At Summits, we believe in the power of education and its ability to transform countries.
Where we work
Summits operates a network of 40 primary schools in the remote mountains of Haiti's Central Department, the region with the lowest literacy rate in the Western Hemisphere. Most families in the Central Plateau are subsistence farmers, and live on less than $2 dollars per day.
Education in Haiti
85%
of teachers lack basic qualifications.
<1%
of Haitians have graduated college.
78%
of students drop out after primary school.
7
is the average age a girl drops out of school.
90%
of schools are privately run with little oversight.
$200
is the average annual cost to educate one student.
40%
of the population is illiterate.
200k
is the number of children not in school.
