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Rive (formerly FONHOH-USA) is invested in promoting and providing access to quality education to those living predominantly in remote rural areas of Haiti.
In Haiti, instruction happens in the colonialist language of French, rather than Creole, the language people speak in their homes and daily lives. Our work embraces a Creole-based education, yet with an emphasis on historically-rooted plurilingualism in the Haitian society. This means, we prioritize the language that students speak at home, which is the Creole language. Yet, we value the presence of the French language in our history as well as English and Spanish that are at the proximity of the country.
We are shaped by our burning desire to work with rural communities in Haiti to identify ways in which children can have access to excellent education.
RIVE believes that access to quality education is not a privilege but a basic human right. A child uneducated is a waste of human resources and a set back for society.
We are shaped by our burning desire to work with rural communities in Haiti to identify ways in which children can have access to excellent education
Created by Haitian and American scholars, Rive (DBA Fondasyon Onè pou Ayiti) is an organisation invested in promoting and providing access to quality education to children and teens living predominantly in remote rural areas of Haiti.
Formed in 2005 Rive thrives through volunteer efforts and partnerships. Rive works in collaboration with all sectors – governmental and nongovernmental organizations, businesses, and progress-minded individuals – to bring education and opportunities to rural Haiti.
Knowing that education is the key to empower individuals and communities, our team has developed a long-term strategy for encouraging and supporting equal access to quality education for Haitian children. Our long-term plan also considers environmentally conscious developmental projects.
Rive’s goals are to:
Promote and provide access to quality education to all children and teens living in rural areas
Reduce teachers’ shortage and afford them with the training and skills needed to provide quality education to students with all abilities
Contribute to a reform of the Haitian education system that prepares the Haitian society to face and rise above the challenges of the 21st century
Create material conditions enabling families living in rural areas to sustain themselves and their children in both short and long term
Rive’s efforts:
Work with individuals, governments, businesses, and nongovernmental organizations locally and internationally
Build and run K-12 schools in rural areas of Haiti so as to provide quality education to students of all abilities
Build and run teacher education colleges to reduce teacher’s shortage in both rural and urban areas
Build and run a vocational school to provide students an opportunity to learn a trade
Offer literacy programs to adults living in rural areas
Develop mechanisms that promote social development and economic growth in the target area
Rive has 501(c) 3 status in the US and is recognized by the Haitian Government. Rive believe that Helping Haitians to transcend their current situations must be based on a paradigm of changing poverty into productivity and agency as opposed to the reproduction and perpetuation of a relationship built to create dependency.