Sponsor
School Sponsorship
Our school, Institution Mixte Emmanuel Deschapelles, provides quality education for preschool – grade 9 with fully qualified Haitian teachers. Our school has an excellent reputation in the community and we are proud that all of our grade 6 students passed the governmental exams in June 2009, especially in light of the fact that only 60% of Haitian students nation-wide passed this same exam.
Individuals and families in Canada and the United States sponsor the majority of our students. School sponsorship provides an excellent education to children whose families cannot afford the costs of tuition, books and uniforms. Our school children also receive a high-nutrition drink at recess and a hot lunch every school day. School sponsorship covers the cost of uniforms, textbooks and schooling for the year, including nutritional support.
It costs only $200 per year to sponsor a child from preschool to grade 6, which is less than $17 per month.
High school sponsorship costs $350/year which is about $1 per day.
To help subsidize the cost of a daily hot lunch for elementary and high school students, please add $50 to the annual sponsorship fee.
Sponsorship fees are payable in full in August of each year so that we can assure our students that their education costs will be paid for the entire school year. All sponsors receive a photo of their sponsor child and a letter from their student. Sponsors who travel to Haiti have the opportunity to meet and spend time with their sponsor child.
Visitor meeting his sponsor child Ridmilla
If you would like to sponsor a child, please print out and fill the Child Sponsorship Form. Attach a cheque made out to Hands Across the Sea Association for the applicable sponsorship fees and mail it to Hands Across the Sea, Box 101, Yarmouth, NS, B5A 4B1.
We will contact you as quickly as we can via email with a photo of your sponsor child.
There is also a need for sponsors for staff, if you would like to contribute please print and complete the Staff Sponsorship Form and forward with your cheque made out to Hands Across the Sea Association for the applicable sponsorship fees and mail it to Hands Across the Sea, Box 101, Yarmouth, NS, B5A 4B1.