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Haiti Now (Ayiti Now Corp)

aka www.haiti-now.org   |   Miami Beach, FL   |  https://www.haiti-now.org/

Mission

Haiti-Now is dedicated to empowering Haitian girls living in domestic servitude to overcome poverty and exploitation to achieve economic security.

Notes from the nonprofit

https://haiti-now.org/about/corporate-info/

Ruling year info

2010

Principal Officer

Mr. Alex Lizzappi

Main address

1300 Washington Ave. #662 % Alex Lizzappi

Miami Beach, FL 33119 USA

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EIN

27-1800026

NTEE code info

Children's and Youth Services (P30)

Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution (B12)

IRS filing requirement

This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

Communication

Blog

Programs and results

What we aim to solve

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

Haiti Now believes that Restavek girls need specialized programs to overcome emotional trauma and extreme poverty. Haiti Now is fundraising to build the Residential School. The Residential School will empower Restavek girls with opportunities to take control of their lives and contribute to their families and communities. Each child will receive an individual intervention. We are committed to their economic security. Many Restavek girls who can't be reunited with their families are in need of a Safe House. All the necessary programs for long-term empowerment could be managed more efficiently: mental health, accelerated education, psychological support, mentoring, arts, sports, entrepreneurship, business incubation, social integration, community sensibilization, and prevention, all coordinated under one roof. These components all provided under one roof - will help these girls rediscover their self-worth and grow into confident and successful individuals.

Our programs

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?

ACCELERATED EDUCATION

We are investing in an Accelerated Education program to give Restavek girls who have been left behind a big step forward in their learning and their lives. This program will enable them to attain a 6th-grade diploma in just three years. The school will offer a supportive and balanced environment and a rich curriculum that will help students reach their full potential.

Somewhere Restavek girls feel safe, loved, and respected. A place where teachers love to be.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Women and girls

Many Restavek girls who can’t be reunited with their families are in need of a Safe House. All the necessary programs for long-term empowerment could be managed more efficiently: accelerated education, health care, psychological support, mentoring, arts, sports, entrepreneurship, social integration, community sensibilization, and prevention, all coordinated under one roof.

These components —all provided under one roof— will help these girls discover their self-worth and grow into confident and successful individuals.

Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Women and girls

Where we work

Our results

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.

Number of groups/individuals benefiting from tools/resources/education materials provided

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Women and girls, Children and youth

Related Program

ACCELERATED EDUCATION

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Recipients enroll multiple years. These quantities reflect the first enrollment.

Rate of student attendance during the reporting period

This metric is no longer tracked.
Totals By Year
Population(s) Served

Women and girls, Children and youth

Related Program

ACCELERATED EDUCATION

Type of Metric

Output - describing our activities and reach

Direction of Success

Increasing

Context Notes

Haiti-Now is dedicated to empowering Haitian girls living in domestic servitude to overcome poverty and exploitation to achieve economic security.

Our Sustainable Development Goals

SOURCE: Self-reported by organization

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Goals & Strategy

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Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.

Charting impact

Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.

Ayiti Now Corp is a 501(c)(3) organization created for the purpose of empowering marginalized children of poverty through our educational programs.

Superior Educational Standards\r\nThe curriculum will follow the requirements of the Haitian Ministry of Education and prepare students for state exams. It will also go above and beyond such standards and prepare them to face real-world situations and become global citizens.\r\n\r\nEmpowering Restavek Girls\r\nThe goal of this program is to empower Restavek girls by providing them with an exceptional education. Our approach will ignite their curiosity, instill a love of learning, and enable them to reach their full potential. \r\n\r\nEmphasis On “Mindset"\r\nWe offer an approach that combines teacher-directed instruction in most to all classes to gain a strong foundation of knowledge, and inquiry-based learning in some classes to promote open dialogue, self-discovery, critical thinking, and problem-solving through experience.\r\n\r\nFocus On Technology\r\nTechnology will play a large role in our school. Classes will be equipped with computers, projectors, and Promethean boards. The goal is to fully engage students, inspire teachers, and encourage communication between them. \r\n\r\nA Place To Call Home\r\nThe Safe House we are developing will be a safe haven for Restavek girls. A place where they no longer have to worry about basic essentials, mistreatment, or abuse. A place where they can focus on healing, learning, and growing. A place they can truly call home.\r\n\r\nDevelopment Of 21st Century Skills\r\nThe girls will be taught skills including Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Communication, Collaboration and Decision Making along with business skills such as entrepreneurship and financial literacy. The goal is to help them become productive and financially independent members of their communities.\r\n\r\nVital Services And Support\r\nRestavek children need health care and psychological services to recover from past experiences and move forward with a healthy body and mind. They also need ongoing nurturing and support, which will be provided by specially trained caregivers.\r\n\r\nSpecially Trained Caretakers\r\nThe entire house is centered on the caretaker who helps motivate the girls and facilitates their growth and development. Children look to their caretakers for emotional bonding, security, and guidance. Caretakers are carefully selected, specially trained, and agree to a written code of conduct.

