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It's back-to-school season! Fall is around the corner, shelves are stocked with school supplies, and students are returning to the classroom. In Haiti, the new school year began on September 11th, but preparations occurred months earlier. Why such an early start?
The first answer is cause for celebration: rising enrollment! Several of the six Branch Schools locations have grown so much that they needed to build new classrooms. |
The second answer is troubling: rising inflation. Costs of school supplies, food, gas, and building materials are constantly doubling, tripling, and more. One approach that Branch Schools has taken to navigate these challenges is to send the beginning-of-year funds in July, to enable the directors to buy school supplies at earlier, cheaper, prices.
While this approach can help offset some of the beginning-of-year costs, ongoing funding continues to increase due to inflation. One example of this comes from teachers’ salaries. To help ensure our wonderful teachers can keep up with the cost of living, Branch Schools is raising their salaries from $230/month to $253/month. This results in an additional $1,357 in funds every month.
With the school year underway, we need your help! Your support ensures that the monthly needs in Haiti are met even as the cost of those needs rises. When you give to Branch Schools, you ensure that...
...1,100+ students receive a quality education to equip them with skills for their futures.
...those students are equipped with the armor of God’s Word in the midst of a country steeped in Vodou culture
...59 teachers and directors earn a salary that equips them with the ability to keep teaching during this time of extreme inflation
...students and teachers are EQUIPPED to shine the light of God’s Word across Haiti!
From now until October 15, our goal is to offset the costs of inflation as much as possible. This will make a tremendous difference in our ability to keep funding all six schools in the 2023-24 school year!
Our biggest cost every month is the teachers’ salaries. When you donate $23, you can pay for the raise in a teacher’s salary. If we raise $4,071, we can guarantee the higher salary until the end of 2023!
Thanks to your support, Branch Schools' doors were thrown wide open on September 11th to welcome over 1,100 students back to school. We could not do this without you!
Will you help us reach $4,071 by October 15?
While this approach can help offset some of the beginning-of-year costs, ongoing funding continues to increase due to inflation. One example of this comes from teachers’ salaries. To help ensure our wonderful teachers can keep up with the cost of living, Branch Schools is raising their salaries from $230/month to $253/month. This results in an additional $1,357 in funds every month.
With the school year underway, we need your help! Your support ensures that the monthly needs in Haiti are met even as the cost of those needs rises. When you give to Branch Schools, you ensure that...
...1,100+ students receive a quality education to equip them with skills for their futures.
...those students are equipped with the armor of God’s Word in the midst of a country steeped in Vodou culture
...59 teachers and directors earn a salary that equips them with the ability to keep teaching during this time of extreme inflation
...students and teachers are EQUIPPED to shine the light of God’s Word across Haiti!
From now until October 15, our goal is to offset the costs of inflation as much as possible. This will make a tremendous difference in our ability to keep funding all six schools in the 2023-24 school year!
Our biggest cost every month is the teachers’ salaries. When you donate $23, you can pay for the raise in a teacher’s salary. If we raise $4,071, we can guarantee the higher salary until the end of 2023!
Thanks to your support, Branch Schools' doors were thrown wide open on September 11th to welcome over 1,100 students back to school. We could not do this without you!
Will you help us reach $4,071 by October 15?
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"Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them..." Mark 10:14For children in Haiti, the situation is bleak. Their homeland is the poorest nation in the western hemisphere and has the lowest literacy rate of just 61.7%. School fees are difficult to afford for many parents, as 75% of the population lives on $2.41 or less every day, yet education is a light and hope for the next generation and is desperately needed.
Branch Schools is a WELS affiliate, Lutheran non-profit organization that sends funding to six schools in Haiti; three elementary schools, hosted at three orphanages in the Port-au-Prince area, one middle school in Pilate, one preschool-kindergarten in Les Palmes, and one preschool-kindergarten in Cap-Haitien. These schools serve hundreds of students and employ over 50 teachers. A common saying in Haiti is that the country is "70% Catholic, 30% Protestant, and 100% Vodou." At Branch Schools, the children hear the Word of God in their classrooms every day and learn of the amazing love and salvation found in Jesus. They memorize the 10 Commandments, Apostles Creed, Lord's Prayer, and more as they dive into a thorough study of the Bible's teachings. Will you help Branch Schools continue this vital mission in Haiti? |
"I will not leave you as orphans;
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| Branch_Schools_Flyer.pdf |
| Haiti_vs_Branch_Schools_Flyer.pdf |
| Impact_Infographic.pdf |
| BRS_Brochure.pdf |
| Branch_Schools_Brochure.pdf |