I have a question that has been on my mind the last little while and especially since my last trip in August.
We currently have a school providing 70 Haitiano children with an education, meal, bus transportation, etc.
Now the reason for us providing the school is because the children and parents do not have cedula's and the children do not have birth certificates either. Most of the children were born in the RD and some had come from Haiti.
We do have some Dominicano children attending as well - as all are welcome.
In some ways I feel we are providing a better education than what the RD school system can provide but in the overall picture I am wondering if it would be better for the child/student to be assimilated into the RD school system.
The money we spend may be better spent on trying to get the paperwork done, ie. birth certificate or cedula's for parents, and helping the child get into the RD school.
We then could provide more of a daycare for the younger children and focus on training the parents to learn a skill, literacy programs, micro loans, etc.
We were planning to be registered with the RD government next year as we grew and funds became available.
What would you suggest?
Would it be better to have the children within the RD school system?
Any advice from would be appreciated since this would mean a big change in our mandate and I do want what's best for the children and families.
We currently have a school providing 70 Haitiano children with an education, meal, bus transportation, etc.
Now the reason for us providing the school is because the children and parents do not have cedula's and the children do not have birth certificates either. Most of the children were born in the RD and some had come from Haiti.
We do have some Dominicano children attending as well - as all are welcome.
In some ways I feel we are providing a better education than what the RD school system can provide but in the overall picture I am wondering if it would be better for the child/student to be assimilated into the RD school system.
The money we spend may be better spent on trying to get the paperwork done, ie. birth certificate or cedula's for parents, and helping the child get into the RD school.
We then could provide more of a daycare for the younger children and focus on training the parents to learn a skill, literacy programs, micro loans, etc.
We were planning to be registered with the RD government next year as we grew and funds became available.
What would you suggest?
Would it be better to have the children within the RD school system?
Any advice from would be appreciated since this would mean a big change in our mandate and I do want what's best for the children and families.