Helping them realize their full potential through quality education and open mindsets.\r\n\r\nShowing them they have a right to equitable systems by nurturing their “sense of belonging" and “self-belief".\r\n\r\nCreating a ripple effect where our girls serve as mentors to younger peers sharing “motivation" and “purpose".\r\n\r\nFocus on girls' improved learning outcomes and the quality and quantity of teacher-directed instructions received.\r\n\r\nMore than 1,000 studies have provided evidence that high-quality girls' education leads to wide-ranging returns:\r\n\r\nBetter outcomes in economic areas of growth and incomes;\r\n\r\nReduced rates of infant and maternal mortality;\r\n\r\nReduced rates of child marriage;\r\n\r\nReduced rates of the incidence of HIV/AIDS and malaria;\r\n\r\nIncreased agricultural productivity;\r\n\r\nIncreased resilience to natural disasters. High-level and consistent performance from teachers with high-quality lesson plans and school-based instructional leadership.\r\n\r\nClassroom observations of teacher practices inside the classroom.\r\n\r\nTeacher's coaching on teacher-child interactions for inquiry-based learning.\r\n\r\nCarefully designed and implemented professional development support.\r\n\r\nEmotional support to overcome trauma and anxiety.\r\n\r\nAn overall system of instruction that can provide e coherent and coordinated learning experience for students.\r\n\r\nShared professional practice. Coaching on the Psychology of Learning, Child Development, and Psychometrics.\r\n\r\nComprehensive data collection of Social and Emotional Learning and Cognitive Skills rubrics.\r\n\r\nBuild students' digital literacy skills around curriculum' s objectives and activities using computing devices, projectors, interactive whiteboards for multimedia production and presentation.\r\n\r\nExtracurricular activities: gardening, theater, sports, games, dance, art, music, literacy circles, mother tongue books, and entrepreneurship.

From the year 2010 until October 2016, Haiti Now developed expertise in Haiti with the functioning of a community school. The main program was the Book Bank which started in 2010. Our programs sponsored or assisted the Book Bank recipients with Textbooks, Pedagogy, Literacy Intervention, Teachers' Training, School Supplies, Tuition, Housing, Nutrition and Human Rights Advocacy. In partnership with other organizations, we facilitated Vaccinations and Health Care.\n\n \n\nOur work has always been primarily with Restavek children, over the years we familiarized with all the difficulties they encounter in their personal lives and in the classroom, many of which arise from the abuse they endure.\n\n \n\nWe firmly believe in Human Rights Advocacy and have partnered with the Brigade De Protection Des Mineurs (BPM) and the Institut du Bien-Etre Social et de Recherches (IBESR) for interventions on behalf of Restaveks.\n\n \n\nOn October 2016 we wound down programs and started to focus exclusively on building capacity and fundraising for the Residential School construction specifically for Restavek girls.

Financials

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Haiti Now (Ayiti Now Corp)

Board of directors
as of 06/07/2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Board chair

Mr. Alex Lizzappi

Ayiti Now Corp

Term: 2025 - 2010

Alex Lizzappi

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Board leadership practices

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  • Board orientation and education
    Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes
  • CEO oversight
    Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes
  • Ethics and transparency
    Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes
  • Board composition
    Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes
  • Board performance
    Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes