Welcome, and Thank You for visiting Hispaniola!
The Organization at a Glance:
- Hispaniola, Inc. is a
non-profit organization comprised of a few health care professionals and a group of
volunteers. Our mission is primarily to make education accessible to destitute
children of the "Plateau-Central" region of Haïti, more precisely, in
LasCahobas. And, we are aiming at extending to our immediate surroundings.
Hispaniola is based in New York. The organization is administered by a committee of
eight members:
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- Mrs. Dalida Jeune, President
Mrs. Monique Jean-Paul, Vice-President
- Wesly J.J. Dumény, Administrator
Marie
Louissaint, Treasurer
- Carline Joseph, Secretary
David
Michaud, Advisor
- Joseph Guiteau Duvert, Advisor Rev.
Pastor Henry Norey, Advisor
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- Only those who have witnessed the ways of
life that certain people are forced to adopt in underdeveloped countries, like Haïti, can
relate to countless problems that these people have had to face day in, day out. The
major root of all these problems is poverty closely linked to illiteracy. And these
problems, though conspicuous, are often visualized with such vagueness that the disastrous
consequences that they have on the children are usually overlooked. With a little
more careful consideration, it becomes quite evident that children are the most
vulnerable, and thus, they suffer the most under these adverse circumstances.
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- Many children in Haïti, along with their
parents, are beggars. A great number of men and women, being unemployed, cannot even
fulfill the primary responsibility of feeding their children. So, it is useless to
mention that they can't afford to send them to school.
Furthermore, the state already falls short when it comes to educating its
citizens, young or old. There are many great schools in Haïti, and this should be
no surprise. However schooling is mostly in the hands of the private sector; and
those who receive education, therefore, are those who can pay for it in cash.
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- Hispaniola, Inc. was founded with the
objective to help a category of Haitians children that are specially in great need.
Many of these children are from the village LasCahobas; but most of them come from the
countryside around it. Certain parents who do not have the resources to take care
of their children scatter them in different households where these children work as
servants. These cases are akin to , or worse than medieval Europe. Though the
head of the households where these children are abandoned may be well off economically,
the children (these little beast of burden) do not receive even the minimum care they are
entitled to.
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- They work almost as hard as slaves, and they
don't get paid. In exchange for their hard work, they get a meager meal to survive,
and some used clothing to wear. Not only they are poorly fed, but one child in a
household may be responsible for all the shores. For instance, a little girl may
have to cook, do the laundry (hand-washing and ironing clothes) for the whole family, and
clean the house among other things. They are always the first to get up in the
morning, and the last to go to bed at night. Most of them are more than 9 years
old; they don't know their ABC, and they are not sent to school. They have no hope,
no vision, and some of them, no ambition. They are the slaves of our century.
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- As immigrants from Haïti, we the founders of
Hispaniola, Inc., have witnessed the suffering of these children. It has always
seemed like no one cares; for those who care are usually those who can the least do
something about it. These children inherit poverty and misery from their
parents. And most likely, as it has been observed, they will pass it on to their own
children. Hispaniola's goal is to break these trans-generational cycles of
misery. While trying to meet the other needs of these children, we mostly focus on
their education. Because, we know that education is the best way to move upward in
any society.
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- Hispaniola started a school in October 1996
in the village of LasCahobas with 115 pupils. We currently have 235 children.
And in the near future, we want to able to accommodate a thousand (1,000) students.
We also help children that are orphans or of single mothers. Our major challenge has
been to generate funds to finance the programs. We've covered the first expenses out
of our own pockets. We look on these children as if they were literally our own; but
the work expands, it becomes harder for us to keep up with the financial demands it
imposes. that's why we are trying to establish a sponsorship network for the
children. The organization is in great need of the proper equipment, staff and
furniture to run the school. And this necessitates substantial funding. We
currently hold classes in a house that we rent; but with the increasing number of
children, we are obliged to start laying the foundations of a much larger school house in
the near future.
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- Hispaniola, Inc. aims at contributing to the
physical, intellectual, economical, and spiritual development of financially disadvantaged
children, with the focus on education. We are helping to prepare this young
generation for a better tomorrow. We believe that anyone who invest in this endeavor
will bless not only these children, but many generations to come. We thank you for
your support.
- For further information please contact:
- Hispaniola, Inc.
- P.O. Box 159, CLB Inc.
- 2193 Bedford Avenue
- Brooklyn NY 11226
- Phone: (718) 462-2515
- E-mail: Hispaniola@Lascahobas.org
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