Organization Overview

Who We Are

Pwof Ansanm is a network of educators who believe the role of education should be to empower individuals to improve their lives and communities. Pwof Ansanm was created in September 2004 as a non-profit, fully-volunteer organization registered in Pennsylvania. Pwof Ansanm promotes cooperative initiatives that address educational needs, and supports establishing community groups that assume responsibility for their own educational development.

Mission Statement and Objectives

Mission Statement

The mission of Association Pwof Ansanm is to promote cooperative initiatives in Haiti that address educational needs. This Association supports programs and individuals whose mission it is to improve Haitian education through teacher training, curriculum development, and material development. Through such a program, PWOF ANSANM hopes to positively influence the educational system by:

  • Fostering an ethic of cooperation in education between Haitian and foreign educational institutions,
  • Establishing a national teacher training consortium to address the urgent needs of the school system,
  • Elevating the impact of volunteer educational programs in Haiti by providing resources and guidance, and facilitating communication,
  • Fostering academic research on Haitian education by Haitian and foreign scholars.

    Objectives

    PWOF ANSANM aims to improve the quality of education in Haiti by offering services to support and encourage cross communication between Haiti and the developed countries.

    The program focuses on:

  • Furnishing appropriate cultural and language training, curricular materials, and in-country resources for educational programs and volunteers,
  • Providing communication resources – developing and maintaining an educational website, providing independent consultant contact information, maintaining access to governmental, university and non-governmental agencies invested in Haitian education,
  • Pairing volunteer resources with the needs and interests of the Haitian educational community.
  • Supporting the design, development and production of modern educational materials (textbooks, charts, maps, teaching guides, etc.) and their effective dissemination to the educational community.
  • Training teachers in utilization of modern educational practices and materials available.

    PWOF ANSANM supports organizations which will emphasize sound and modern teaching practices, which encourage respect for human dignity and democratic principles, which will adapt and develop teaching tools or methods appropriate to the needs and desires of a modern and developing Haiti.