BAY BOURAD FOUNDATION, INC.
ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
ORGANIZATION TYPE: NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
ORGANIZATION NAME: BAY BOURAD FOUNDATION
YEAR ESTABLISHED: MAY 2006
TAX STATUS: 501(C)(3)
EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 75-3216588
STAFF SIZE: 5 BOARD MEMBERS
NUMBER OF LOCATIONS: 1(ONE) P.O. BOX 58
NANUET, NY 10954
ORGANIZATION MISSION, FOCUS, AUDIENCE:
The mission of Bay Bourad Foundation is to decrease poverty, inequality, premature pregnancy, rape, ignorant and usage of drugs and alcohol among our children in Haiti. We create opportunities that facilitate those children to
reach their highest potential. Through the combined supports of all
our team members, corporate partnerships and individual donations,
we are committed to become one of the leading accredited foundations
dedicated to working for the hungry, lonely, illiterate, sick,
homeless, and abused children in Haiti.
We also are committed to go beyond the expectations of other people
in the community. We will embrace a diversity of ideas, cultures,
ethnicity, conditions, and environment to enhance our guarantee.
PREVIOUS FOUNDATIONS SUPPORTS: N/A
BAY BOURAD FOUNDATION, INC.
P.O. BOX 58
Nanuet, NY 10954
Tel: 845-558-6618
"Improving our children lives and educating their minds"
Bay Bourad Foundation has established in May 2006 by a young advocate, Fena Ireus, who is a native of Haiti.
It is a non-profit organization under section 501(c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code.
The foundation benefits underprivileged and neglected children in Haiti. It has not yet received any government funding. It depends entirely on donations, gifts, and other resources from the board directors.
Bay Bourad Foundation seeks to enhance the quality of life for abused, homeless, hungry, illiterate, neglected and sick Haitian children. An healthy body, a well-built mind, a secure place to have fun and grow, a healthy lifestyle, and a caring family; these are the things every child should embrace. Helping to provide these things is what we achieve best. We are working extremely hard to better these children lives. Too many of them still grow up without adequate food, education, stable and loving homes, healthcare.
Starting in September 1991 right after the military coup in Haiti, the rate of malnutrition increased 27 per cent to over 50 per cent for children under the age of five. These children engage in horrific acts to meet their needs for food.
Believing that education is the key to self-empowerment, Bay Bourad Foundation provides these children with school supplies such as backpacks, notebooks, books, pens, pencils, geometric instrument sets, etc. to break barricades so they can gain knowledge. Twenty percent of schools in Haiti are public and eighty percent are private. It is a large disadvantage for those children growing up, not having a complete education.
It is very common in Haiti for poorer families to give their
children to families that are more affluent so that they will
provide them with a better life and education. Most of the time,
those children are exploited, frequently abused and made to work long hours.
Health related issues create additional challenges and barricades for those Haitian children. They cannot afford hospitals and clinics visit costs. A lot of them die because of lack access to adequate medical treatment. Bay Bourad Foundation associates with hospitals and health center to help these children receive the best care and live healthy and active lives. Instead of having them setting their beds on the streets or under the roof of the cemetery, they need a better place than that where they will feel safe, a sweet home
We will do the best that we can to create an enriching and happy environment to encourage their emotions and objectives.
Haiti / Street Children
Population:
The estimated number of street children in Haiti varies from 12,000 to 18,000, according to studies by UNICEF and other organizations.
Education:
In 2001 almost two-thirds (2/3) of Haitian children dropped out of school before completing the full seven years of secondary school which they identify as high school in USA. One of the reasons they cannot attend school is due to the expenses. All of the cost associated with school, including clothes, books, lunches etc. prevents those children from attending. Some school facilities are in disrepair and overcrowded.
Lifestyle:
Many children flee from working long hours as slaves to end up in the streets begging, stealing, prostitute themselves and sometimes engage in violence in order to survive. As a result, many land in prison, suffer from malnutrition and pick up infectious diseases such as STDs.
Residence:
Many Haitian street children call the streets and cemetery their
homes. Under the roof of the city's largest cemetery is where some children set their beds. Most of the time, either they were murdered by authorities, or raped by group of people. Some stated that they are rather be on the streets than staying over somebody house where they are physically, emotionally and verbally abused.