Pulitzer Center journalist Paul Franz talks about post--disaster education in Haiti as part of the Clinton Global Initiative's 'Building Resilient Societies' panel.
Tackling the challenges of working in a tent city, music teacher Alzire Roucourt offers hope and education to the Haitian students in her class.
Haiti's post-earthquake tent cities house many willing students who lack accessible education. Educator Alzire Rocourt has a passion for teaching and a vision for change.
About 65 percent of Haiti's population is under the age of 30. An entire generation is at risk if the country does not act to provide an education for its youth.
Thirteen years ago, Deacon Patrick Moynihan gave up his life as a commodities trader to become a Catholic missionary in Haiti.
Alzire Rocourt knows that time is of the essence. She teaches classes to primary-school age children in tent city camps.
"Haiti's Lost Generation" explores education in Haiti - a critical issue that has been overshadowed by the grave humanitarian crises which followed the January, 2010 earthquake.
Haiti's post-earthquake tent cities house many willing students but lack accessible education.
School infrastructure in Haiti is largely absent, but the children are determined to learn anyway.
In the wake of the earthquake, a reevaluation of accessibility to education in Haiti and the role foreign aid should play in reconstructing the system.
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Grantee, Project Report winner
Paul Franz was one of five winners of the 2010 Pulitzer Center YouTube Project Report contest. He is a multimedia journalist with critically recognized skills in visual storytelling, programming for...