Updates
Keep Ti Plas Kazo in your heart
November 28, 2018
Dear Friend of the What If? Foundation, As I sat down for Thanksgiving dinner last week, I felt so much gratitude – for good health, for family, and for you. For all that you contribute to make sure the children of Ti Plas Kazo have the opportunities every child deserves. While you’re considering the many… Read more.
First we feed the children
November 15, 2018
Dear Friend of the What If? Foundation, As we prepare to gather with family and friends around a Thanksgiving meal, I find myself reflecting on a moment that passed in the Father Jeri School cafeteria last week. Lavarice Gaudin, Na Rivé’s Program Director, shared a conversation he heard as high school students were eating the… Read more.
Stop to smell the mangoes
November 8, 2018
Dear Friend of the What If Foundation, While the Father Jeri School is very proud of its academic success, students don’t spend all day, every day behind books. Play time, as well as real-world practical experience, are guiding principles of the school’s philosophy. And last week that philosophy came to life in wonderful ways. Like… Read more.
Back to school at the Father Jeri School
October 25, 2018
Dear Friend of the What If Foundation, As you’ve noticed by now, to live in Haiti is to live with uncertainty. In weather. In politics. In economics. In safety. But as you’ve also seen, the Haitian spirit is resilient and irrepressible. And that spirit is most clearly expressed in the children whose lives you touch.… Read more.
Transforming lives at the Father Jeri School
September 18, 2018
Dear Friend of the What If Foundation, It’s an exciting time for everyone at the Father Jeri School. Students and teachers have headed back to the classroom. And everyone is thrilled by the recent news: Father Jeri students had a 100% pass rate on their government exams last year! It’s an almost unheard-of score (the… Read more.
The summer camp tradition continues
August 2, 2018
Dear Friend of What If Foundation, The tradition of summer camp continues this year at the Father Jeri School. Last week, 200 campers and teachers made a day trip to Marchand-Dessalines, the “First Black Capital of the World.” This little-known historical town, named after former slave and Haitian Revolution leader Jean-Jacques Dessalines, served as the… Read more.
Videos
Life at the Fr. Jeri School (2019)
Our Founder’s story and the birth of What If Foundation (2014)
Building a Dream (2012)
Post-earthquake feature by KQED (2010)
Early days of the Food Program (2007)