Notre Dame d'Haiti Church
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Mission Statement
The Pierre Toussaint Leadership & Learning Center, PTLLC, is committed to serving families from the most poverty-stricken, treacherous neighborhoods of Little Haiti. We work closely with local schools, community action agencies, and ministries at Notre Dame D’Haiti in order to identify those who are in critical need. PTLLC offers programs to address the literacy needs of adult and children. PTLLC offers an After-School program and is home to the Little Haiti’s only Adult Literacy Program, Computer Courses, Music and Fine Arts Program, Etiquette Training, and Culinary Arts Program.
About This Cause
The Pierre Toussaint Leadership & Learning Center, PTLLC, is committed to serving families from the most poverty-stricken, treacherous neighborhoods of Little Haiti. We work closely with local schools, community action agencies, and ministries at Notre Dame D’Haiti in order to identify those who are in critical need. PTLLC offers programs to address the literacy needs of adult and children. PTLLC offers an After-School program and is home to the Little Haiti’s only Adult Literacy Program, Computer Courses, Music and Fine Arts Program, Etiquette Training, and Culinary Arts Program. There are many challenges facing children from the Little Haiti community. One factor being the lack of supervision afterschool. Many students return from school to an empty home because their single-parents work multiple jobs to provide the means to survive. A common problem many students face is that their parents have a low level of education, language barrier and a lack of knowledge and know how. The lack of support at home is the main cause why the majority of students fail academically. These challenges are also reflected upon the neighboring schools. Ninety percent of the schools have received failing grades. In addition to these challenges, children are prohibited from playing outside in efforts to derail them from the joining local gangs or becoming a victim of heinous crimes. According to the city of Miami crime mapping statistics, there have been over 800 crimes committed within a 5-mile radius within the past 120 days. Therefore, it is crucial to have programs like ours in place to help diminish the number of children dropping out of school to become gang members or to engage themselves later in delinquency and prostitution.