Kelly Kobza's Contact Details

Kelly Kobza's Company Details

Greater Good International

San Francisco, California, United States • 4 Employees
Education Management

Greater Good International (GGI) is registered both as a 501c3 in the United States and as an official NGO in Haiti. GGI was launched by Kelly Kobza, a California schoolteacher who traveled to Haiti in the winter of 2010 to assist with the post-earthquake relief efforts. While in Haiti, she saw first-hand the crushing poverty and the high illiteracy rate, and founded GGI to bring a much-needed resource to the people of Haiti. To resolve such pressing issues as unemployment, poverty, and gender inequality that illiteracy creates in Haiti, GGI founded its literacy program called Lekol Pi Gwo Byen for children between the ages of 9-12 who would otherwise not have any educational opportunities. Since September 2011, GGI has graduated 74 students who have passed the mandatory National Matriculation Sixth Grade Exam—a requirement to enter secondary education. The GGI program is specialized for children who have never attended school. The curriculum aligns with the Haitian National School standards and includes best practices of California State Standards. GGI holds the property title for the land where the school currently resides. We have plans to build proper classrooms to increase our enrollment from the current 36 students to 72 students. As more students graduate from our literacy program, we will need to provide more ongoing support at the secondary level. Once we are able to achieve this, we envision replicating the program in other towns and villages in Haiti.