Back to School

What does back to school mean to Lespwa Lavi?

STABILITY: When students are in school, we want them to feel safe and to be assured that they are not without hope

  • Every student has access to daily nutrition and filtered water - included

  • No student will ever be removed for inability to pay tuition

EMPOWERMENT: Through unique teacher training, new curriculum that focuses on engaging every child at their level, and equal opportunity, both our staff and students gain confidence

  • Trauma-informed classrooms

  • 25:1 student:teacher ratio and a liveable teacher salary

  • Goal-directed female equality initiatives

CHARACTER: Lespwa Lavi Academy is a Christian school that requires all staff to model integrity through their relationship with Christ

  • Campus ministry program

  • Campus sharing with ADV church

FUTURE: How we care for the next generation now determines our global future.  We are here for it!

  • Within the next year, we plan to break ground on two more classroom buildings and a dedicated church building

  • Our goal is to build a model that can be implemented in communities across Haiti to reinvent the national education system

Nika Pierre-Louis