THE AGENO FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL INC

PROJECT DELMAS HAITI WE PROVIDED SCHOLARSHIPS TO FIFTY STUDENTS AT THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LEVEL. WE HAD SIX STUDENTS SIT THE NINTH-GRADE NATIONAL EXAMS AND THREE STUDENTS COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL, AND ALL WERE CANDIDATES FOR THE PHILOSOPHE BACCALAUREATE NATIONAL EXAMS. WE HAD A 100% SUCCESS RATE FOR THE NINTH GRADERS AND TWO-THIRDS WERE SUCCESSFUL AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. TO DATE THE FOUNDATION HAS GRADUATED SIXTY STUDENTS FROM HIGH SCHOOL. THESE RESULTS ARE IMPRESSIVE CONSIDERING THE ONGOING POLITICAL INSTABILITY IN HAITI. THE PROGRAM DISTRIBUTED TWO SETS OF UNIFORMS, SCHOOL BAGS, BOOKS, AND SUPPLIES TO EACH STUDENT. THE FOUNDATION SERVED APPROXIMATELY 2500 HOT MEALS TO OUR STUDENTS. AGENO SUPPORTED TWENTY-FIVE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH FULL SCHOLARSHIPS IN VARIOUS FIELDS SUCH AS NURSING, ENGINEERING, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, AND MEDICINE.

ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM IS NOW ACTIVE IN MALAWI, KENYA, UGANDA, KENYA, AND INDIA. THE FOUNDATION HAS ADVANCED THIS PROGRAM THROUGH BOTH AGRICULTURAL AND SMALL BUSINESS TRAINING. IN UGANDA, THE AGETAB RICE GARDEN NOW EMPLOYS TWO HUNDRED LOCAL WORKERS. THE PROJECT YIELDED TWENTY BAGS OF UNSHELLED RICE. THE FOUNDATION PROVIDED A $4000 GRANT TO TRAIN PARTICIPANTS IN MAKING LIQUID SOAP, VASELINE AND SCHOOL CHALK AND PROVIDING SUPPLIES TO FOUR DISTRICTS. THE AGETAB ZION VILLAGE COTTAGES WERE CREATED THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP. IT ACCOMMODATES LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL VISITORS, PROVIDES EMPLOYMENT FOR A STAFF OF FIVE AND GENERATES REVENUE FOR THE COMMUNITY.