We have created a diverse team of board members. Each person’s contribution to the cause is valued and needed to accomplish our goals.

  • Founder/President Nancy E Anderson

    Nancy E Anderson, started Haiti Education Program, after she took her first trip to La Gonave, Haiti. She saw the need for funding to assist in a child’s education costs. By supporting one student’s tuition, three years later, we now support 22 students. We are currently in the process of creating a women’s work co-op, with the mother’s , of the students we support. The idea behind this , is to create an environment where women are financially stable, and support one another within their community.

    Connecting with the students and women in their community, neighborhoods, and homes, is where it begins, and how we can make change, one student, one woman, one family at a time.

  • Liashia K White/Secretary

    An Educator in New York City for close to 10 years, Liaisha strives to push her students to educational excellence and expose them to the world outside of Brooklyn. Liaisha earned her masters in Education from Cuny Hunter College with a focus on Special Education, particularly Literacy. Throughout her career, Liaisha has worked closely with NYU and the d

    Department of Education’s pursuits toward Educational Equity. This passion is what drives her to work on the Board: to ensure that all children, not just those in her classroom, are given a right to an education.

  • Mikenson Francillion/Vice President

    Mikenson is a proud father of a 16 year old son, and 9 year old daughter, born and raised on the island of La Gonave, Haiti. He has made improving his community his life’s mission. Mikenson has been teaching health and Evangelism within his community since the devastating 2010 earthquake. His efforts have not only built latrines and provided clean drinking water{via SODIS technique} but also has helped many families cultivate their own vegetable gardens. Mikenson also has a certificate in translating. He is accessed much on the Island to speak and translate English for mission visitors, and workers who come to La Gonave.

How to make it count

 

We Dreamt it

It begins with a desire and a dream. From there, comes the work. In order to make a dream come true, we need people who want to make a difference in any way they can. And then we take it to the streets, of La Gonave , and show the community we support their children’s education, and the mother’s who we create jobs for, in order to contribute to their funds.

We’re Building it

We are working within the community schools to assist families with tuition funds. The next step is to build communities to work with each other, support each other, in order to grow better education situations for their children. The next project will be to have our own school, free of charge, for the children who do attend school as of today.

Now we’re growing it

It started with the support for one student. From one we supported 4 more, then 6, and now, we support the tuition, books and uniforms of 22 students. We are proud of that. We would like it to be all the children who cannot afford school, to have a sponsor to help. Our next phase of growth is the Women’s Work Co-Op. Where we will work with the mother’s to make products to sell here in the States, in order to assist in their children’s tuition. That is empowering.