La Référence de Ganthier: Providing Consistent Education to a Growing Population

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La Référence School responds to the pressing challenge of providing consistent education to the growing population of children in Haiti. Located in Ganthier, a one-hour drive from Port-au-Prince towards the border with the Dominican Republic, “La Référence” was founded in 2012 by a group of young Haitian professors whose aspirations of becoming the model and archetype for other schools in Haiti inspired the name and is exemplified by their students’ academic results.