Project: COHH school campus (4-phase, multi-building project)
Location: Hinche, Haiti
Timeline: 2016-2017 / Phase 1 in progress / Phases 2-4 in need of funding
Impact area: education
Partner: Center of Hope (Haiti)
http://centerofhope-haiti.org
Budget: $370,000
Field Manager: Presley Henry / Volunteer Project Manager: Chris Ternes / Architects: Steve Davis and Lauren Folkerts / Engineer: Clive Fox
Anticipated community impacts:
- Increased access to high-quality, individualized education for vulnerable Haitian students
- Expansion of COHH’s residential program, which provides shelter, nutrition, and emotional security to the neediest children
BGF is working with Center of Hope (Haiti) (COHH) to design and construct a new elementary school to educate up to 150 children in grades 1-9 in Hinche, Haiti. COHH is rapidly outgrowing the alternative space it currently uses for its school.
The students at COHH are from some of the most vulnerable families in Haiti and would not otherwise be able to attend school. “We have outgrown the current space for our school,” says Julie Atkinson, COHH Executive Director, “and we are working hard to raise the funds to build our new facility. With BGF’s design expertise, I know that we will have a superb facility that will serve our children for many years to come.”
BGF and COHH have divided this building project into 4 phases, with the first fully-funded and in progress. COHH is fundraising to make the further phases a reality.
“This is a case where all hands are needed and all donations, regardless of amount, can have a double impact on the future of our children,” said James Lipscomb, the COHH Advisory Board Chair. “Our partnership with Building Goodness Foundation will assure quality of design and we hope to provide a sustainable school facility.”
COHH’s mission is to provide hope for the future of some of the poorest children in Haiti by providing shelter, education, nutrition, emotional security, healthcare, and life skills to the children.
Donate to the project through BGF or at Center of Hope (Haiti)’s website.
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