Few teachers in Haiti have ever received
any training to teach. Consequently, most
teachers teach the way they were taught--forcing
the rote memorization of texts in a language
neither the students nor most teachers
speak. Untrained teachers perpetuating
an often violent and humiliating tradition
that stifles their students’ curiosity.
Students often remain functionally illiterate,
even after many years of instruction.
Beyond Borders provides teachers with
more humane and effective teaching methods.
These methods emphasize student participation
and the use of native-language materials
that are tailored to Haiti’s needs.
The cost to Beyond Borders of a day of
training for a teacher varies, but a gift
of $20 will allow us in most cases to
cover the expenses associated with one
day of teacher training for a teacher.
A gift of $100 will allow us to cover
the cost of a week-long training seminar.
Regardless of the size, your gift to the
Teacher Training Fund will be an investment
that will continue to grow and grow, making
a difference in the lives of a teacher's
students, class after class, year after
year.
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books present a variety of problems in
Haiti. First, few schools provide students
with books, and they are often too expensive
for families to afford. Secondly, most
of the school books in Haiti are not very
good and are written in a language foreign
to the students. The lack of quality native
language books for Haiti’s students
makes academic progress tremendously difficult.
By contributing to Beyond Borders’
Book Fund, you provide Haitian students
with books printed in their own language,
Haitian Creole. These new books are generally
used in classrooms where teachers have
participated in the training programs
mentioned above. The price of books varies,
but a gift of $25 can, on average, cover
the entire cost of books for a Haitian
student.
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 For
$300, you can underwrite the entire cost
of teaching someone in Haiti to read and
write. With your pledge to give $25 a
month for a year to the Literacy
Scholarship Fund, you will know that
you are sharing the gift of literacy and
giving someone a powerful tool they can
use in their struggle for dignity and
a better life. Beyond Borders will send
you periodic reports that tell the story
of someone learning to read through the
Literacy Scholarship Fund.
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 More
than six million Haitians live on a dollar
or less each day. Many of us could reduce
what we spend each day by a dollar or
more without even noticing. As an expression
of solidarity with people for whom a dollar
is more than they can count on each day,
Beyond Borders invites you to make the
Dollar-a-Day Solidarity Pledge. By making
this pledge, you commit to making the
sacrifices that will free you to share
at least a dollar a day ($30/month) to
support Beyond Borders’ work in
Haiti. You will receive a monthly receipt
for your pledged gift and a monthly update
on our work in Haiti.
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 Through
the Partnership of
Hope you give the gift of hope to
a Haitian community by supporting an entire
local literacy center. The cost of supporting
a literacy center is $200 per month, or
$2,400 per year, which covers the cost
of teacher training and salaries, books
and supplies for students, and most of
the cost of managing a literacy center
for an entire year. The local community
provides the locale for the center, and
local leaders provide oversight. As a
literacy center partner, you will receive
a Partnership Portfolio, which includes
a brief description of the center you
are supporting, the conditions in the
surrounding community, and photographs
of the students. You will also receive
a video that takes you into the heart
of Haiti and the lives of some of the
children and adults benefiting from the
literacy program. In addition, you will
receive an annual progress report on the
center with which you are partnered.
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You can designate your gift to any Beyond
Borders program. Click
here to see a full list and short description
of our programs. Simply indicate the
name of the program you wish for your
gift to support, following the instructions
below.
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A
gift of any size will be greatly appreciated.
You can donate or pledge your support
to Beyond Borders, using any of the three
options on the below.
1.
Give Online:
Through Network for Good your credit
card contribution reaches Beyond Borders
via a secure connection.
NOTE:
Please
be sure to indicate the type of fund or
program you are giving to in the "Designation
(Optional)" line. Network
for Good also makes it possible for you
to dedicate your gift to a loved one electronically
through an e-card. If you wish for us
to send a Haitian card to the person you've
dedicated your gift to, please contact
us by e-mail and let us know of your
online contribution.
Click
here for more details on designating your
gift.
2.
Give or Pledge by Mail:
Download and print a reply form that provides
mailing instructions and options for designating
your gift.
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you have difficulty downloading or printing
the reply form, you may simply indicate
in the memo line of your check how you
wish your gift to be designated by writing
the name of the fund or program. Please
provide your correct address so that we
can acknowledge your gift.
Make checks payable to Beyond
Borders and send to the
address below:
Beyond
Borders
P.O. Box 2132
Norristown, PA 19404
3.
Give or Pledge by Phone:
Call toll-free 1-866-424-8403
to donate by phone using your credit
card. Please call weekdays between 9am-4pm
EST or leave a secure and detailed recorded
message any time.
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You
may wish to dedicate your gift to one
or more people and request that we send
them a card recognizing the gift you have
made in their honor.
Our
cards are hand-made from banana tree stalk
by Haitian artisans
with whom we have worked for many years.
If
you are making your gift by check, please
download and print the reply form (PDF,
Word).
Be sure to complete the dedication section
of the form and send it with your check
or your pledge, following the instructions
above.
If
you are giving online, you may easily
use the electronic gift card our affiliate
offers online. This option will be made
clear as you near the completion of your
credit card contribution.
If
you give online but would still prefer
that we send the person you have dedicated
your gift to one of the cards from Haiti,
please e-mail us, providing us with the
information requested in the reply form
(PDF,
Word).
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