Purpose:

l      The purpose of NEGES Foundation, Inc. is to foster all aspects of community development and provide allowances for educational needs and environmental preservation.

Belief:

l      NEGES Foundation, Inc. believes that social and humanitarian values are essential in developing a community’s awareness.

Mission:

n      To provide the community with a nest for educational growth and environmental safety.

Motivator:

u    At NEGES, self-discipline, self-motivation and thoughtfulness become a three-prong approach that sustains educational growth, health/recreational, education/activities and environmental safety.

NEGES Foundation, Inc. has accomplished many projects in the town of Léogâne :

•         A Technical School

•         A Bilingual School (Ma Petite Ecole)

•         A Summer Camp (Camp d’Amitié)

•         A Cultural Festival (Village Indien)

•         A Medical Clinic at Destra

•         A Café Restaurant with a cyber cafe

•         Building of Rural Roads

These accomplishments  have been thus far funded by the co-founders with the support of Janusz Korczak Memorial Fund, and of a few good friends and families.

Immediate Plans

§         NEGES Foundation, Inc. has just acquired two acres of land in the vicinity of Léogâne that will house the Applied Learning School, a Community Outreach Center and Mon Petit Village .

§         Build a cafeteria to provide hot meals daily to the students and the teachers.

§         Launch Project Connect- educational technical assistance program to prevent juvenile delinquency

Future Plans

§         Construction of a campus which will house the Institut Polytechnique de Léogâne and serve as a community center.

§         Build a “Centre d’Urgences et d’Aides Humanitaires” to support the community in times of emergency.

§         Build an experimental school and provide potable water to the surrounding communities.

§         Organize a Food Co-op to promote bio-agriculture and encourage exchanges in the community.

§         Organize a cooperative of fishermen in the area to encourage economical growth.

§         Convert the clinic of Destra – Mater Nostra - into a local hospital to meet the needs of the community.

§         Build an orphanage - Ma Maison - to ensure the protection and survival of the child orphan.

§         Construction of a guest house – Chez–moi - with a conference hall, an indoor/outdoor balcony. Services offered: telephone, internet access, food, laundry, car service to and from the airport, etc.

How Can I Help?

•         Provide Technical Assistance

•         Sponsor a child or a program

•         Donate money, office, school and medical supplies/equipment

•         Adopt a project

•         Make a pledge

Helping others is a very important part of helping yourself….