We tackle the unemployment, poverty, and gender inequality that illiteracy creates.
About Greater Good Haiti
A Community Resource
Greater Good International (GGI) is registered both as a 501c3 in the United States and as an official NGO in Haiti. GGI was launched by Kelly Kobza, a California schoolteacher who traveled to Haiti in the winter of 2010 to assist with the post-earthquake relief efforts. While in Haiti, she saw first-hand the crushing poverty and the high illiteracy rate, and founded GGI to bring a much-needed resource to the people of Haiti.
Pi Gwo Byen
To resolve such pressing issues as unemployment, poverty, and gender inequality that illiteracy creates in Haiti, GGI founded its literacy program called Lekol Pi Gwo Byen for children between the ages of 9-12 who would otherwise not have any educational opportunities. Since September 2011, GGI has graduated 115 students who have passed the mandatory National Matriculation Sixth Grade Exam—a requirement to enter secondary education. The GGI program is specialized for children who have never attended school. The curriculum aligns with the Haitian National School standards and includes many best practices of California State Standards.
Looking Ahead
A new focus for GGI is to provide total support to our secondary students, those who have graduated from our elementary program and enroll in Secondary Programs out in the greater community. In essence, we hope to offer full scholarships tailored to the individual student, to guarantee ALL students access to continued education and ultimately a high school diploma. And naturally, we are looking into how best we can support students who graduate from high school and would benefit from a university, vocational school or agricultural training. In addition we are looking into the creation of a more structured mentoring program whereby our older students mentor younger students, building a cycle of community learning to help ensure that all achieve success.
In order to achieve this ambitious goal, we will launch a fundraising focus for a scholarship fund.
