SAFA Foundation with the children of Haiti
From the SAFA Foundation we have financed during the 2018 – 2019 academic year the construction of three classrooms in the Bas-Canaan educational center in Haiti.
This center has 306 students and is led by a director and several teachers with a great deal of experience in education. It was built in wood more than 7 years ago, in response to the emergency situation after the 2010 earthquake, in which most of the schools were destroyed. The SAFA Foundation has responded to the need for children to return to school in a healthy, clean and adapted space. The construction of these three classrooms is an important step towards providing better teaching conditions.
Each classroom will accommodate 30 students, i.e., a total of 90 boys and girls with a 50/50 split between boys and girls. The classrooms will have an area of 49 m2 and will have 4 windows to facilitate good ventilation. The students will be in a safer and more adapted space.
SPECIAL Haiti, 10 years after the earthquake
The Jesuit Refugee Service works, with the support of Entreculturas, in the two most populated camps of Dollo Ado: Melkadida and Kobe. In both, 65% of the people are under 18 years of age, so we are dealing with a very young population, many of whom were born there and do not know any other reality. Following the work done building a school and four ambivalent spaces for young people since 2012, this educational and livelihood component is complemented by new lines of work that seek social rehabilitation, the creation of opportunities and the empowerment and self-esteem of young people. In the latter case, through vocational workshops, literacy and recreational, sports and cultural activities.
