The school was built with agglomerated concrete block walls, polished concrete floor and roof slab. It consisted of four classrooms well ventilated with pre-cast masonry grilles and well lit. A large gallery which opened all the classes broke the heat of the sun. At the rear, a corridor separating the building from another unit also containing classes. During the earthquake, the building structure could not withstand the stresses (the posts were broken) and collapsed. . |
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School of Lévêque |
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Geographical situation Leveque is a little village situated on the National Road # 1, in the area of Cabaret, at 1h 1/4 Port-au-Prince. The type of soil in this area is clay loam. Leveque is an agricultural village. |
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Description 3 classrooms, 1 principal office,1 depot, 1 bathroom in the ground floor 4 classrooms, a residence for the principal and bathroom 1 attendance: 8h-13h Enrollment : 212 students (preschool and primary) Staff : 7 teachers |
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Assessment of the building The school was built in agglomerated concrete block walls and slabs of concrete floor and roof. During the earthquake, the building collapsed |
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School of La Tremblay |
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Geographical situation “La Tremblay” is a little town located between Croix-des-Bouquets and Fond Parisien, on the road leading to the border between Haïti and the Dominican Republic, approximately 1h 1/2 from Port-au-Prince. The access is easy. |
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Description 7 classrooms in the main building 2 classrooms and a library in the second building 1 attendance : 8h-13h Enrollment: 276 students , pre-school and primary Staff : 9 teachers |
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Assessment of the building The elementary school was built with: block walls and concrete slabs (floors and ceilings) on a fairly large property. It is partially fenced in blocks of agglomerated cement, front and back of the property. There are classrooms that are leaning in one end. In the other is the restrooms. Laterally, the fence is barbed wire. The building withstood some damages due to the quake ; they can be repaired. Cracks were found in the exterior walls and partitions of the ground and first floors. In addition, the wall fence around the backyard collapsed Click here for more pictures |
| School of Lavial |
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Geographical situation Lavial is a village located at the altitude of 1500 feet , in La Vallee de Jacmel in the southeastern part of Haiti. It is accessible by a winding, steep mountainous road approximately four hours from Port au Prince. |
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Description 1 attendance : 7h30-13h et 13h-17h Enrollment : 412 students (for the two units) , preschool and primary Staff : 8 teachers Unit to be repaired : 2 classrooms 1 hallway 1 office for the school principal 1 small deposit to dry rations (food aid) a gallery, uncovered that seves as community space |
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Assessment of the building Built in hard (rock masonry foundations, reinforced concrete structure, walls and partitions agglomerated cement plaster on both sides, a concrete roof) on a relatively resistant soil. After the earthquake of January 12, 2010 the walls of the different rooms are partially cracked, the ceilings are cracked and soot, rooms are poorly ventilated and are dark. The floors are also cracked and the wood doors are in poor condition. The Gallery is a space limited by guard rails, the floor partially collapsed because the retaining wall that supports it has faltered in some places causing a compaction embankments and deformation of large concrete flooring. The building has survived the earthquake and has not been reach in its entirety. It can be recovered by performing some renovations. Work to be done to repair the school • Elimination of cracks throughout the body building • Repair the gallery • Setting up new windows • Repair of doors • Painting click here for more pictures |
