The FORF fulfills its mission of helping to promote education in Haiti by distributing reading materials to children and adults. To facilitate that process, the FORF makes it possible for donors to offer these materials in a packaged format for use in schools and adult education centers. Donors wishing to offer these reading materials can place their orders directly by either making an online payment here, or by contacting info@forfhaiti.org.
Order these reading materials and the FORF will arrange for their delivery to a needy school or training center in Haiti. In return, the FORF will provide you with a receipt as well as a thank you letter from the school or center that was the recipient of your generous gift.
The following packaged formats can be offered to deprived schools and adult centers selected by FORF:
- Mini-Libraries - Mini-libraries consist of portable wooden bookcases divided into slots. When open, they present a variety of colorful books to children. The purpose of these mini-libraries is to develop in children a taste for reading, and encourage them to develop their literacy skills. Very few schools throughout Haiti have access to libraries. These mini-libraries provide an appropriate low-cost mechanism for putting children in touch with reading material other than their formally assigned textbooks.
- Reading Material for Adults - There can be no literacy program without post-literacy reading. The adult who has learned to read will quickly forget how to read without the continued stimulation of new reading materials. The FORF provides adults with a variety of reading materials written in creole by Odette Roy Fombrun, and that are designed to stimulate reading and thinking about the Haitian Constitution, the history of Haiti, and the duties of Haitian citizens.
- Training Posters for Civic Education - These posters are large format reading materials written by Mrs. Fombrun and that are designed to be hung on walls in prominent locations in or around a home, a school, or an educational centre. They teach readers about substantive issues involving the History of Haiti, the election process, or the origins of the Haitian flag. With a minimum order of 1000 posters, the donor's name and/or corporate logo can be printed directly onto the poster, bottom center.
