Haiti Mama Canada

Haiti mama canada ongoing programs continue to include supporting ecole communautaire santo through providing a safe environment for education in croix des bouquets. Ecs maintained their enrolment to over 700 students. They continue to experience some short-term shutdowns due to unrest in the country. While this has made it challenging for the school teachers and the students they continue to have a high attendance rate. Teacher development continues to be a priority in the 2023-24 year. Education and housing support for the children and their families from croix des bouquets is also continuing through our partnership with haiti maman nou. The focus on educational assessments continues and looking forward to their long-term plans to transition to the workforce. Haiti mama canada continues it's work with haiti mama nou and was able to assist in the emergency relocation of 126 people 7 children in disability care and our 3 dogs to a new home and headquarters in the southern haitian countryside. The staff and families have worked hard to integrate into their new community. Each family was able to find new housing suitable for their budgets and families. Ecs collaborated with haitian education project (hep) public health team to provide health education lessons to over 700 students and their families to help control communicable and non-communicable diseases. In partnering with street business school 25 professors were trained to teach basic entrepreneurial skills and financial planning to students and in an adult education program. Haiti mama nou is working with families on financial literacy as this has become a priority to help them become independent in thier new community. They now have a tutor who is helping the parents and the disability care centre staff with their overall literacy. The children have been enrolled in new schools and are continuing to succeed in their classes. Hmn is also focusing it's energy on training in the arts by starting a