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Gwen & Katie learn Creole in Haiti!
Volunteer ESL Teacher (Gwen Young) and After School Program Coordinator (Katie Gard) both work primarily with families whose first language is Haitian Creole.
We both felt a strong urge to go learn Creole this summer by immersing ourselves for 2-3 weeks in Haiti. We found a quality language school (ETS) in Port au Prince, which will provide 4-5 hours of instruction, 5 days/week. We'll get to practice our budding Creole with community members there, and experience the intricacies of the culture through immersion in the community.
One of Katie's high school batch-mates, Rhyan, also runs an orphanage not too far from the language school; we're excited to visit her, and gift her with useful items for her orphanage.
The full cost of language school (including room & board) is covered by $500/week. (Gwen is staying 2 weeks, and Katie, 3.) We just bought plane tickets for $500 each. And with $100 for incidentals, we expect that together, our trip will cost around $3,600 in all.
We fly out Sat, Aug 13th!
We're excited for this opportunity to push through the language barrier a bit, and be able to more fully connect with Haitian families here. Of course we'll keep learning the language when we return; we just feel the immersion & language school will lay an essential foundation that will enable us to do that.
Donations are tax-deductible.
We both felt a strong urge to go learn Creole this summer by immersing ourselves for 2-3 weeks in Haiti. We found a quality language school (ETS) in Port au Prince, which will provide 4-5 hours of instruction, 5 days/week. We'll get to practice our budding Creole with community members there, and experience the intricacies of the culture through immersion in the community.
One of Katie's high school batch-mates, Rhyan, also runs an orphanage not too far from the language school; we're excited to visit her, and gift her with useful items for her orphanage.
The full cost of language school (including room & board) is covered by $500/week. (Gwen is staying 2 weeks, and Katie, 3.) We just bought plane tickets for $500 each. And with $100 for incidentals, we expect that together, our trip will cost around $3,600 in all.
We fly out Sat, Aug 13th!
We're excited for this opportunity to push through the language barrier a bit, and be able to more fully connect with Haitian families here. Of course we'll keep learning the language when we return; we just feel the immersion & language school will lay an essential foundation that will enable us to do that.
Donations are tax-deductible.
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