Haiti Tutoring

Our mission

Founded in April of 2021, our goal is to provide support in English, math, art, music, and computer skills to children at Hopestart International in Jeremie Haiti, in hopes that they secure a better future for themselves and their communities.

The Haiti Tutoring Club has fundraised and donated 10 laptops to Haiti Hopestart International along with help from other clubs. We have a tutoring team of around 50 tutors to provide weekly 1-on-1 tutoring sessions every Saturday morning on English, math, computer skills, art, and singing. Winter and summer camps are also available.

Our partner in Haiti is Hopestart International, located in Jérémie. They serve in 4 major areas of work:

Children’s Home (34 children): Provide shelter, nourishment, education and health care to children so they may grow, thrive and lead.

Well-Drilling: Provide clean water to local communities in Haiti

Feeding Program (11 locations): Provide nutritious meals 5x a week for children who would otherwise go hungry.

Village Homes (13): Providing housing for families made homeless by natural disasters to keep them together, safe, and healthy.

Founder： Helene

I founded Love Thy Neighbor International amidst the pandemic, whose goal is to provide long-term beneficial aid and impact disadvantaged and underserved communities both on a local and global scale. By partnering with Hopestart International, based in Jeremie, Haiti, I provided weekly 1 on 1 tutoring sessions to the kids in their Children's Home, which later expanded to include math, computer skills, art, and singing. Throughout the years I have worked with them, I have been able to tutor around 20 students, donate $2300, and have bolstered my knowledge of events going on around the world and the lives of other people.

Co-Founder： Albert

In the summer before my Junior year, I was given the opportunity to visit Haiti in person, which was a true blessing. Over the course of 10 days, I traveled to the town of Jeremie, met the kids at Hopestart, donated to the local community, volunteered on Hopestart’s projects, and learned about the culture and community in Haiti. I was truly humbled by the conditions in Haiti. Although the situation was grim and seemed hopeless, I learned that not every problem could be solved by me alone. The tutoring I would provide would help the children at Hopestart, giving them more opportunities to get jobs and support their own communities. The relationships I built with them would give them support and encouragement to benefit others and their country. It’s not something that can be solved overnight, as problems have plagued Haiti for centuries. Although I do not have it in my power right now to make big changes, I can take small victories one step at a time. By showing them my dedication to making things better, I hope that they themselves can also want things to be better.

Haiti tutoring every Saturday

Founded in April, 2021

Session 1: 8:45-9:45

Session 2 10-11

Session 3 11:05-12:05

Session 4 12:05-1:05

Teaching Materials:

Helene Gao, Albert Gao, Kevin Xu, Gavin Chen, Joy Wang, Gavin Chen, Chuhan Peng

Tutoring coordinators: Sumuel Mu, Charles Zhang, Joy Wang, Sophia

English Tutors:

Albert Gao, Alex Liu, Andre Sun, Brant Pan, Bryan Huang, Charles Zhang, Chris Na, Chuhan Peng, David Chen, Daniel Huang, Derek Song, Elvis Tang, Ethan Gu, Evan Mu, Gavin Chen, Grace He, Grace Yang, Helene Gao, Isaac Hsu, Jeremy Pang, Joy Wang, Joyce Lee, Justin Wang, Kevin Xu, Nathan Qiu, Owen Tu, Richard Huang, Ryan Alakija, Ryan Hu, Samuel Mu, Tabitha Xu, Vivian Lu, Yufei Wu

Computer science:

Kevin Xu started this club in June, 2021

Kevin Xu, Ethan Gu, Jasmine Ge, Timothy Xu

Math:

Ethan started Math tutoring in September, 2021

Ethan Gu, Kevin Gu

Art :

Ivymax art club (Elvis Tang lead)

Music:

Nathan Qiu

Bethany

Laptop Donations

(10 laptops with 1 iPad from LTNI computer repair club, All stem club, Ivymax in March 2021 )

Haiti fundraiser after 2021 Earthquake

Helene hosted a fundraiser at Chipotle on Sunday, September 19, with donations from Sarah Lian, Andrew Tsai, and Edward Yang, raising $500 for Haiti through Hopestart International in Haiti for relief and rebuilding efforts.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our fundraising efforts.

Haiti tutors training with Jennifer Law
One site training in Nov. 2021
Online training through zoom meeting in June 2022

Giving Tuesday in Nov. 2021

Hopestart international have created a 520 piece puzzle for the children at Hopestart. They sell each piece for $20, Once you purchase your pieces, your name will be written on the back of them. We donated $800 for all our tutors, and students working on the computer repair, who do the local tutoring and summer camp and donate the tuition to Haiti. The following people’s name were wrote down on the puzzle.

Albert Gao, Andre Sun, Brant Pan, Charles Zhang, Chris Na, David Chen, Gavin Chen, Grace Yang, Helene Gao, Isaac Hsu, Jeremy Pang, Joy Wang, Joyce Lee, Owen Tu, Ryan Alakija, Tabitha Xu, Vivian Lu,

Andrew Tsi, Arthur Wang, Edward Yang, Edward Sun, Elliott Liu, Ethan Gu, Hans Yang, Jasmine Ge, Justin Wang, Jacopo Rizzo, Rachel Yang, Vincent Lu