Back to School Appeal
HELP STUDENTS ARE HEADING BACK TO CLASS!
“If I was asked which date has marked my life the most, I would answer, September 2nd 2021, when I received the call confirming my acceptance at HELP. I had been sitting by the phone for hours and when the message was delivered, I was beyond happy; for a second, I really believed I could fly.”
In a manner of speaking, Katiana has been flying ever since. In the ninth grade when her parents could no longer afford tuition at the local Catholic school, Katiana enrolled in the under-resourced public high school which was subject to frequent strikes when the teachers went months without being paid.
But since that day last September, thanks to people like you, Katiana has been enrolled in Haiti’s best agriculture program. HELP’s student-to-student tutoring program has given her the assistance she needed to take on the challenge of university-level classes after the weaknesses of her high school. She also signed up for her dorm’s budget committee. She says of her first year at HELP, “I participated fully. I am developing my ability to lead and to contribute to the success of a group.”
This September Katiana and will be back at HELP with 170 other returning students and 50 incoming freshmen.
Meanwhile those how have graduated in 2022 will begin contributing to HELP. The average HELP contributor is donating $100 a month from their salaries to support current HELP scholars.
For the 2022-23 school year, we’re offering a special opportunity to match one graduate’s monthly contribution. Your continued support can give yet another student like Katiana the feeling that, amid Haiti’s many obstacles, they can fly.
“I have bigger dreams and bigger plans for myself and my community since coming to HELP. I’m inspired by the HELP students and alumni who go back to their communities and do something to help. If we all did that it would a different country. I want to thank my donor for investing in my education.”
— Jean Rosny Demas, civil engineering ‘24