The Facilities at HA-778

Compassion works in conjunction with local churches.  The project center in Montrouis specifically works with the First Baptist Church of Montrouis.   Compassion says "Compassion partners with local bodies of believers that are recognized by the community as organized centers of worship and outreach."

This is the 2nd floor hallway that I took the photos of the playground from in my last post.

 
 On our tour of the facilities, we were shown thru the classrooms.  The first part we saw was in the building that they told us Compassion had helped build.

 

 

 

Then we saw some of the elementary classrooms.  Disney characters are very popular in Haiti!

There isn't much in most of the classrooms besides tables and benches...

Though this one had some nice art work!

Most classrooms had a chalk board, but the windows were just openings... which these girls used for seating.  I don't think that would be considered safe in schools here!

This was the front of the high school math class room...

and turning around, this is looking toward the back.  Our guide told us 50 students would crowd into this room for one class.

As we left that upstairs classroom, one of the Haitian men wanted me to see the beautiful view from the hallway window.  I was a little shocked to see the view he was obviously proud of, since my eyes were drawn to the roof next to us, which was strewn with trash.  I tried not to let that show and instead praised the beautiful scene.

After our tour of the school, we went into the project center office, which had this sign over the door.

Inside was another sign with all the information about the children and the activities.

There was a bulletin board with photos of other sponsors who have visited the project center.

Just outside the office, the playground was in better shape than the one we visited the day before at HA-336.

But there were still things in need of improvement - construction in Haiti seems to always be a work-in-progress, as shown by the tarps on this wall in the room where we had lunch.