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Haiti - Reconstruction : Martelly visit the site of the University «Roi Henri Christophe»
11/11/2011 09:26:41

Haiti - Reconstruction : Martelly visit the site of the University «Roi Henri Christophe»
The President Michel Martelly, went on the morning of Thursday, November 10, 2011, in the town of Limonade, to monitor the construction of the new University "Roi Henri Christophe", a project entirely funded by the Dominican Republic and the Dominicans of the business sector for a cost of USD$50, whose opening is scheduled for January 12, 2012.

The University be able to accommodate 10,000 students per day. It will consist of several three-story buildings, 72 classrooms of 30 students, a library [a documentation center very modern], meeting rooms, computer, accountants and scientists labs, academic facilities, administrative, recreational and of sports.

The site is well advanced and the Head of State continues to encourage the participation of all, including of his Dominican counterpart, the President Leonel Fernández, to the finalization of project, which constitutes one of the important approaches of the Haitian State to the decentralization of education. The people of Limonade, in particular the schoolchildren, will soon benefit from higher education in their community and can already welcome the quality of training that will be provided.



The President Martelly also congratulated the Dominican Ambassador, Ruben Silié, and all Haitians and Dominicans engineers working on the site and whose number of employees amounts to over one hundred. "This is the result of a good collaboration between the two peoples and the guarantee that both countries can make joint work," he told reporters.

Speaking to the people of Limonade, which has renewed its solidarity, the Head of State has pledged his support in the distribution of fertilizers and in the resolution of social and economic problems. He also reiterated his commitment to free education, accessible and of quality.

"...this university is a beautiful thing, a beautiful symbol of what is called the knowledge [...] It is through the university that we will train young people, that will have a trade in hand, to escape poverty and underdevelopment..."

See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-2110-haiti-education-the-new-university-will-be-completed-the-january-12-2012.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/article-810-haiti-republique-dominicaine-pose-de-la-premiere-pierre-de-l-universite-henri-christophe-du-nord.html (in french)
https://www.haitilibre.com/article-412-haiti-education-une-universite-de-50-millions-de-dollars-au-cap-haitien.html (in french)

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