Florida-based Educa Vision Inc. (EVI) designs, develops, publishes, and distributes a broad range of Haitian-related educational materials for use in Haiti, United States, Canada and the Caribbean area. The materials are available in several media including books, posters, charts, computer programs, audio/video tapes, CD-ROM. Some are bilingual others are in English or Haitian Creole.
Additionally, EVI provides a broad range of integrated services such as curriculum development, users' manual and training packages to organizations. Areas of experiences are: Public Health, distance education, formal/informal education, adult education, environmental education, animators' manual, micro-credit packages, library development etc. Format used are books, audio tapes, video tapes, CD-Rom, web delivery etc.
The focus of Educa Vision is the Haitian regardless where s/he is geographically. EVI has more than 500 titles. It has strength in Language arts, science, social sciences and mathematics. Additionally it has a wide range of public health education materials ranging from, nutrition, STD prevention, high blood pressure, diabetes... to elephantiasis.
The company founder, Féquière Vilsaint is Haitian born. He started the company in 1991 while still a researcher at the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology department of the University of South Florida (USF), in Tampa, FL. Three years later he left USF to devote his resources to expand EVI.
EVI core staff is supplemented by professionals with a wide range of expertise.
Mission:
To make a valuable contribution to the body of Haitian-related educational materials, by publishing materials that connect culturally and linguistically to the students, teachers, administrators, service providers and community leaders.
Area of expertise:- Education
- Curriculum development
- Training manual development
- Public health information package
- Specialized glossary generation
- CD-ROM Development
- Video production, with non-linear editing capability
- New York Board of Education School Contract Info
- Dade County Public Schools
- University of Florida
- Center for Disease Control (CDC)
- HABETAC
- Librairie R.M. Auguste
- Librarie La Pléiade
- Some schools in Haiti
- Ministère de l'Education / Sec. d'Etat à l'Alphabétisation.
- FONKOZE
- University of the West Indies
- Université du Québec A Montréal