Construction almost complete of Haiti school financed by FCC employees

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13/01/2011

Construction almost complete of Haiti school financed by FCC employees

One year after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, it's not all bad news. FCC School, built with funds donated by the citizen services company's employees and the company itself, is almost complete. The school, which is the result of an agreement between Fundación Plan España and FCC, which is controlled by Esther Koplowitz, will be inaugurated within weeks.

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Construction almost complete of Haiti school financed by FCC employees

The project came into being within days of the 2010 earthquake. The FCC Group opened a current account into which its employees from all over the world could make donations in order to assist with rebuilding Haiti in cooperation with a prominent NGO.

The employee's donations plus a sizeable contribution from FCC itself were allocated, under an agreement with Fundación Plan España, to the reconstruction of a two-room schoolhouse for over 100 children in the town of Croix-des-Bouquets, near the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The new school will bear a plaque with the FCC logo in recognition of its benefactors.

Since April, when schools resumed after the earthquake, thousands of students have been attending class in tents. Of Haiti's 16,000 schools, it is estimated that more than 6,000 were in the affected area, and of those, 65% were destroyed, along with the three main universities and the Ministry of Education. With hurricane season nearing, PLAN is working to build schools with more solid structures. There are plans to build some 500 structures of this type, including the one financed by FCC and its people.

Modules of this type have an average life of 10 to 15 years. They are built from wood, which is flexible and resistant to natural disasters, and they can be constructed in just a few weeks. Schooling is not only vital for children's education and development as human beings; it also provides them with a routine and a sense of normality, helping to reduce the stress and fears arising from the earthquake and post-earthquake living conditions (i.e. with surviving family members in tent camps).

PLAN is working to train teachers and volunteers (more than 700 to date) in child detraumatisation with a view to reducing the psychological after-effects of the earthquake.