Ecole Communautaire FATEM de Nicolas
FATEM is fulfilling its promise to Nicolas community residents to help them build an elementary institution. This community has no school accessible within a five-mile radius, and children had to walk about an hour each way to attend the nearest school. Construction is about 90% complete, and the new six-classroom, preschool through 4th-grade, institution is expected to open its doors officially in September 2012, although classes have been held for more than 80 students since September 2011 in most of the rooms. A daily meal is served as well through the Bureau de Nutrition et Développement, with assistance from the World Food Program.