EdLight Initiative · Est. 2020

Empowering the next generation of Haitian innovators.

Quality education, mentorship, and global opportunities — built with and for students across Haiti.

Programmes
4
ESLP alumni
135
Partner orgs
3
Cost to students
$0

Our Mission & Vision

Creating pathways to excellence for Haitian youth

EdLight Initiative was founded on the belief that every young person in Haiti deserves access to world-class education and opportunities. We work to bridge the educational gap by providing free, high-quality learning resources and creating connections with global institutions.

Through our comprehensive ecosystem of programs—from online courses to tech incubators to leadership development—we empower students to pursue their dreams and become the innovators, leaders, and changemakers Haiti needs.

Our vision is a Haiti where every motivated student has the resources, mentorship, and opportunities to reach their full potential and contribute to building a more prosperous nation.

In practice that means removing the things that usually stop a student: cost, distance, and language. Our programmes are free to join, they run online so a student does not have to move cities to attend, and our coding platform teaches in Haitian Creole and French as well as English. We work with high school students across Haiti, and with the teachers and community organisations already serving them.

EdLight is run by a multidisciplinary team of educators, builders, mentors, and operators, and is registered as a not-for-profit corporation in Canada. We publish what we do and what it costs, because families deciding whether to trust us with a student's time deserve to see it.

How EdLight Works

What a student actually gets, and what it costs them

Learn online, at no cost

Every course we offer is free. Lessons run in a web browser and in our mobile apps, so a student with an ordinary phone and an intermittent connection can still take part. EdLight Code teaches in Haitian Creole, French, and English, because learning to program in a language you had to learn first is a barrier we would rather remove.

Learn alongside mentors

Courses on their own are not enough. Our programmes pair students with educators, builders, and mentors who review work, answer questions, and help students decide what to study next. ESLP goes further, putting a cohort in a room together for two weeks with people who have done the thing they want to do.

Reach further than Haiti

Strong students should not be limited by where they were born. EdLight Scholars funds recognised professional certificates that carry weight outside Haiti, and ESLP develops the leadership and civic confidence that scholarships and universities ask for.

Our Ecosystem

Comprehensive programs supporting students at every stage

Four programmes, each aimed at a different point in a student's path. Academy and Code cover the learning itself, from secondary-school maths and physics through to programming in Python and SQL. EdLight Scholars and ESLP handle what comes next — the credentials and the leadership experience that turn a strong student into a candidate. All four are free, and a student can start anywhere and move between them.

Our Impact

Making a difference in communities across Haiti

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ESLP alumni through August 2026
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Free subjects and coding tracks
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Partner organisations

Student Stories

Hear from our alumni

Initials for Steïka Thimé

Steïka Thimé

ESLP Alumni

"L'ESLP est l'une de mes plus grandes expériences de cette année et pour le reste de ma vie. J'étais plus qu'heureuse, et j'emporterai ces souvenirs dans ma tombe !"

Our Partners

Organisations we work with to widen what our students can reach

UWC Haiti
Coursera
IICA

Take the next step

Whether you are a student in Haiti looking for a course, a professional willing to mentor, or a donor deciding where a hundred dollars goes furthest — here is where to start.