STUDENTS SERVING STUDENTS · ROOTED IN HAITI SINCE 2012
Our future · September 2026

Beyond one building: imagining the next chapter

Maniche, remote seminars and eventually safe exchanges form a flexible long-term vision.

Students using phones in class; illustrative stock image, not documentation of the Haiti events described
Illustrative photography — Fajar Herlambang STUDIO / Unsplash. Not a photograph of the individual, school or event reported in this article.

Bisou Bisou Haiti began in Kafou Fèy, Port-au-Prince, with the belief that students and neighbors can create meaningful learning together. The loss of our center has changed the practical shape of that work, but not its purpose.

What the reporting tells us

We hope to develop a learning center in Maniche, strengthen online educational seminars, support mentorship and eventually resume responsibly planned service exchanges in locations where independent security assessments and trusted local partners make them appropriate.

These are proposed directions, not open registrations for travel or guaranteed program dates. People who wish to help can share teaching skills, discuss educational partnerships or join our interest list to hear when opportunities become real.

The next chapter is a network

Bisou Bisou Haiti’s physical space in Kafou Fèy is gone, but the educational idea does not have to disappear with it. A responsible future could connect local educators, remote volunteers, accessible seminars and a proposed center in Maniche. These are possibilities to build carefully, not programs already operating.

What can help

For families and community groups, the most useful assistance is reliable, specific and locally informed. That may involve contact with a trusted educator, practical study supplies, access to a safe learning space or a way to connect with a suitable service. Any plan should be guided by current conditions rather than promises that cannot be kept.

One response cannot meet every student’s needs. Read this story alongside the other chapters to see how access, safety, instruction and local leadership connect across Haiti’s changing circumstances. Our future initiatives remain goals subject to safety, local consultation and available resources.

Why does this matter for education in Haiti?

Maniche, remote seminars and eventually safe exchanges form a flexible long-term vision. Bisou Bisou Haiti’s physical space in Kafou Fèy is gone, but the educational idea does not have to disappear with it.

Sources and further reading

Reporting and research behind this article:

Independent editorial commentary by Bisou Bisou Haiti based on the linked sources. References do not imply a partnership or that quoted students participated in our programs.