Yele
Haiti/ComCEL: Gonaives Schools to Apply for Funding
Launched
in Haiti less than one month ago by hip hop Haitian legend Wyclef Jean and wireless
service provider ComCEL, Yéle Haiti is already underway to award 3,600
scholarships to children in Gonaives. The scholarships are being funded by ComCEL.
Government supported schools in Haiti are rare, which means that if children want
to go to school, they have to pay tuition. In a country where there is an 80%
unemployment rate, most families cannot afford to pay the $55 per student per
year tuition. This has resulted in an illiteracy rate of 50% in Haiti. Children
in Haiti want to go to school. Yéle Haiti and ComCEL are making it possible.
Yéle
Haiti's focus is in four areas: education, health, environment and entrepreneurship.
The goal is to combine music with sustainable development programs to provide
the youth of Haiti and the Diaspora with the tools to help them chart a new course
for the future.
Starting
today, Yéle Haiti is launching a call to action to invite school directors
in Gonaive to apply for scholarships for their school. We will ultimately provide
scholarships for 70 schools in total with blocks of 50-60 students per school
and renovations for 20 schools. The recipients will be announced in the first
week of March.
If
you know a school director in Gonaives, please spread the word. The applications
process will start Monday, February 14 and end Monday, February 22.
Yéle!
Media
Alert
Media
contact: Lee-Siane Jaeger cell: 509-551-2296
What: Yéle
Haiti Scholarships Available for Schools in Gonaives. Yéle Haiti, founded
by hip-hop legend Wyclef Jean, is inviting school directors in Gonaives to apply
now for student scholarships. Application forms are available in Gonaives, and
the deadline for applications is February 22. A total of 3,600 scholarships will
be given through selected schools, all made possible by funding from ComCEL. The
scholarships will be administered by Le Fonds de Parrainage National (FPN).
Where: Application
forms can be collected from:
Yéle Haiti Schools Project
C/O
Fonds de Parrainage National
Bldg.
Collège Moderne des Gonaïves
Rue
Christophe No 58
Gonaïves
When: Application
forms will be available beginning Monday, February 14 and the completed forms
must be submitted to the same office by end of day on February 22. Announcement
of schools selected will be made during the first week of March.
Why: Yéle
Haiti has a focus in four key sustainable development areas: education, health,
entrepreneurship and environment. Yéle Haiti and ComCEL are dedicated to
improving the lives of Haitians and the development of Haiti.
Criteria:
Academic level of the teachers; experience of the teachers; results at the official
exams of grade 6; ratio teacher / students
Contact:
Yéle Haiti Schools Project
C/O
Fonds de Parrainage National
Bldg.
Collège Moderne des Gonaïves
Rue
Christophe No 58
Gonaïves
Phone
: 527-4216
Details:
Only one application per school is necessary and will be accepted. Applications
must be submitted by school directors only. Applications from parents or teachers
will not be accepted. Applications will be accepted from both public and private
schools. Applicants must supply a copy of their school license from the Ministry
of Education. There will be an in-person follow up interview at the school before
recipients are chosen.
The
scholarships will cover the academic year beginning September 2004 to June/July
2005 and will be given only to students who have been attending school but unable
to pay their tuition for this academic year. Scholarships will be awarded to 70
schools for a maximum of 50-60 students per school. The scholarships will be announced
in early March. Priority will be given to schools that are willing to receive
teacher workshops with Centre d'Apprentissage et de Formation Pour la Transformation
(CAFT). Details regarding CAFT are on the application.
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