International Development Grant
Solidarity for Education in Jérémie
Project Number: CA-3-S064265002
Status: Closed
Country/Region:
Maximum Contribution: $210,000.00
Start Date: March 20, 2009
End Date: October 31, 2012
Duration: 3.6 years
Project Description
The project contributes to poverty reduction of marginalized populations located in rural areas (Grand'Anse) by introducing adequate and functional educational services. Project activities include: strengthening educational institutions' capacities and renovating defunct buildings to improve quality and access to education; training target groups in information technology pedagogy housekeeping (nutrition cooking sewing child care) and agricultural management to increase their employability; decreasing gender gaps by promoting equality between women and men within project activities; and mobilizing the community for better social mutual assistance by involving five local organizations. The Fondation Haïti Partage is worling in partnership with the Centre communautaire Notre-Dame-du-Perpétuel-Secours the Centre Margerite d'Youville le Centre Numa-Drouin the école Paradis des Indiens and the KORESFAJÉ. This is one of two parts of a project valued at $243 844. The first part has been completed.
Progress & Results Achieved
Results achieved at the end of the project include: renovated and new infrastructure in Jérémie and aux Abricots such as three kindergarten classes and a home economics training centre two new washroom facilities two computer laboratories (one implemented in the high school’s continuous learning centre accessible to high school students and community members and the other in an elementary school for students teachers and community members). Furthermore farming equipment such as tools and seeds was provided to a well-established women’s cooperative to assist in farming more than one hectare of land. 350 children received quality preschool and elementary school education 49 young women received training in home economics to improve their job opportunities and preparedness within their family context 89 high school students boys and girls received computer training and 45 poor and illiterate women received training in agriculture. These results contributed to increase rural communities’ access to and quality of basic education in the department of Grande-Anse as well as improve young people’s and in particular young women‘s employability.
Key Information
Executing Agency:
Fondation Haïti Partage
Reporting Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Program:
YFMInternaAssistPartnershp&Programing Br
Last Modified:
September 19, 2025
Development Classifications
DAC Sector:
Aid Type: Project-type interventions
Collaboration: Bilateral
Finance Type: Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation
Selection Mechanism:
Pre-APP