2006: 

ACE begins exploring a partnership with the Congregation of the Holy Cross, which runs 25 schools in Haiti and has been an active presence there for the past 70 years.

2010: 

The 2010 earthquake devastates Haiti, and Notre Dame pledges its support.

2011: 

ACE Haiti rebuilds Holy Cross’ flagship school, Basile Moreau School in Port-au Prince.

2012:

Holy Cross launches a teacher training institute in northern Haiti.

ACE Haiti, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), and Church partners conduct an assessment of Haiti’s 2,315 Catholic schools.

ACE Haiti receives a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to work with CRS and the Episcopal Commission for Catholic Education (CEEC) to support the training of 1,000 teachers and the creation of governance structures in 200 schools. 

2014:

ACE Haiti supports the development and implementation of academic interventions at Basile Moreau School.

ACE Haiti receives a grant from Porticus to launch Read to Learn, an early grade literacy program in Haitian Creole and French in partnership with the CEEC and CRS, in 52 Catholic schools in the Nord and Artibonite departments.

2016:

Read to Learn yields the strongest improvement in student outcomes of any early grade literacy program in Haiti.

In collaboration with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, ACE Haiti supports the creation of the Model School Network (MSN) in the Center department of Haiti with the Diocesan Education Board (BDE) of Hinche, Summits Education, and École Fondamentale d’Application; Centre d’Appui Pédagogique (EFACAP) networks.

2017:

ACE Haiti secures a $13.3 million Global Development Alliance (GDA) grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Porticus, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for its Read Haiti program.

Read Haiti scales its early grade literacy program to 340 schools across five departments (Nord, Artibonite, Center, Sud, and Grand’Anse), ultimately serving over 100,000 students.

ACE Haiti creates a social and emotional learning (SEL) framework specifically for the Haitian context and pilots SEL programs in 20 schools in the North and Artibonite departments.

2019:

ACE Haiti begins collaborating closely with the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC), which joins the Institute for Educational Initiatives in 2019. 

Read Haiti’s pilot SEL programs showed significant gains in SEL competencies based on ISELA and mini-DESSA endline results.

2020:

In response to COVID-19, ACE Haiti and the GC-DWC develop a comprehensive distance learning radio program for students during school closures.

ACE Haiti closes out project work on Read Haiti.

ACE Haiti and GC-DWC secure a $16 million GDA grant from USAID, Porticus, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for 270 schools across five departments (Nord, Artibonite, Centre, Sud, and Grand’Anse) for its Strong Beginnings program. Strong Beginnings continues Read Haiti’s early grade literacy program and further scales the SEL program. Strong Beginnings also begins to develop and pilot community-driven early childhood development and positive parenting interventions in five Innovation Communities in the Nord department, reinforcing the L3 (lakay/home, lekòl/school, and legliz/church) community ecosystem with plans to scale most promising interventions to the rest of the schools in its network.

2021: 

The Haiti Salt Project, a social enterprise committed to eradicating iodine deficiency disorders through the distribution of locally-produced, fortified salt, joins the GC-DWC.

ACE Haiti formally joins the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child, becoming the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child Haiti (GC-DWC Haiti).

The GC-DWC Haiti, in partnership with INNOVED at the Université Quisqueya (UNiQ) and the Children’s Environmental Health Initiative (CEHI), secured a $2.24 million grant to enhance the MSN network through research, data, and curriculum strengthening. 

After the August 2021 earthquake in southern Haiti, the GC-DWC Haiti secured a $1.25 million grant from the LEGO Foundation that focuses on supporting education in emergencies through the activation of systems closest to the child in the Nippes department. 

2022: 

In collaboration with the GC-DWC Haiti, CRS received a $23 million grant from USAID. The Continuity of Learning program builds upon the early grade literacy and SEL work (grades 1 & 2) from Read Haiti/Strong Beginnings, develops SEL programming for grades 3 & 4, and seeks to build a resilient education system, delivering uninterrupted access to quality education across five departments in Haiti (Sud, Grand’Anse, Ouest, Nord & Nord-Est).