LCS Director of Community Outreach Daelle E. manages the recent mask distribution to the Santo 5 community.
While schools remain closed in Haiti due to COVID-19, the Department of Community Outreach at Louverture Cleary School (LCS) outside of Port-au-Prince has been providing support wherever possible to help keep our surrounding neighborhood, including the families of the children in the LCS's Koukouy Sen Kle Early Childhood Development Program, as safe and healthy as possible in a situation where social distancing and other safety measures are difficult or impossible to maintain.
Social distancing and other safety measures are very difficult to maintain in Haiti. To help, LCS sourced 2,400 hand-made, reusable cloth face masks from local shops to provide to the school community and the neighborhood around the school.
Families of the children in the Koukouy Program and members of the neighborhood surrounding the school were invited to LCS to receive masks. LCS Director of Community Outreach Daelle E. coordinated the distribution and educated each person on how to properly wear and wash them.
In total, 800 individuals received three face masks each.
Chair of The Haitian Project's Partner Foundations Patrick B. states, "Distributing masks to the community fits our objectives perfectly. As an institution in Haiti, we have a responsibility to the surrounding community as well as to our students and staff. We are also committed to being the right model for Haiti, so purchasing these masks locally was another important way to support the country.”
Celebrating LCS's 25th Graduating Class!
This year marks LCS’s 25th graduation, a milestone to celebrate!
While graduation ceremonies have been canceled this year due to the pandemic, we are still celebrating the Class of 2020, their accomplishments, and the impact they will have as they join the ranks of LCS alumni.
Don't miss a special Community Update this Friday featuring the LCS Class of 2020!
Help us celebrate Louverture Cleary School's 25th graduating class by giving $25 in their honor!