Partners

Lespwa Haiti Partners are the heart of the project.  It is their work we have documented, the people and organizations working everyday toward positive change in Haiti.  Follow the links below to learn more about Lespwa Haiti partner organizations:

Child Friendly Spaces Program – AMURT is building and maintaining 10 community-based Integrated Healing and Education Centers (IHECs) benefiting 4,000 children living in the tent camps in some of the poorest areas of Port-au-Prince. The purpose of these Child-Friendly Spaces is to help restore normalcy and improve overall well-being in the lives of children affected by the earthquake with psycho-social and educational support. The next phase of this program targets livelihood creation for parents, environmental programs, and other integrated initiatives focusing on capacity building and empowerment.

In June, the Lespwa Haiti team visited AMURT’s child-friendly space in the Cineas tent camp at Delmas 33 in Port-au-Prince. To learn more about AMURT Haiti or to make a donation click here to visit their site.

The Haitian Education & Leadership Program (HELP) New York-based 501c3 and is Haiti’s largest university-level scholarship program. With HELP scholarships, Haitian students escape desperate poverty to become doctors and nurses, accountants, engineers, teachers, and computer programmers. HELP is sponsoring 108 students for the 2010/2011 school year. HELP students provide economic security for their families and much needed professional expertise for the development of Haiti. To learn more about HELP or make a donation visit haitianeducation.org.

Trees, Water & People (TWP) is a Colorado-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to improving people’s lives by helping communities to protect, conserve and manage the natural resources upon which their long-term well-being depends. Programs include reforestation, community tree nurseries, fuel-efficient cookstove technology, renewable energy applications, and environmental education in Central America, Haiti, and the western United States. To learn more about TWP’s wrok in Haiti, visit treeswaterpeople.org.