Vision and Mission

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Vision:

At the Digicel Foundation we aim to invest in sustainable development programs for the sole purpose of building stronger more resilient communities in the countries where we operate. 

 

Mission:

Established in March 2007, the Digicel Foundation in Haiti strives to ensure that communities have a better future by supporting community based activities with a particular emphasis on those improving access to and quality of early childhood and primary school education.

  • To offer access to improved learning environments and quality education to children
  • To provide professional training to school directors and teachers
  • To assist school communities in becoming more sustainable
  • To support marginalized communities to become more self-reliant
  • To facilitate access to basic services to people with special needs
  • 192 schools built across the country serving more than 62,000 students.
  • 20 trainers earned a certification in pre-school and primary education systems from the Université du Québec à Montréal.
  • 198 school directors followed a training to strengthen and develop school leadership, to grow pedagogical supervision capabilities in line with state approved curriculum and to apply practical solutions to improve school governance, and community relations.
  • 1,521 teachers benefitted from phase 1 training which aims to standardize primary school teachers’ knowledge and skills such as reading, writing, math and technical aptitude through an 18-month in-service training.
  • 675 teachers received a phase 2 training which is designed to Incentivize the best performing and committed teachers to successfully complete Phase I in order to access an additional 70 hours of learning in social science, natural science, and civic education.  
  • 346 community development projects funded benefitting more than 1.3 million persons.
  • 66 social enterprises financed to assist schools in becoming more sustainable.
Vision and Mission