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Two Years after Haiti's Earthquake
Posted on: 01/09/2012 16:31
With the generous financial support of United Church people to the 2010 Haiti earthquake appeal, partners have been at work building schools in the country. And with schools, you build communities, Haitians often say.
Two Years after Haiti's Earthquake
New schools are built with United Church support
The United Church of Canada works with two key partners in Haiti: the Methodist Church of Haiti (ÉMH) and the Karl Lévêque Cultural Institute (ICKL). We have worked alongside the Methodist Church for more than 45 years and with ICKL for almost 20 years. These two organizations have placed a priority on education.
With the generous financial support of United Church people to the 2010 Haiti earthquake appeal, partners have been building schools—nine Methodist schools and two rural community schools supported by ICKL.
By September 2011, construction was underway at six Methodist schools, part of a national network of more than 100 Methodist schools that are also supported by Methodists in the United States and Great Britain. Two of the schools were ready by the time the new school year started in October. Several more were expected to be ready in early 2012, and construction was expected to begin at three more schools in 2012.
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