Editing Port-au-Prince (section)

==Education==
Port-au-Prince various educational institutions, ranging from small [[vocational school]]s to [[university|universities]]. Influential international schools in Port-au-Prince include [[Union School Haiti|Union School]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/m/a/os/1550.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220214721/https://2001-2009.state.gov/m/a/os/1550.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 20, 2023 |title=Haiti, Port-au-Prince: Union School |work=Office of Overseas Schools |publisher=United States Department of State |date=2007-10-26 |access-date=2008-11-29 }}</ref> founded in 1919, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20141218035127/http://quisqueya.org/ Quisqueya Christian School],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quisqueya.org |title=Quisqueya Christian School |publisher=Quisqueya Christian School |access-date=2008-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090123194152/http://quisqueya.org/ |archive-date=2009-01-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> founded in 1974. Both schools offer an American-style pre-college education. French-speaking students can attend the Lycée Français ([[Lycée Alexandre Dumas]]), located in Bourdon. Another school is [[Anís Zunúzí Bahá'í School]] north west of Port-au-Prince which opened its doors in 1980<ref name="anis">{{cite web | title = About The School | work = Anis Zunuzi Baha'i School | publisher = Anís Zunúzí Bahá'í School | url = https://www.angelfire.com/ct/zunuzischool/#about | access-date = 2010-02-06 | archive-date = 2011-06-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110604153008/http://www.angelfire.com/ct/zunuzischool/#about | url-status = live }}</ref> which survived the [[2010 Haiti earthquake]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.group.php?v=wall&gid=155485740573 |editor=Thimm, Hans J. |title=Anís Zunúzí Bahá'í School |publisher=Facebook |year=2010 |access-date=2010-02-06 }}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and its staff were cooperating in relief efforts and sharing space and support with neighbors.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Events and Updates |work=Projects & Initiatives; Projects we support; Anis Zunuzi School |publisher=Mona Foundation |year=2009 |url=http://www.monafoundation.org/news-events.htm |access-date=2010-02-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100122100830/http://www.monafoundation.org/news-events.htm |archive-date=22 January 2010 }}</ref>

A clinic was run at the school by a medical team from the United States and Canada.<ref name="BWN755">{{Cite news | title = Amid wreckage in Haiti, new birth brings hope | newspaper = Bahá'í World News Service | publisher = Bahá'i International Community | date = 5 February 2010 | url = http://news.bahai.org/story/755 | access-date = 2010-02-06 | archive-date = 2013-06-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130602084515/http://news.bahai.org/story/755 | url-status = live }}</ref> Its classes offered transition from [[Haitian Creole language|Haitian Creole]] to the French language but also a secondary language in English.<ref name="BN682">{{cite magazine| title = Development: A look at programs around the world; Americas; Agriculture and forestry;|magazine= Baháʼí News |date=January 1987 | number = 682 | issn=0195-9212 | page =4 | url =http://www.teachingandprojects.com/meansandmaterials.htm}}</ref> [[University of Haiti|The State University of Haiti]] (''Université d'État d'Haïti'' in French or UEH), is located within the capital along other universities such as the [[Quisqueya University]] and the ''Université des Caraïbes''. There are many other institutions that observe the Haitian scholastic program. Many of them are religious academies led by foreign missionaries from [[France]] or [[Canada]]. These include [[Institution Saint-Louis de Gonzague]], École Sainte-Rose-de-Lima, École Saint-Jean-Marie Vianney, Institution du Sacré-Coeur, and Collège Anne-Marie Javouhey.

The Ministry of Education is also located in downtown Port-au-Prince at the Palace of Ministries, adjacent to the National Palace in the Champ de Mars plaza.

The Haitian Group of Research and Pedagogical Activities (GHRAP) has set up several community centers for basic education. [[UNESCO]]'s office at Port-au-Prince has taken a number of initiates in upgrading the educational facilities in Port-au-Prince.