Since 2007, BirdLife has been working with the Société Audubon Haïti to develop sustainable livelihood strategies for the communities in the southern buffer zone of the Macaya National Park, building on the results of socio-economic use and impact studies. Severe poverty in these remote communities has resulted in the unsustainable use of the region’s natural resources. 

As part of this work, and after nearly 10 years without a school, BirdLife helped re-establish a school in Formon to service the Macaya communities in October 2009.

The aftermath of the 12 January 2010 earthquake is starting to be felt with people arriving in the remote communities around the Macaya National Park. The Formon School committee has already received more than 20 requests for displaced children to be integrated into just four grade classes that are already full and for which teaching and class materials are in limited supply.

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