CROIX-DES-BOUQUETS, HAITI · CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
When children learn in the language they live in, possibility opens.
Quality education in Haitian Kreyòl, the mother tongue every Haitian speaks, taught by Haitian teachers we train. We teach science, mathematics, and the arts, providing free education and a daily meal, in a safe environment, to more than 500 students every day. This helps young people build understanding, confidence, and a future rooted in their own language.
Konprann · Kreye · Grandi
WATCH: THE GARDEN PROJECT, 2024
A community school built around understanding.
01 Learn in Kreyòl
02 Make ideas active
03 Learn to teach, teach to learn
Project based learning, April to July 2024. Students grew eggplant, kalalou, spinach, and garlic, raised a flock of chickens, and reviewed their own progress every Friday.
WHAT WE DO
Free education, food, and a safe place to learn.
Lekòl Antoine Thurel has 562 students registered, and more than 500 attend every day. Each one gets free education, a meal every school day, and a safe place to learn, in Kreyòl, their mother tongue. Children can’t learn while they’re hungry. The education is high level: Harvard Graduate School of Education reported in 2016 that our students' national exam results were on par with Haiti's elite private schools, and in the school's third year every student who sat the national exams passed.
“When we learn in Kreyòl, we learn better.”
A seventh grade student at Lekòl Antoine Thurel
“I loved the power a teacher had to make change.”
-Daniel Laurent, Ed.M. ’96
Founder of Lekòl Antoine Thurel. Harvard Graduate School of Education profiled Daniel and the school in 2016.
MORE FROM THE NETWORK
Summer camp and the people in the room.
Summer camp
Soccer, arts and crafts, camp T-shirts, and a Gran Final with a trophy on the line.
Featured teachers
Learn to teach, teach to learn. The staff behind every lesson at Lekòl Antoine Thurel.
GIVE WITH PURPOSE
Help keep understanding within reach.
Your support can help sustain classroom materials, teacher collaboration, Kreyòl curriculum development, and a safe learning community.
Make a tax deductible donation to our fiscal partner today. Thank you for your support.