Help with Food
I am very pleased that Star of Hope is building a new school in the Bois Negresse which lies about 100 kilometers from Port-au-Prince. For the old school, it takes about three hours to drive, then at least an hour to walk. The school is situated in a valley among high hills, and many of the children have far to walk to school.
The school was founded in 1987 and Star of Hope support began in 1992. Besides the regular support Star of Hope funded the construction of the school in 1994. We have also supported several development projects in the village at various times. The school has 324 students this academic year.
Parts of the school was destroyed when the four hurricanes and tropical storms Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike swept over Haiti in autumn 2008. As the new school will come in handy.
Here was the school after one of the storms. Just a few seats remained.
The colour pictures were taekn in February 2011, when I visited the school.
