As part of our commitment to increasing access to education for kids in rural Haiti we have provided over 300 school scholarships through our Dream Team program. This program provides annual scholarships that cover tuition, uniforms and books ensuring that more kids have access to an education.
Recently 2 of our coaches came to us about a girl on our U18 team that they had been helping to pay for her school. Our coaches often take it upon themselves to help kids in their community.
Due to the crises and extreme inflation facing Haiti the coaches were unable to continue subsidizing her education.
Francesca has been in the GOALS program since 2016 and Graduated our Youth Leadership program in 2021. Her natural leadership ability and commitment led to her being chosen as an assistant coach for one of our fields last year. She was a great addition to our scholarship program and recently sat down with our Program Director to share her thoughts.
“It's a great stress-relieving feeling that I am now a part of the Dream Team program. The difficulties I had before being awarded the scholarship was my parents were struggling to pay for my schooling due to all the crises that have been recently happening in Haiti.
This scholarship will give my parents the opportunity to not have to worry and be stressed out about my schooling. They will have more time to focus and get their things in order.
Education is very important to me. It's the key to a better life. If you are not educated it will be more difficult to succeed in life. GOALS can expect from me that I will be a great student. Expect me to be an overall good person, and a positive role model for the people in my community.
Education is good and needed for young girls where I live. Girls in my community are always faced with so many different types of problems. Being an educated young girl will give us the knowledge to make the right decisions in life so we don't have to suffer more.”
Francesca is one of 26 Dream Team scholarship recipients for the 2023 school year.