Education Program

The school system in Haiti is not free, and many children there are not able to attend due to the costs. ACFFC ensures that all of our students attend school. We pay for registration, books, uniforms, school supplies, exam fees, traditional art, silk painting, and tuition. ACFFC also has its own after-school curriculum, which includes onsite English classes, critical thinking, creativity as a process, community service, collaboration, environmentalism, and social justice.

While ACFFC provides for educational expenses, the Haitian school system can be difficult to navigate for our students. ACFFC aspires to have paid, on-site tutors to work with our students on a daily basis, so that their academic performance can improve.

Please consider donating to our education program! Your tax-deductible donation makes a huge impact on the children and young adults we serve.

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Our Future

We look forward to the day that our oldest youth will be self-reliant and successful, using the skills and lessons they learned at the ACFFC. Our hope is that they will continue to foster their sense of community with the ACFFC long after they are no longer youth in the program. Our young adults are, and will continue to be, role models for the younger children and teenagers. Our vision for the future involves replicating this model in a number of locations throughout Haiti.

Our Past

ACFFC was founded in 1999 as a small, informal “art day” program, and was formally established as an organization in 2003. We began as a three day a week program with 8 children in a rickety building, run by volunteer artists and administration. We started out with only $500 USD to build it on. Belief in these children and the idea that the art skills we had to teach could alter the course of their lives drove us and our program forward.

Your Help

After many years of moving from pillar to post, we now have a home of our own! It is a wonderful building on Rue Petion in Jacmel. As grateful as we are to have it, the move has come with a huge financial burden on the organization. This, on top of the cost of operating such an extensive program, makes money a very real and consistent need for the ACFFC. Your donations, big or small, truly make a difference in the lives of the kids in our program.