A dollar a day keeps a child in school.
Haiti has almost no public education. We pay the fees that keep a child in class, for as long as they keep showing up and passing.
What it costs
The whole problem is a bill. So we pay it.
Education in Haiti is private. A seat in a classroom costs about a dollar a day, the single expense that decides whether a child keeps learning. That is the entire ask.
Why we exist
When school costs money, the poorest children are the first to lose it.
In one of the poorest nations in the world, roughly nine in ten schools are private. Education is something you buy, and for most families it is the first thing that becomes impossible.
Bright, capable children sit at home, not because they cannot learn, but because no one can pay the term. Haiti Scholarships exists to remove that single barrier: the bill.
Every dollar is accountable
We do not hand out cash. We pay tuition directly to schools, and we keep paying only as long as a student earns it.
A student applies
Students apply in English and Creole. Our team in Léogâne knows the families and the schools.
We pay the school
Money goes straight to the school, never as cash to the student. You know exactly where it lands.
The student shows up
Support continues only while the student keeps attending and keeps their grades up.
We check in
Berlyne, our staff member in Haiti, tracks attendance and results through the year.
In their words
“Without education a country can’t develop. In Haiti education is so difficult because the parents do not have money to pay the school, and the government does not help.
Mencia FontaineFormer Haiti Scholarships student · Léogâne, Haiti
Who you are helping
Real students, named and known, with report cards to show for it.
These are not statistics. They are children and young adults who want to become teachers, nurses, and engineers, and who keep their grades up to keep their place.
Our staff member in Haiti knows them by name. When you give, you are paying a specific child’s tuition at a specific school.
Donations are tax-deductible in the United States. We pay the schools directly, so you always know where the money went. See our finances →
Put a student in school
$30 is one more month a child stays learning.
Your gift pays tuition straight to the school. It is tax-deductible, and it is the difference between a student in class and a student sent home.