HELO INCORPORATED
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The Haitian government informed us that any child over the age of 18 cannot reside on campus despite the fact that these children have not yet completed high school. HELO's mission is to provide youth with a high school education and vocational training (or university) before they leave. To continue to meet our goals and fulfill our mission to our children and donors, we have been raising funds to build another home to allow a transitional home for those children over the age of 18. This home opened in September 2019, our children will be able to complete high school, learn life skills and a trade before the leave HELO.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Health and wellbeing
Operation of an orphanage in Haiti providing shelter and care to approximately 54 underprivileged children.
Education
Operation of a school in Haiti with grades from pre-k to eleventh for approximately 300 underpriviledged children.
Health, Wellbeing and Educational Support
Organize and coordinate teams to travel to Haiti to complete local projects to enhance the orphanage and school offerings.
Where we work
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
To provide loving care to the children at HELO, quality education through high school, and vocational training to help break the cycle of poverty in Haiti.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
HELO has homes with family units, providing love, three meals a day, and medical care to the children in our care. Quality education provided at our school is the most powerful weapon against poverty, and vocational training will continue through team members traveling to Haiti and ultimately in a vocational wing of the school. This year we added a transitional home so that children over the age of 18 are able to complete their education.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
HELO's co-founder and Haiti Director provides daily oversight of the operation of the homes and schools. HELO currently provides quality education from pre-k through eleventh grade with additional classes for computer skills, English, music, and select vocational programs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Founded in 2007 with one home and ten children, HELO purchased land and build a school in 2009, and built two additional homes in 2010 to take in children orphaned by the earthquake. An addition to the school was built in 2011-2012 and teachers have been added each year since. A high school was built in 2016 with additional class rooms built each year to eventually be able to educate through the end of high school. HELO provides Home Educaton Love and Opportunity to 60 children in its homes and over 300 in its schools, making a tremendous impact in the community of Laborde, Haiti.
HELO continues to provide additional programs to its children and the community.
We have additional programs to implement when funding is acquired -- vocational programs including a nursery/reforestation project, classes in cosmetology/hair dressing, plumbing, etc.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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HELO INCORPORATED
Board of directorsas of 06/09/2023
Elisabeth Kennedy
HELO Incorporated
Term: 2007 -
Katherine Stebbins
HELO Incorporated
Term: 2019 - 2024
Terrie Steinhagen Cook
HELO, Inc.
Zachary Thorne
HELO, Inc.
Amy Huhn
HELO, Inc.
Cloe Poisson
HELO, Inc.
Katherine Stebbins
HELO, Inc.
Rock Destine
HELO, Inc.
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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