Durissy is a village in the Ouest Department

Ouest Department

Ouest is one of the ten departments of Haiti. It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince. It has an area of and a population of 3,093,698 . It borders the Dominican Republic to the east.It is the second largest department in Haiti after the Artibonite...

 of Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

. It is west-southwest of Port au Prince.

History

The village suffered damage during the 2010 Haiti earthquake

2010 Haiti earthquake

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010.By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks...

. The school, just built in 2002, was destroyed. Plans are underway to restore it.

Education

The village has an parochial elementary school, Our Lady of Perpetual Help.Literally: "Ecole Notre-Dame de Perpetuel Secours"

School

The school was founded by Father Anis Yves on October 5, 2002. Digicel

Digicel

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 contributed the school and furnishings. It also supported teachers salaries in 2008. It is a privately-funded community school operating with the approval of the Ministry of Education. It is under the guidance of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince is a metropolitan diocese, responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Jacmel, Jérémie, Anse-à-Veau and Miragoâne and Les Cayes....

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It teaches grades K-7. Food is contributed during the school year.

There are 273 students, 105 boys and 93 girls. There are nine teachers.

The following subjects are taught: Math, French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

, Creole

French-based creole languages

A French Creole, or French-based Creole language, is a creole language based on the French language, more specifically on a 17th century koiné French extant in Paris, the French Atlantic harbors, and the nascent French colonies...

, Social and Experimental Science, and Religion

Religion

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There is a board of appointed directors.

Infrastructure

The village has no electricity and no potable water.

It receives its mail through Petit-Goâve.