I will be placed in the Haitian port city of Les Cayes,
Haiti. Les Cayes (luh KAI) is located on the southern peninsula of Haiti about
3 hours west of the capital, Port au Prince. Even though it's a port city, it's
still small with a population of around 70,000. It wasn't immune to the 2010
earthquake, and like the rest of Haiti reliable infrastructure is still needed.
I will be primarily teaching English at the Bishop Tharp
Institute of Business and Technology. It is set up like an American community
college, so I'm very excited to teach students are my age or younger. Below is
the website.
Haiti, as most of know, is a poor county. Unlike its
neighbor, the Dominican Republic, it truly never gained a tourism industry
(though that is changing) therefore many average Westerners have had little
concern for Haiti. Sugarcane, mangoes, and coffee are the big commodities that
the economy in Haiti relies on.
However, Haitians are rebuilding. The amount of western
support that poured out after the earthquake and the rebuilding efforts have
been slowly but surely coming along. Haitian will need a new generation of
business and technology leaders that will take Haiti into the 21st century
hopefully becoming a competitive Caribbean nation. What is the international
language of business? English. They need English skills so they can go into the
international business world and seek ideas, support, and input for their
projects home and abroad.
Won't you join me on this mission?
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