The Haitian Project

The Haitian Project, Inc. is a Providence, Rhode Island based Roman Catholic non-profit organization dedicated to education in Haiti. Since 1987, it has operated Louverture Cleary School, a Catholic secondary school in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti. [1][2] In June 2021, construction officially began at the Model Campus (Louverture Cleary School 2)—The Haitian Project’s second school which will be replicated across Haiti to create the ten-school Louverture Cleary Schools Network.

The Haitian Project INC
Founded1987
FounderParishioners of St. Joseph's Parish
FocusEducation
Location
  • Providence, Rhode Island
Area served
Haiti
Websitehttp://haitianproject.org/

Mission

The Haitian Project through its support of Louverture Cleary Schools, a national network of tuition-free, Catholic, co-educational secondary boarding schools in Haiti, provides for the education of academically-talented and motivated students from Haitian families who cannot afford the cost of their children's education in order to maximize their potential and enable them to work toward building a Haiti where justice and peace thrive.

History

The Haitian Project was founded in the early 1980s by a group of parishioners from St. Joseph's Parish in Providence, Rhode Island. In 1987, The Haitian Project established Louverture Cleary School, a Catholic boarding school in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti.[3] St. Joseph's parishioner and current Bank of America CEO, Brian Moynihan, was an early supporter of the school and his involvement inspired his younger brother, Patrick Moynihan, to go to Haiti and join The Haitian Project in 1996. In the late 1990s, The Haitian Project became a national project supported by individuals and parishes in five regions around the U.S.[4] Patrick, formerly a commodities trader for Louis Dreyfus Commodities, was president from 1996 until he stepped down on December 31, 2019.[5]

Current activities

Over 350 secondary students attend the flagship tuition-free boarding school, Louverture Cleary School Santo 5, in Port-au-Prince, with a majority attending universities in Haiti upon graduation.[6] The motto of the school is biblical, from Matthew 10:8: "What you receive for free, you must give for free." Consequently, students are expected to give freely to Haiti what they have received for free.

Based on over its 30 years of success, The Haitian Project, Inc. has embarked on a plan to create The Louverture Cleary Schools Network—a national system of 10 top-notch, tuition-free, Catholic secondary boarding schools combined with a robust university scholarship program.

Construction is officially underway at the $7.4 million Model Campus project, Phase One of the Louverture Cleary School Network plan. This first phase encompasses site development and construction of the Model Campus, as well as the development of the sites and initial buildings for LCS 3 and 4.

Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, Virginia is the sister school of Louverture Cleary School.[7]

See also

Notes
  1. Esterl, Mike (2010-01-26). "After Quake, a Lesson in Persistence". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  2. "The Haitian Project: A Program to Save a Nation's Future". Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  3. Schwartzapfel, Beth (May–June 2010). "The Brothers Moynihan". Brown Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  4. MacQuarrie, Brian (2010-02-09). "A Learning Oasis Buoyed by a Convert's Vision: Amid Haiti's devastation, Patrick Moynihan Presses on". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  5. Brinkbäumer, Klaus (2010-01-26). "The Moses of Haiti, Bringing Aid to a Shattered Island". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
  6. Collins, Walt (Autumn 2005). "A Gift of Hope". Notre Dame Magazine. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  7. "Video About Bishop Ireton's Haitian Sister School – Louverture Cleary". Bishop Ireton High School. Archived from the original on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
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