Haiti Free School
In 2007, Southside Church began a school in Mirebalais, Haiti.
Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere with 80% of its 10 million people living on less than 2 dollars a day. Our Free School Project allows the poorest children to attend a Christ-centered school and receive a free daily hot meal. Education is crucial to breaking the cycle of poverty in a community, and Southside's Free School Project is doing just that.
The Free School has also facilitated professional health-care for the students and their families (dentists, doctors and optometrists) and we've recently built a cistern to provide the school with rain water for better sanitation.
The Free School began with 30 students in 2007. Last year saw more than 535 students in attendance! The most promising students have entered our post-secondary scholarship program. They go on to pursue higher education, funded by us and other Chilliwack-based businesses, who have become community partners!
Southside's Free School has been instrumental in transforming the lives of our students and their families and providing them hope for a better future.
You generosity is bringing radical life change around the world.
