Projects

Since 1996, ACCESO International has supported various projects ranging from preschool to post-secondary education in the following countries:

The Bahamas
Bolivia
Canada
Colombia
The Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
Haïti
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Peru

ACCESO International selects and supports projects that provide opportunities for vulnerable populations including, among others, those facing racial discrimination, gender inequality, geographic dislocation. For example, in the Dominican Republic, many of our projects assist with the education of Haitian migrants and refugees, and in Guatemala, our projects are located in isolated and under-serviced mountainous regions among indigenous communities, while most of our projects in Honduras focus on educating and empowering girls and women.

The members of ACCESO International are very proud of the opportunities that our projects create for thousands of children, youth, women and men in Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada. We are inspired and motivated by the active efforts of the individuals and organizations with whom we collaborate and by the resulting positive outcomes.

The Bahamas

In the Bahamas, ACCESO International provided post-secondary bursary support to youth of Haitian heritage in the early 2000s. Such assistance enabled life-changing educational opportunities for racially and economically marginalized youth.

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Bolivia

In Bolivia, between 2001 and 2011, ACCESO International collaborated with a women’s centre to support educational, employment and empowerment opportunities for marginalized women, children and youth, especially for those who identified as Indigenous and/or were internally displaced.

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Canada

In Canada, through our Back-to-School Project, ACCESO International has been providing school supplies to economically marginalized children and youth from low-income newcomer families in Ottawa since 2003, allowing them to study with greater dignity.

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Colombia

In Colombia, ACCESO International provided computer support for a primary school that served marginalized children in an impoverished area of Cali in 2009.

The Dominican Republic

In the Dominican Republic, ACCESO International has provided support since 1996 for schools, playgrounds, libraries, a community-based education council, vocational centres, summer camps, pre/post-natal and health education workshop series and post-secondary bursaries.

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El Salvador

In El Salvador, ACCESO International assisted a community to rebuild its school which had been destroyed by a hurricane in 2009. We supported the reconstruction and replenishment of the school’s cafeteria, kitchen and storage area.

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Guatemala

In Guatemala, ACCESO International has supported bilingual preschool education since 2003 in remote locations and in the capital for children who, along with their parents, had previously harvested the city dump for survival.

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Haïti

In Haiti, ACCESO International’s work began in 2005 with a focus on children’s literacy, providing educational supplies and equipment to a homework centre as well as educational supplies and a meal program to a primary school.

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Honduras

In Honduras, since 2003, ACCESO International has supported human rights and skills training, women’s rights workshops, orphanages, homework centres, primary schools, high schools, radio-based distance learning, bursaries for girls and women, as well as dormitories that enable students from remote villages to continue their studies beyond grade six.

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Mexico

In Mexico, ACCESO International supported schools and extra-curricular learning opportunities between 2000 and 2009 by providing supplies and individual bursaries. We also assisted with the construction and refurbishment of reading rooms, homework centres, education-based recreational facilities and playgrounds, as well as through the support of creativity workshops and summer academic enrichment programs in multiple locations.

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Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, between 2003 and 2014, ACCESO International supported a computer training school that educated individuals who were unemployed, physically or mentally challenged, or trying to overcome substance abuse or street-based obstacles.

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Peru

In Peru, ACCESO International has been providing post-secondary bursaries since 1998. Our financial support has defrayed the costs of tuition, transportation, books, supplies, accommodations and accreditation for bursary recipients who have studied at various universities and institutes and who have obtained degrees in the fields of architecture, business administration, education, engineering, international business, medical technology, nursing, and nutrition.

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