MARTINE BUISSART: "The more languages you speak, the more you can share, you can work. For work, it's very important."

The organization has also helped expand French classes at Boyd Anderson High School in South Florida. About twenty-five Haitian earthquake survivors attend the school.

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The students were among thousands of Haitians who came to the United States after their country's powerful earthquake last year. One of those survivors is Kerby Edme.

KERBY EDME: "Right after I jumped to the other roof, the house collapsed."

The teachers have tried to help students like Kerby learn to live in their new culture.

KERBY EDME: "The teachers were very patient with us, because some of us, we didn't speak English before we came here."

Angel Almanzar, the principal of the school, says language was not the only problem.

ANGEL ALMANZAR: "Lack of knowledge about the American education system. Feeling isolated."

Teacher Mathieu Daquin is himself Haitian. He says the classes have been good for the students from Haiti.

MATHIEU DAQUIN: "It's like Little Haiti within a school. This is where they feel at home."

For student Endieula St. Jean, that comfort is important.

ENDIEULA ST. JEAN: "When I came to the United States, I was very, very, very angry, nervous because I [couldn't] speak English. All I [could] say was 'good morning' and 'good afternoon.' That's all."