Health and Education Love Project

Based in Miami Gardens, Florida, Health and Education Project (HELP) is dedicated to enhanced access to quality education and health services in underserved communities in South Florida. Founded in 2012, and chartered on June 8, 2017, our charity Registration Number 81-4658705. HELP has intervened in the health and education spaces in South Florida, the Caribbean (Haiti and Jamaica), and Africa to enhance quality and access. HELP channels John Dewey who contends that ‘Education is not preparation for life, Education is life itself’ and the African proverb, “If you have health, you have hope: You have everything” in choosing its areas of focus:

• Partnering with students to define their dreams and career goals, empowering them to develop and implement a path to success
• Assisting K-20 students with backpacks and school supplies
• Health and Wellness Programming for the uninsured and underinsured in partnership with Mercy Mobile Clinic and other civic and community organizations
• Assisting youth to acquire workplace competencies
• Career, Vocational, and Entrepreneurship Support
• Helping youth and adults undergoing transitions with Trade Certifications                                                   • Supporting and advocating initiatives for climate action and environmental sustainability

The Help and Education Love Project (HELP) is thrilled at the Give Miami Day initiative and the opportunity it affords us to mobilize financial support for our causes. Among our accomplishments so far are the following:

1. The annual Back-to-School Health, Education, and Careers Fair featuring the distribution of branded backpacks to students, free health screenings (cancer inclusive), free vision screening, career counseling, resume-building help, on-the-spot hirings by the US Coast Guard, and a showcase of the vocational program offerings by participating public and proprietary colleges. The third edition held on August 3rd, 2024, attracted about 500 participants.

2. Established and awarded vocational grants to needy students of minority extraction in South Florida.

3. Started a Black History Month Luncheon/capacity-building workshop for 501(c)3 organizations operating in South Florida. The first edition was held on February 10, 2024, with the next one scheduled for February 1, 2025. 

4. Collaborated with Nigerians in the Diaspora Organization, Americas (NIDOA) on Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) training for 400 young people in Nigeria from July 15-19, 2024. Areas covered include Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, and Digital Marketing. 

5. HELP, in partnership with Broward College, donated furniture in the value of about $62,000 to support Haiti’s educational development through State Senator Daphne Campbell

6. Donated medicines, pharmaceutical supplies, and durable medical equipment in the value of $5,500 to various organizations on healthcare missions in Haiti, Jamaica, and Nigeria as well as relief materials worth $2,500 to Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Nigeria. Supports the Vocational School for the Blind, Jos, and Egbe Medical Mission's revitalization project for a hospital and nursing school in a rural town in Central Nigeria (ECWA Schools of Nursing Revitalization - ECWA Hospital Egbe.

7.  Co-sponsored the construction of St. Teresa's Catholic Primary School Water Closet Lavatory Project in Dunkwa-On-Offin, Ghana. Adopted an Elementary School in Bukuru–Jos, a High School in Ojodu–Abiodun–Lagos, Nigeria, and Bright Beginnings Academy near Cape Coast, Ghana, for enhanced infrastructural development of the schools and qualitative educational experiences for West African youth. 

OUR APPEAL 

On Give Miami Day, your support is more crucial than ever. With your help, we can assist people in our community and other deprived communities elsewhere to make significant improvements in their lives by donating teaching and learning aids such as desks, chairs, tables, and writing materials, and enhance our educational outreach to engage more students and residents with meaningful programs and resources. With your help, we can award more supplementary scholarships ($500-$2,000) to economically challenged students here in South Florida while collaborating with sister agencies in positively impacting on health outcomes.

Every contribution can help make a difference. No amount is too small. Working together as a village, we can positively make an impact, one life at a time.